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This article is a list of political parties in Iceland. Iceland has a multi-party system with many political parties, in which often no one party has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Political parties

Parliamentary representation from October 2016

Seven parties were elected at the October 2016 election. The box below shows the distribution of seats in the incumbent parliament.^[1]

Name		List	Ideology	Spectrum	Leader	MPs
width=5px Template:Ispc \|	Social Democratic Alliance Samfylkingin	S	Social democracy, Pro-Europeanism	Centre-left	Oddný G. Harðardóttir	3
Template:Ispc \|	Independence Party Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn	D	Liberal conservatism, Economic liberalism, Classical liberalism, Euroscepticism	Centre-right to Right-wing	Bjarni Benediktsson	21
Template:Ispc \|	Left-Green Movement Vinstrihreyfingin - grænt framboð	V	Democratic socialism, Eco-socialism, Euroscepticism, Feminism, Pacifism	Left-wing	Katrín Jakobsdóttir	10
Template:Ispc \|	Progressive Party Framsóknarflokkurinn	B	Agrarianism, Euroscepticism, Populism	Centre-right	Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson	8
Template:Ispc \|	Bright Future Björt framtíð	A	Liberalism, Social liberalism, Pro-Europeanism	Centre	Óttarr Proppé	4
Template:Ispc \|	Pirate Party Pírataflokkurinn	P	Pirate politics, Direct democracy	—	Birgitta Jónsdóttir	10
Template:Ispc \|	Reform Party Viðreisn	C	Economic liberalism, Green liberalism, Pro-Europeanism	Centre	Benedikt Jóhannesson	7

Active parties, without representation in the Althing

English name^[2]	Icelandic name^[3]	List^[3]	Website^[3]
Christian Political Movement ^[4]	Kristin stjórnmálasamtök		[1]
Dawn (Iceland)	Dögun		www.xdogun.is
Households Party	Flokkur Heimilanna		^[5]
Humanist Party (Iceland)	Húmanistaflokkurinn
Iceland Democratic Party	Lýðræðisvaktin		^[6]
Icelandic National Front	Íslenska þjóðfylkingin	L	www.x-e.is
Liberal Democrats (It will most likely not run in the election)	Lýðfrelsisflokkurinn		[2]
People's Front of Iceland	Alþýðufylkingin		www.althydufylkingin.blogspot.com
Rainbow (Iceland)	Regnboginn	J	regnboginn.is
Rural Party (Iceland)	Landsbyggðarflokkurinn		^[7]
Socialist Party (Iceland)	Sósíalistaflokks Íslands		http://www.sosialistaflokkurinn.is
Solidarity	Samstaða		[3]

Defunct Parties

Citizens' Movement (Borgarahreyfingin)
Citizen's Party (Borgaraflokkurinn)
Communist Party (Kommúnistaflokkurinn)
Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) (Kommúnistaflokkurinn (m-l))
Democracy Movement (Lýðræðishreyfingin)
Home Rule Party (Heimastjórnarflokkurinn)
Icelandic Movement – Living Land (Íslandshreyfingin – lifandi land)
National Awakening (Þjóðvaki)
Nationalist Party (Flokkur Þjóðernissinna)
National Preservation Party (Þjóðvarnarflokkurinn)
New Force (Nýtt afl)
Old Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn eldri)
People's Alliance (Alþýðubandalagið)
People's Unity Party – Socialist Party (Sameiningarflokkur alþýðu - Sósíalistaflokkurinn)
Social Democratic Party (Alþýðuflokkurinn)
The Movement (Hreyfingin)
Union of Liberals and Leftists (Samtök frjálslyndra og vinstri manna)
Women's List (Kvennalistinn)

External links

Icelandic election statistics

References

^ "Icelandic parliamentary election - 2016". icelandmonitor.mbl.is. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
^ The Reykjavík Grapevine's Election Guide 2013 (scanned version) (Html version)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Website publishing candidate lists and election news for the parties participating in the 2013 parliamentary election".
^ "The Christian's Political Party has been founded" (in Icelandic). Christian Political Movement (blog). 9 March 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
^ Eight Smaller Parties Unite Under New Name Archived 2013-05-01 at the Wayback Machine, The Reykjavík Grapevine, April 4, 2013
^ "Democracy Watch formally established" (in Icelandic). Mbl.is. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
^ "Will establish a Provincial Party" (in Icelandic). Mbl.is. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.

[1] "Icelandic parliamentary election - 2016". icelandmonitor.mbl.is. Retrieved 2016-11-23.

[English_name_of_Icelandic_parties-2] The Reykjavík Grapevine's Election Guide 2013 (scanned version) (Html version)

[Parties_in_the_2013_parliamentary_elections-3] "Website publishing candidate lists and election news for the parties participating in the 2013 parliamentary election".

[4] "The Christian's Political Party has been founded" (in Icelandic). Christian Political Movement (blog). 9 March 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

[5] Eight Smaller Parties Unite Under New Name Archived 2013-05-01 at the Wayback Machine, The Reykjavík Grapevine, April 4, 2013

[6] "Democracy Watch formally established" (in Icelandic). Mbl.is. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

[7] "Will establish a Provincial Party" (in Icelandic). Mbl.is. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.

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+| [[Households Party]] || ''Flokkur Heimilanna'' ||  || <ref>[http://www.grapevine.is/News/ReadArticle/Eight-Smaller-Political-Parties-Unite-Under-New-Name Eight Smaller Parties Unite Under New Name] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501043929/http://www.grapevine.is/News/ReadArticle/Eight-Smaller-Political-Parties-Unite-Under-New-Name |date=2013-05-01 }}, [[The Reykjavík Grapevine]], April 4, 2013</ref>
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v t e Political parties in Iceland
Althing (63)	Independence Party (17) Progressive Party (13) Left-Green Movement (8) Social Democratic Alliance (6) People's Party (6) Pirate Party (6) Viðreisn (5) Centre Party (2)
Extra-parliamentary	Freedom Party Icelandic National Front Humanist Party Liberal Democratic Party People's Front of Iceland Responsible Future Socialist Party
Defunct	Alliance of Social Democrats Best Party Bright Future Citizens' Movement Citizens' Party (1923) Citizens' Party (1987) Communist League Communist Party of Iceland Communist Party of Iceland (Marxist–Leninist) Communist Unity (Marxist–Leninist) Conservative Party Dawn Democracy Movement Farmers' Party (1913) Farmers' Party (1933) Home Rule Party Households Party Iceland Democratic Party Icelandic Movement – Living Country Independence Party (1907) Independent Farmers Liberal Party (1998) Liberal Party (1927) National Awakening National Defence Party National Preservation Party Nationalist Party New Force People's Alliance People's Unity Party – Socialist Party Rainbow Republican Party (1953) Republican Party (2013) Right-Green People's Party Rural Party Social Democratic Party Solidarity Sovereign Union Sturla Jónsson The Movement Union of Liberals and Leftists Union Party Women's List

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