1978 Icelandic parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 June 1978. The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 14 of the 40 seats. Following the election a coalition was formed between the People's Alliance, Social Democratic Party and the Progressive Party with Ólafur Jóhannesson as Prime Minister.

25 June 1978

All 40 seats in the Lower House
and 20 seats in the Upper House of Althing

Turnout

90.27%

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
Upper House
Independence	Geir Hallgrímsson	32.72	6	−2
People's Alliance	Lúdvik Jósepsson	22.87	5	+1
Social Democratic	Benedikt Gröndal	22.02	5	+3
Progressive	Ólafur Jóhannesson	16.90	4	−2
Lower House
Independence	Geir Hallgrímsson	32.72	14	−3
People's Alliance	Lúdvik Jósepsson	22.87	9	+2
Social Democratic	Benedikt Gröndal	22.02	9	+6
Progressive	Ólafur Jóhannesson	16.90	8	−3

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before		Prime Minister after
	Geir Hallgrímsson Independence	Ólafur Jóhannesson Progressive

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