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History

The party was established in 1983 by

Vilmundur Gylfason Vilmundur Gylfason (7 August 1948 – 19 June 1983) was an Icelandic politician, historian and poet. He was the son of Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslason and Guðrún Vilmundardóttir. Family Vilmundur's father was Gylfi Þorsteinsson Gíslaso ...

, as a breakaway from the

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p965 It won four seats in the

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in the April elections that year, although Vilmundur died later that year. In 1986 all of its members of the parliamentary group left the party, and three members joined the Social Democratic Party and one the

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. The party lost all four seats in the 1987 elections, with its vote share falling from 7.3% to just 0.2%.Nohlen & Stöver, p972

Election results

References

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