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Final Election Results 2017

10/30/2017

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Photo: Páll Stefánsson. The final results are in for the Icelandic parliamentary election. They are as follows, according to RÚV. The Independence Party: 25.2 percent or 16 MPs Left-Green Movement: 16.9 percent or 11 MPs The Social Democratic Alliance: 12.1 percent or 7 MPs The Center Party: 10.9 percent or 7 MPs The Progressive Party: 10.7 percent or 8 MPs The Pirate Party: 9.2 percent or 6 MPs The People’s Party: 6.9 percent or 4 MPs Reform Party: 6.7 percent or 4 MPs Other parties did not achieve the 5 percent voter support needed to be represented in Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament. Voter turnout was 81.2 percent. Last year’s voter turnout was 79.2 percent, the lowest in Iceland’s history. It was 81.5 percent in the 2013 parliamentary election, which in that year was a historical low. According to Kjarninn, the percentage of women MPs has decreased from 47.6 percent to 36.5 percent (30 seats to 23). This is the lowest number of women MPs since before the banking collapse in 2008. A governing coalition needs 32 seats to form a majority government: final numbers show at least three parties will be needed to do so. It is likely a coalition could consist of four parties. RÚV has published a list with the names of all members of parliament. You can see it here.

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    Election 2016 Results 

    Invalid/blank votes 5,574
    Total 195,204
    Registered voters 246,515
    ​Turnout 79.19%

    Independence Party (54,990) 29.00% 21 seats
    Left-Green Movement (30,166) 15.91% 10 seats
    Pirate Party (27,449) 14.48% 10 seats
    Progressive Party (21,791) 11.49% 8 seats
    Reform (19,870) 10.48% 7 seats
    Bright Future (13,578) 7.16% 4 seats
    Social Democratic Alliance (10,893) 5.74% 3 seats
    People’s Party (6,707) 3.54 % No seats
    Dawn (3,275) 1.7% No seats
    People’s Front of Iceland (575) 0.30% No seats
    Icelandic National Front (303) 0.16% No seats
    Humanist Party (33) 0.02% No seats

    In brief | Pirate Party
    What: A pro-free speech, anti-authoritarian political party in Iceland
    Formed: 2012

    Founders: A group of anarchists, hackers and internet-freedom activists

    Leader: The party eschews formal leaders but Birgitta Jonsdottir is the most senior of three Pirate lawmakers in Iceland’s parliament

    Pirate policies
    • direct democracy
    • a new national constitution
    • public vetoes over new laws
    • greater scrutiny of the workings of government
    • strict safeguards for individuals’ online and offline privacy
    • public ownership of the country’s natural resources

    “I would like everybody in Iceland to find the pirate within, because the pirate within really represents change and a collective vision for the future.”
    - Birgitta Jonsdottir, Pirate Party lawmaker

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