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 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	49,548	25.25	16	–5
	Left-Green Movement	33,156	16.89	11	+1
	Social Democratic Alliance	23,654	12.05	7	+4
	Centre Party	21,337	10.87	7	New
	Progressive Party	21,017	10.71	8	0
	Pirate Party	18,053	9.20	6	–4
	People's Party	13,502	6.88	4	+4
	Reform Party	13,122	6.69	4	–3
	Bright Future	2,394	1.22	0	–4
	People's Front of Iceland	375	0.19	0	0
	Dawn	101	0.05	0	0
Total		196,259	100.00	63	0
Valid votes		196,259	97.26
Invalid/blank votes		5,522	2.74
Total votes		201,781	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		248,485	81.20
Source: Statistics Iceland

2016 presidential election

Main article: 2016 Icelandic presidential election

Candidate	Votes	%
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson	71,356	39.08
Halla Tómasdóttir	50,995	27.93
Andri Snær Magnason	26,037	14.26
Davíð Oddsson	25,108	13.75
Sturla Jónsson	6,446	3.53
Elísabet Jökulsdóttir	1,280	0.70
Ástþór Magnússon	615	0.34
Guðrún Margrét Pálsdóttir	477	0.26
Hildur Þórðardóttir	294	0.16
Total	182,608	100.00
Valid votes	182,608	98.50
Invalid/blank votes	2,782	1.50
Total votes	185,390	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	244,896	75.70
Source: Statistics Iceland

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