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 ICELAND

Legislative elections: Althing, 4-year term, 5% threshold (supplementary seats), party-list PR + supplementary seats:
           · President: Ólafur Ragnar Grímssson (S) · State Minister: Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (FSF) (exp.) · Government: SSF, FSF (exp.)

Party 2013 Seats 2009 Seats
Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn (SSF)
Independence Party
Liberal conservatism
Euroscepticism
 
1929
AECR
IDU
26,7% 19 23,7% 16
Framsóknarflokkurinn (FSF)
Progressive Party
Centrism
Agrarianism
Liberalism
1916
LI
 
24,4% 19 14,8% 9
Samfylkingin (S)
Alliance
Social democracy
 
 
2000
PES'
SI
12,9% 9 29,8% 20
Vinstrihreyfingin – Grænt framboð (VG)
Left-Green Movement
Democratic socialism
Eco-socialism
Euroscepticism 
1999
 
 
10,9% 7 21,7% 14
Björt Framtíð (BF)
Bright Future
Liberalism
   
 
2012
  
 
8,2% 6 - -
Piratar (P)
Pirate Party
Direct democracy
Copyright and patent reform  
Freedom of information 
2012
PPI 
 
5,1% 3 - -
Borgarahreyfingin (BF)
Citizens' Movement
-
  
 
2008
 
 
- - 7,2% 4
Others 11,8% - 2,8% -
Total - 63 - 63
Turnout 81,4%  85,1%

 © 2013 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: MBL (http://www.mbl.is).

Archive: Officeholders · Elections (1946-2009).