Elections in Iceland
Elections in Iceland gives information on election and election results in Iceland.
Iceland elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a four year term by the people. The General Assembly (Alþingi) has 63 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation. Iceland has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, so parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
Latest elections
2009 Parliamentary election
e • d Summary of the 25 April 2009 Icelandic Althing election results
| Party |
Leader(s) |
Votes |
% |
± |
Seats |
± |
|
Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) |
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir |
55,758 |
29.79 |
1.16 |
20 |
2 |
|
Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) |
Bjarni Benediktsson, Jr. |
44,371 |
23.70 |
9.98 |
16 |
9 |
|
Left-Green Movement (Vinstrihreyfingin-grænt framboð) |
Steingrímur Sigfússon |
40,581 |
21.68 |
12.87 |
14 |
5 |
|
Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn) |
Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson |
27,699 |
14.80 |
2.93 |
9 |
2 |
|
Citizens' Movement (Borgarahreyfingin) |
No designated leader |
13,519 |
7.22 |
7.2 |
4 |
4 |
|
Liberal Party (Frjálslyndi flokkurinn) |
Guðjón Kristjánsson |
4,148 |
2.22 |
5.16 |
0 |
4 |
|
Other parties |
— |
1,107 |
0.59 |
— |
— |
— |
| Valid votes |
187,183 |
96.50 |
|
| Invalid votes |
566 |
0.29 |
| Blank votes |
6,226 |
3.21 |
| Totals |
193,975 |
100.00 |
— |
63 |
— |
| Electorate and voter turnout |
227,896 |
85.12 |
|
| Source: Statistics Iceland |
2007 Parliamentary election
2004 Presidential election
e • d Summary of the 26 June 2004 Icelandic presidential election results
| Candidates |
Votes |
% |
| Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson |
90,662 |
85.6 |
| Baldur Ágústsson |
13,250 |
12.3 |
| Ástþór Magnússon |
2,001 |
1.9 |
| Total valid votes (turnout 63.0%) |
105,913 |
100.0 |
| Empty ballots |
27,627 |
23.3% |
| Void votes |
834 |
|
| Source: ruv.is |
Past elections
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