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President: Guðni Th. Jóhannesson · State Minister: Katrín Jakobsdóttir (VG) · Governing parties: SSF, VG, FSF
Legislative elections: Althing, 4-year term, 63 seats, 5% threshold (supplementary seats), party-list PR + supplementary seats:

  2021 2017 2016 2013
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn (SSF)
Independence Party
Liberal conservatism       
Euroscepticism
24,4 16 25,2 16 29,0 21 26,7 19
Framsóknarflokkurinn (FSF)
Progressive Party
Centrism
Agrarianism
17,3 13 10,7 8 11,5 8 24,4 19
Vinstrihreyfingin-Grænt Framboð (VG)
Left Movement-Green Candidacy
Democratic socialism
Ecosocialism
Feminism
12,6 8 16,9 11 15,9 10 10,9 7
Samfylkingin-Jafnaðarmannaflokkur Íslands (S)
Alliance-Social Democratic Party of Iceland (a)
Social democracy  9,9 6 12,1 7 5,7 3 12,9 9
Flokkur Fólksins (F)
People's Party
Disability rights
Pensioners' interests
Left-wing populism
8,8 6 6,9 4 - - - -
Piratar (P)
Pirate Party
Direct democracy
Copyright reform
Transparency
8,6 6 9,2 6 14,5 10 5,1 3
Viðreisn (VIÐREISN)
Revival
Liberalism   8,3 5 6,7 4 10,5 7 - -
Miðflokkurinn (M)
Centre Party
Centrism
Agrarianism
Conservatism
5,4 3 10,9 7 - - - -
Sósíalistaflokkur Íslands (SFÍ)
Socialist Party of Iceland
Socialism   4,1 - - - - - - -
Björt Framtíð (BF)
Bright Future
Social liberalism  - - 1,2 - 7,2 4 8,2 6
Others 0,5 -  0,3 - 5,7 - 11,8 -
Total - 63 - 63 - 63 - 63
Turnout 80,1 81,2 79,2 81,4

© 2021 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: MBL (www.mbl.is).  For full coverage, click here (1946-present). Note: (a) 2013: Alliance (S).