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1971 Icelandic parliamentary election

1971 Icelandic parliamentary election

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 13 June 1971.[1] Although the Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 15 of the 40 seats,[2] Independence Party leader Jóhann Hafstein resigned as Prime Minister the day after the elections as his party and its coalition partners had failed to win a majority of seats.[3] Ólafur Jóhannesson of the Progressive Party succeeded him as Prime Minister, announcing the formation of a new coalition government on the same day.[3] The new government's programme included expanding Icelandic fishing borders from 19 to 80 kilometers and gradually closing down Naval Air Station Keflavik but remaining committed to NATO membership.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 962. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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    Nohlen & Stöver, p976
  3. [3]
    Milutin Tomanović, ed. (1972). Hronika međunarodnih događaja 1971 [The Chronicle of International Events in 1971] (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade: Institute of International Politics and Economics. p. 2649.
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