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Iceland ...1970s the Independence Party (1929), centre to
conservative in political outlook, has commanded about one-third
to two-fifths of the popular vote, and it frequently formed
coalition governments. The Progressive Party (1916), which
generally has been the second leading party during this period,
draws its strength from rural areas. In 2000 three left-of-
centre parties—the Social Democratic... ...one formed by the
Independence Party and the more leftist Social Democratic Party
that ruled from 1959 to 1971 and the other a partnership between
the Independence Party and the agrarian-liberal Progressive
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