Elections in Iceland

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

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 often has a chance of gaining power alone, so parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Latest elections

2013 parliamentary elections

Main article: Icelandic parliamentary election, 2013

Summary of the 27 April 2013 Icelandic parliamentary election results

Party		Chairperson(s)	Votes	%	±	Seats	±
	Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn)	Bjarni Benediktsson	50,454	26.70	3.0	19	3
	Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn)	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson	46,173	24.43	9.6	19	10
	Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin - jafnaðarmannaflokkur Íslands)	Árni Páll Árnason	24,292	12.85	16.9	9	10
	Left-Green Movement (Vinstrihreyfingin - grænt framboð)	Katrín Jakobsdóttir	20,546	10.87	10.8	7	4
	Bright Future (Björt framtíð)	Guðmundur Steingrímsson	15,583	8.25	—	6	4
	Pirate Party (Píratar)	Collective leadership	9,647	5.10	—	3	2
	Dawn (Dögun - stjórnmálasamtök um réttlæti, sanngirni og lýðræði)	Collective leadership	5,855	3.10	—	0	2
	Households Party (Flokkur Heimilanna)	Pétur Gunnlaugsson	5,707	3.02	—	0	—
	Iceland Democratic Party (Lýðræðisvaktin)	Collective leadership	4,658	2.46	—	0	—
	Right-Green People's Party (Hægri Grænir flokkur fólksins)	Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson	3,262	1.73	—	0	—
	Rainbow (Regnboginn, sjálfstæði Íslands og sjálfbæra þróun)	Jón Bjarnason (spokesperson)	2,021	1.07	—	0	2
	Rural Party (Landsbyggðarflokkurinn)	Ylfa Mist Helgadóttir	326	0.17	—	0	—
	Sturla Jónsson (Sturla Jónsson)	Sturla Jónsson	222	0.12	—	0	—
	Humanist Party (Húmanistaflokkurinn)	Júlíus Valdimarsson	126	0.07	—	0	—
	People's Front of Iceland (Alþýðufylkingin)	Thorvaldur Thorvaldsson	118	0.06	—	0	—
Valid votes			188,990	97.52
Invalid votes			585	0.30
Blank votes			4,217	2.17
Total			193,792	100.00	—	63	—
Electorate/Turnout			237,957	81.44
Source: The Morning Paper, National Broadcasting
Last election (2009) — Next election (2017)

Vote share changes are given compared to the 2009 election results; seat changes are given compared to the distribution immediately before the election.

2012 Presidential election

Main article: Icelandic presidential election, 2012

Summary of the 30 June 2012 Icelandic presidential election results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson	independent	84,036	52.78
	Thóra Arnórsdóttir	independent	52,795	33.16
	Ari Trausti Guðmundsson	independent	13,762	8.64
	Herdis Thorgeirsdottir	independent	4,189	2.63
	Andrea Ólafsdóttir	independent	2,867	1.80
	Hannes Bjarnason	independent	1,556	0.98
Valid votes			159,205	97.52
Invalid/Blank votes			4,046	2.48
Total			163,251	100.00
Electorate/Turnout			235,495	69.32
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
Last election (2008) — Next election (2016)

2009 Parliamentary election

Main article: Icelandic parliamentary election, 2009

Summary of the 25 April 2009 Icelandic parliamentary election results

Party		Chairperson(s)	Votes	%	±	Seats	±
	Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin)	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir	55,758	29.79	3.03	20	2
	Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn)	Bjarni Benediktsson	44,371	23.70	12.94	16	9
	Left-Green Movement (Vinstrihreyfingin - grænt framboð)	Steingrímur J. Sigfússon	40,581	21.68	7.33	14	5
	Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn)	Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson	27,699	14.80	3.08	9	2
	Citizens' Movement (Borgarahreyfingin)	no designated chairperson	13,519	7.22	—	4	—
	Liberal Party (Frjálslyndi flokkurinn)	Guðjón Arnar Kristjánsson	4,148	2.22	5.04	0	4
	Democracy Movement (Lýðræðishreyfingin)	Ástþór Magnússon	1,107	0.59	—	0	—
Valid votes			187,183	96.50
Invalid votes			566	0.29
Blank votes			6,226	3.21
Total			193,975	100.00	—	63	—
Female electorate			114,269	50.15
Male electorate			113,574	49.85
Female turnout			98,013	85.77
Male turnout			95,962	84.49
Electorate/Turnout			227,843	85.14
Source: Statistics Iceland
Last election (2007) — Next election (2013)

2007 Parliamentary election

Main article: Icelandic parliamentary election, 2007

Summary of the 12 May 2007 Icelandic parliamentary election results

Party		Chairperson(s)	Votes	%	±	Seats	±
	Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn)	Geir Haarde	66,754	36.64	2.96	25	3
	Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin)	Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir	48,743	26.76	4.19	18	2
	Left-Green Movement (Vinstrihreyfingin - grænt framboð)	Steingrímur J. Sigfússon	26,136	14.35	5.54	9	4
	Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn)	Jón Sigurðsson	21,350	11.72	6.01	7	5
	Liberal Party (Frjálslyndi flokkurinn)	Guðjón Arnar Kristjánsson	13,233	7.26	0.12	4	0
	Icelandic Movement – Living Country (Íslandshreyfingin – lifandi land)	Ómar Ragnarsson	5,953	3.27	—	0	—
Valid votes			182,169	98.43
Invalid votes			385	0.21
Blank votes			2,517	1.36
Total			185,071	100.00	—	63	—
Female electorate			110,948	50.13
Male electorate			110,382	49.87
Female turnout			93,093	83.91
Male turnout			91,978	83.33
Electorate/Turnout			221,330	83.62
Source: Statistics Iceland
Last election (2003) — Next election (2009)

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive
• Parties and elections
• NSD: European Election Database - Iceland publishes regional level election data; allows for comparisons of election results, 1991-2009
• Election history