1927 Icelandic parliamentary election

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{{Infobox legislative election

| election_name = 1927 Icelandic parliamentary election

| country = Kingdom of Iceland

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1926

| election_date = 9 July 1927

| next_election = 1930

| seats_for_election = All 28 seats in the Lower House
and 8 of 14 seats in the Upper House of Althing

| turnout = 71.51%

| heading1 = Upper House{{efn|name=Upper}}

| leader1 = Jón Þorláksson

| party1 = Conservative Party (Iceland)

| last_election1 = new

| seats1 = 6

| percentage1 = 42.54

| leader2 = Tryggvi Þórhallsson

| party2 = Progressive Party (Iceland)

| last_election2 = 5

| seats2 = 6

| percentage2 = 29.78

| leader3 = Jón Baldvinsson

| party3 = Social Democratic Party (Iceland)

| last_election3 = 0

| seats3 = 2

| percentage3 = 19.05

| heading4 = Lower House

| leader4 = Jón Þorláksson

| party4 = Conservative Party (Iceland)

| last_election4 = new

| seats4 = 10

| percentage4 = 42.54

| leader5 = Tryggvi Þórhallsson

| party5 = Progressive Party (Iceland)

| last_election5 = 10

| seats5 = 13

| percentage5 = 29.78

| leader6 = Jón Baldvinsson

| party6 = Social Democratic Party (Iceland)

| last_election6 = 1

| seats6 = 3

| percentage6 = 19.05

| leader7 = Sigurður Eggerz

| party7 = Liberal Party (Iceland, historical)

| last_election7 = new

| seats7 = 1

| percentage7 = 5.80

| leader8 = —

| party8 = Independents

| last_election8 = 0

| seats8 = 1

| percentage8 = 2.83

| title = Prime Minister

| before_election = Jón Þorláksson

| before_party = Conservative Party (Iceland)

| before_image = File:JThorl1927.jpg

| after_election = Tryggvi Þórhallsson

| after_party = Progressive Party (Iceland)

| after_image = File:Tryggvi Þórhallson.jpg

}}{{Politics of Iceland}}

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 9 July 1927.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p961 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} Voters elected all 28 seats in the Lower House of the Althing and eight of the fourteen seats in Upper House.Nohlen & Stöver, p954 The Progressive Party emerged as the largest party in the Lower House, winning 13 of the 28 seats.

Results

{{Election results

|seattype1=Lower
House|seattype2=+/–|seattype3=Upper
House{{efn|name=Upper|Includes the three seats elected in 1926}}|seattype4=+/–

|party1=Conservative Party|votes1=13616.5|st1t1=10|st2t1=New|st3t1=6|st4t1=New

|party2=Progressive Party|votes2=9532.5|st1t2=13|st2t2=+3|st3t2=6|st4t2=+1

|party3=Social Democratic Party|votes3=6097.5|st1t3=3|st2t3=+2|st3t3=2|st4t3=+2

|party4=Liberal Party|votes4=1858|st1t4=1|st2t4=New|st3t4=0|st4t4=New

|party5=Independents|votes5=904.5|st1t5=1|st2t5=0|st3t5=0|st4t5=0

|invalid=919

|total_st2t=0|total_st4t=0

|electorate=46047

|source=Nohlen & Stöver

}}

Notes

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