2021 Icelandic parliamentary election

The 2021 Icelandic parliamentary election elected members of the Althing was held on 25 September 2021.[1]

2021 Icelandic parliamentary election

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All 63 seats in the Althing
32 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout203,976 (80.1% Decrease1.1%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Bjarni Benediktsson Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Party Independence Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/P' not found. Left-Green
Leader since 29 March 2009 2 October 2016 24 February 2013
Leader's seat Southwest South Reykjavík North
Last election 16 seats, 25.2% 8 seats, 10.7% 11 seats, 16.9%
Seats won
16 / 63
13 / 63
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8 / 63
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 5 Decrease 3
Popular vote 48,708 34,501 25,114
Percentage 24.4% 17.3% 12.6%
Swing Decrease 0.8% Increase 6.6% Decrease 4.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Logi Már Einarsson Inga Sæland Collective leadership[a]
Party Social Democratic Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/P' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/P' not found.
Leader since 31 October 2016 27 January 2017
Leader's seat Northeast Reykjavík South Reykjavík North[b]
Last election 7 seats, 12.1% 4 seats, 6.9% 6 seats, 9.2%
Seats won
6 / 63
6 / 63
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6 / 63
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Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 2 Steady 0
Popular vote 19,825 17,672 17,233
Percentage 9.9% 8.8% 8.6%
Swing Decrease 2.2% Increase 1.9% Decrease 0.6%

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
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Leader Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
Party Reform Centre
Leader since 11 October 2017 24 September 2017
Leader's seat Southwest Northeast
Last election 4 seats, 6.7% 7 seats, 10.9%
Seats won
5 / 63
3 / 63
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 4
Popular vote 16,628 10,889
Percentage 8.3% 5.4%
Swing Increase 1.6% Decrease 5.5%

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Result of the election

Prime Minister before election

Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Left-Green

Prime Minister after election

Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Left-Green

Polling

 

D = Independence Party, V = Left-Green Movement, S = Social Democratic Alliance, M = Centre Party, B = Progressive Party, P = Pirate Party, F = People's Party, C = Reform Party, J = Socialist Party.

2021 Icelandic Parliamentary Election Media

Notes

  1. The Pirate Party rejects the regular leadership model. A new formal chair is chosen at the start of each parliamentary session by coin toss. Their formal chairperson for the 2021–2022 period is Halldóra Mogensen.
  2. Halldóra Mogensen, their formal chairperson for the 2021–2022 period, is running in Reykjavík North.

References

  1. Alexander Kristjánsson (2020-07-24). "Kosið 25. september 2021". mbl.is (in íslenska). Retrieved 2020-11-27.