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Organized political groups began to compete in Icelandic elections in 1897, reflecting major differences within the country about its constitutional autonomy as regards Denmark, which was then the governing authority. However, the groups lacked stability and cohesion (Grimsson, 1970: 272–273). Iceland gained home rule by the revision of the Danish Constitution of 1915 and gained the equivalent of dominion status by the Danish-Icelandic Act of Union of 1918. The establishment of the Progressive and Social Democratic parties in 1916 marked the beginning of an effective party system in Iceland. No figures for parties are given in official election sources before then.
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Mackie, T.T., Rose, R. (1991). Iceland. In: The International Almanac of Electoral History. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09851-4_10
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