Elections in Iceland

Elections in Iceland gives information on election and election results in Iceland.

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Iceland elects on a national level a ceremonial head of state, the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a four-year term by the people. The parliament (Alþingi) has 63 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation, using the D'Hondt method with open list. Iceland has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party typically has a chance of gaining power alone, so parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

The most recent election was held on 28 October 2017.

Schedule
Position 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
President
(1 position)		 None None None Election None None None
Parliament
(63 seats)		 Election None None None Election None None
Municipalities
(72 councils)		 None Election None None None Election None

Latest elections

2017 parliamentary elections
Main article: 2017 Icelandic parliamentary election
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Independence Party D 49,543 25.2 16 –5
Left-Green Movement V 33,155 16.9 11 +1
Social Democratic Alliance S 23,652 12.1 7 +4
Centre Party M 21,335 10.9 7 New
Progressive Party B 21,016 10.7 8 0
Pirate Party P 18,051 9.2 6 –4
People's Party F 13,502 6.9 4 +4
Reform Party C 13,122 6.7 4 –3
Bright Future A 2,394 1.2 0 –4
People's Front of Iceland R 375 0.2 0 0
Dawn T 101 0.1 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 5,531 – – –
Total 201,777 100 63 0
Registered voters/turnout 248,502 81.2 – –
Source: Morgunblaðið (Icelandic) Iceland Monitor (English)

2016 presidential election
Main article: 2016 Icelandic presidential election
Candidate Party Votes %
Guðni Th. JóhannessonIndependent71,35638.49
Halla TómasdóttirIndependent50,99527.51
Andri Snær MagnasonIndependent26,03714.04
Davíð OddssonIndependent25,10813.54
Sturla JónssonIndependent6,4463.48
Elísabet JökulsdóttirIndependent1,2800.69
Ástþór MagnússonIndependent6150.33
Guðrún Margrét PálsdóttirIndependent4770.26
Hildur ÞórðardóttirIndependent2940.16
Invalid/blank votes2,782–
Total185,390100
Registered voters/turnout245,00475.67
Source: RÚV, MBL
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