1991 Icelandic parliamentary election

20 April 1991

All 42 seats in the Lower House
and 21 seats in the Upper House of Althing

Turnout

87.62%

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
Upper House
	Independence	Davíð Oddsson	38.56	9	+3
	Progressive	Steingrímur Hermannsson	18.93	4	−1
	Social Democratic	Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson	15.50	3	0
	People's Alliance	Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson	14.39	3	0
	Women's List		8.28	2	0
Lower House
	Independence	Davíð Oddsson	38.56	17	+5
	Progressive	Steingrímur Hermannsson	18.93	9	+1
	Social Democratic	Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson	15.50	7	0
	People's Alliance	Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson	14.39	6	+1
	Women's List		8.28	3	−1

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

Prime Minister before		Prime Minister after
	Steingrímur Hermannsson Progressive	Davíð Oddsson Independence

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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 20 April 1991. The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 17 of the 42 seats.