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of the

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, the national

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. The constituency was established in 1959 following the nationwide extension of

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for elections to the Althing. It was abolished in 2003 following the re-organisation of constituencies across Iceland when it was split between the new

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and

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constituencies. Reykjanes was conterminous with the

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(excluding Reykjavík Municipality which had its own constituency) and

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Election results

Summary

(Excludes compensatory seats.)

Detailed

1990s

=1999

= Results of the 1999 parliamentary election held on 8 May 1999: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats -

Árni Mathiesen Árni M. Mathiesen (born 2 October 1958 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic politician. From September 2005 through 31 January 2009, he was Minister of Finance (Iceland), Minister of Finance in Iceland. From 1999 to 2005 he was Minister of Fisheries ...

(D), 19,870 votes; Gunnar Birgisson (D), 19,645 votes;

Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson (born 31 October 1955) is an Icelandic politician and diplomat. He was a member of the Althing from 1993 to 2005, was Minister of Health and Social Security and Minister of Social Affairs, and has served as Icelan ...

(S), 12,391 votes;

Kristján Pálsson Kristján Pálsson (born 1 December 1944) is an Icelandic former politician. He was a member of parliament from 1995 to 2003 for the Independence Party. In 2003, he resigned from the party and served out the remainder of his term as an indepen ...

(D), 19,968 votes; Rannveig Guðmundsdóttir (S), 12,510 votes;

Sigríður Jóhannesdóttir Sigríður Jóhannesdóttir (born 10 June 1943) is an Icelandic politician and former member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, she represented the Reykjanes constituency from July 1996 to May 2003. Sigríður was born ...

(S), 12,542 votes;

Sigríður Anna Þórðardóttir Sigríður Anna Þórðardóttir (born 14 May 1946) is an Icelandic politician and former Minister for the Environment in the cabinet of Halldór Ásgrímsson The Cabinet of Halldór Ásgrímsson in Iceland was formed 15 September 2004. Cab ...

(D), 19,966 votes;

Siv Friðleifsdóttir Björg Siv Juhlin Friðleifsdóttir (born 10 August 1962), commonly known as Siv Friðleifsdóttir, is an Icelandic politician. She is half-Norwegian, having partly grown up in Norway, where she spent almost every summer next to the Oslofjord wi ...

(B), 7,146 votes; and

Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir (born 4October 1965) is an Icelandic politician, who has been chairwoman of Viðreisn since 2017. Þorgerður was deputy chairwoman of the Independence Party from 2005 to 2010. She was the Minister of Educat ...

(D), 19,987 votes. * Compensatory seats -

Árni Ragnar Árnason Árni is an Icelandic given name of Old Norse () origin. Notable people with the name include: * Árni Gautur Arason (born 1975), Icelandic football goalkeeper * Árni Már Árnason (born 1987), Icelandic Olympic swimmer * Árni Páll Árnason ( ...

(D), 19,996 votes;

Hjálmar Árnason Hjálmar is an Icelandic reggae band formed in 2004 in Keflavík. Collaborations On 2 June 2012, at the concerHljómskálinn á ListahátíðHjálmar performed with Jimi Tenor. When he introduced Tenor, Guðmundur Kristinn Jónsson said that Hjá ...

(B), 7,174 votes; and

Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir Þ is the letter thorn, which in Icelandic represents a voiceless dental fricative, as in the English word "thick." (born 22 November 1965) is an Icelandic politician who has served as Speaker of the Althing sinc ...

(S), 12,558 votes.

=1995

= Results of the 1995 parliamentary election held on 8 April 1995: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats -

(D), 16,302 votes;

(D), 16,355 votes;

(A), 6,079 votes;

(B), 8,762 votes;

Ólafur Garðar Einarsson Ólafur Garðar Einarsson (7 July 1932 – 27 April 2023) was an Icelandic politician. He was a member of the Althing The (; ), anglicised as Althingi or Althing, is the Parliamentary sovereignty, supreme Parliament, national parliament o ...

(D), 14,932 votes;

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (; born 14 May 1943) is an Icelandic politician who was the fifth president of Iceland, serving from 1996 to 2016.

(G), 5,266 votes; Rannveig Guðmundsdóttir (A), 6,475 votes;

(D), 16,342 votes; and

(B), 8,761 votes. * Compensatory seats -

Ágúst Einarsson Ágúst () or Agust is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ágúst Björgvinsson (born 1979), Icelandic basketball coach * Ágúst Þór Jóhannsson (born 1977), Icelandic team handball player and coach *Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson ...

(J), 2,504 votes;

Kristín Halldórsdóttir Kristín Halldórsdóttir (20 October 1939 – 14 July 2016) was an Icelandic Women's List politician, journalist and schoolteacher who served two separate terms in the Althing from 1983 to her resignation in 1989 and again between 1995 and 1999. ...

(V), 1,761 votes; and

(D), 16,305 votes.

=1991

= Results of the 1991 parliamentary election held on 20 April 1991: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats -

Anna Ólafsdóttir Björnsson Anna may refer to: People Surname and given name * Anna (name) Mononym * Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke * Anna of East Anglia, King (died c.654) * Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773) * Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th c ...

(V), 2,694 votes;

(D), 15,751 votes;

(D), 15,756 votes;

Jón Sigurðsson Jón Sigurðsson (17 June 1811 – 7 December 1879) was the leader of the 19th century icelandic nationalism, Icelandic independence movement. Biography Born at Hrafnseyri, in Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of ...

(A), 9,008 votes; Karl Steinar Guðnason (A), 8,981 votes;

(D), 15,703 votes;

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (; born 14 May 1943) is an Icelandic politician who was the fifth president of Iceland, serving from 1996 to 2016.

(G), 4,417 votes; Salome Þorkelsdóttir (D), 15,719 votes; and

Steingrímur Hermannsson Steingrímur Hermannsson (pronounced ; 22 June 1928 – 1 February 2010) was an Icelandic politician who served as prime minister of Iceland from 1983 to 1987, and again from 1988 to 1991. He was the chairman for the Progressive Party from 197 ...

(B), 5,386 votes. * Compensatory seats - Rannveig Guðmundsdóttir (A), 9,007 votes; and

(D), 15,830 votes.

1980s

=1987

= Results of the 1987 parliamentary election held on 25 April 1987: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Geir Gunnarsson (G), 4,141 votes; Jóhann Einvarðsson (B), 6,980 votes; Júlíus Sólnes (S), 3,863 votes; Karl Steinar Guðnason (A), 6,430 votes;

Kjartan Jóhannsson Kjartan Jóhannsson (19 December 1939 – 13 November 2020) was an Icelandic diplomat, politician, cabinet minister, and professor. Kjartan was ambassador of Iceland to, among others, the European Union in Brussels, Belgium, as well as the UN ...

(A), 6,444 votes;

Matthías Árni Mathiesen Matthías Árnason Mathiesen (6 August 1931 in Hafnarfjörður – 9 November 2011 in Hafnarfjörður) was an Icelandic politician and former minister. He was the Minister of Finance of Iceland The Icelandic Ministry of Finance (Icelandic: ' ...

(D), 10,128 votes;

(D), 10,147 votes; Salome Þorkelsdóttir (D), 10,196 votes; and

(B), 7,042 votes. * Compensatory seats - Hreggviður Jónsson (S), 3,870 votes; and

(V), 3,218 votes.

=1983

= Results of the 1983 parliamentary election held on 23 April 1983: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Geir Gunnarsson (G), 3,984 votes; Gunnar G. Schram (D), 11,491 votes;

(A), 4,288 votes;

(D), 12,753 votes; and Salome Þorkelsdóttir (D), 10,219 votes. * Compensatory seats - Guðmundur Einarsson (C), 2,345 votes; Karl Steinar Guðnason (A), 3,860 votes;

(V), 2,086 votes; and

(D), 8,937 votes.

1970s

=1979

= Results of the 1979 parliamentary election held on 2 and 3 December 1979: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Geir Gunnarsson (G), 4,679 votes; Jóhann Einvarðsson (B), 4,430 votes;

(A), 6,187 votes;

(D), 10,170 votes; and

(D), 9,165 votes. * Compensatory seats - Karl Steinar Guðnason (A), 5,568 votes; and Salome Þorkelsdóttir (D), 8,154 votes.

=1978

= Results of the 1978 parliamentary election held on 25 June 1978: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Gils Guðmundsson (G), 5,315 votes; Karl Steinar Guðnason (A), 6,551 votes;

(A), 7,241 votes;

(D), 8,066 votes; and

Oddur Ólafsson Oddur or Oddr is an Icelandic given name that may refer to *Oddur Gottskálksson (c. 1514–1556), Icelandic translator * Oddur Olafson (1888–1972), Canadian politician * Oddur Pétursson (born 1931), Icelandic cross-country skier * Oddur Sigur� ...

(D), 7,337 votes. * Compensatory seats - Geir Gunnarsson (G), 4,787 votes; Gunnlaugur Stefánsson (A), 5,776 votes; and

(D), 6,525 votes.

=1974

= Results of the 1974 parliamentary election held on 30 June 1974: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Gils Guðmundsson (G), 3,745 votes; Jón Skaftason (B), 3,656 votes;

(D), 9,719 votes;

(D), 8,770 votes; and

(D), 7,796 votes. * Compensatory seats -

Axel Jónsson Axel may refer to: People * Axel (name), all persons with the name Places * Axel, Netherlands, a town ** Capture of Axel, a battle at Axel in 1586 Arts, entertainment, media * ''Axel'', a 1988 short film by Nigel Wingrove * ''Axel'', a Cirque ...

(D), 2,438 votes; Geir Gunnarsson (G), 1,874 votes; and Jón Ármann Héðinsson (A), 2,702 votes.

=1971

= Results of the 1971 parliamentary election held on 13 June 1971: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Gils Guðmundsson (G), 3,046 votes; Jón Skaftason (B), 3,574 votes; Jón Ármann Héðinsson (A), 2,595 votes;

(D), 6,417 votes; and

(D), 5,819 votes. * Compensatory seats - Geir Gunnarsson (G), 1,528 votes;

(D), 2,164 votes; and Stefán Gunnlaugsson (A), 1,310 votes.

1960s

=1967

= Results of the 1967 parliamentary election held on 11 June 1967: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats -

Emil Jónsson Guðmundur Emil Jónsson (27 October 1902 – 30 November 1986) was prime minister of Iceland from 23 December 1958 to 20 November 1959. He first became minister of Fisheries and Social affairs. He was a chairman of the Social Democratic Pa ...

(A), 3,189 votes; Gils Guðmundsson (G), 2,189 votes; Jón Skaftason (B), 3,522 votes;

(D), 5,330 votes; and

Pétur Benediktsson Pétur () or Petur is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Petur Alberg (1885–1940), Faroese violin player and songwriter from Tórshavn * Pétur Blöndal (1944–2015), Icelandic congressman in the Icelandic Independence Party ...

(D), 4,809 votes. * Compensatory seats - Geir Gunnarsson (G), 1,097 votes; Jón Ármann Héðinsson (A), 1,596 votes; and

Sverrir Júlíusson Sverre, Sverrir or Sverri is a Nordic name from the Old Norse ''Sverrir'', meaning "wild, swinging, spinning". It is a common name in Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands; it is less common in Denmark and Sweden. It can also be a surname. Sverre ma ...

(D), 1,788 votes.

=1963

= Results of the 1963 parliamentary election held on 9 June 1963: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats -

(A), 2,804 votes; Gils Guðmundsson (G), 1,963 votes; Jón Skaftason (B), 2,465 votes;

(D), 4,536 votes;

Ólafur Thors Ólafur Tryggvason Thors (19 January 1892 – 31 December 1964) was an Icelandic politician of the Independence Party, who served six times as prime minister of Iceland. Career The son of Margrét Þorbjörg Kristjánsdóttir and Danish Icelan ...

(D), 5,038 votes. * Compensatory seats - Geir Gunnarsson (G), 985 votes;

Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson (17 July 1909 – 19 December 1987) was an Icelandic politician and former minister. He was the Minister of Finance of Iceland from 1958 to 1959. He was also a diplomat who served as ambassador to the United King ...

(A), 1,402 votes; and

(D), 1,680 votes.

1950s

=October 1959

= Results of the October 1959 parliamentary election held on 25 and 26 October 1959: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats -

(A), 2,910 votes; Finnbogi Rútur Valdimarsson (G), 1,702 votes; Jón Skaftason (B), 1,760 votes;

(D), 3,903 votes; and

(D), 4,333 votes. * Compensatory seats - Alfreð Gíslason (D), 1.446 votes; Geir Gunnarsson (G), 852 votes; and

(A), 1,456 votes.

Notes

References

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