2016 Icelandic parliamentary election

2016 Icelandic parliamentary election
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All 63 seats in the Althing
32 seats needed for a majority
Turnout79.18%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Independence Bjarni Benediktsson 29.00 21 +2
Left-Green Katrín Jakobsdóttir 15.91 10 +3
Pirates Collective leadership[n 1] 14.48 10 +7
Progressive Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson 11.49 8 −11
Viðreisn Benedikt Jóhannesson 10.48 7 New
Bright Future Óttarr Proppé 7.16 4 −2
Social Democratic Oddný G. Harðardóttir 5.74 3 −6
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Progressive		 Bjarni Benediktsson
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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 29 October 2016. They were due to be held on or before 27 April 2017, but following the 2016 Icelandic anti-government protests, the ruling coalition announced that early elections would be held "in autumn".[1][2]

The Independence Party emerged as the largest in the Althing, winning 21 of the 63 seats; the Progressive Party, which had won the most seats in 2013, lost more than half its seats as it was overtaken by the Left-Green Movement and the Pirate Party. Of the 63 elected MPs, 30 were female, giving Iceland the highest proportion of female MPs in Europe.[3]

A new coalition was formed on 10 January 2017, consisting of the Independence Party, the Reform Party and Bright Future, with Bjarni Benediktsson becoming Prime Minister on 11 January 2017.[4]


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  1. ^ Kosningar í haust - Lilja verður ráðherra Archived 2016-08-08 at the Wayback Machine RÚV, 6 April 2016
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference boda was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Iceland elections leave ruling centre-right party in driving seat Archived 2016-10-30 at the Wayback Machine The Guardian, 30 October 2016
  4. ^ Arnarsdóttir, Eygló Svala (9 January 2017). "New Government Announced Tomorrow". Iceland Review. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.