Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland. There are 63 seats in Althingi, the Icelandic parliament, so for the current tripartite coalition government to retain a majority, it would have to win at least 32 seats in total. There were 11 parties on the ballot paper, ten of them in all six constituencies. Nine parties are expected to be represented after the Althingi elections.
The Progress Party and the Independence Party continue to gain support, according to a new MMR poll conducted in cooperation with Morgunblaðið. On the other hand, the third party of the current government coalition, the Green Left Movement, is losing support, and according to calculations regarding the number of seats in parliament, the ruling parties may only win 31 out of 63 seats in parliament – that is, they may lose the majority slightly.
However, it only takes a small change of support for the government to maintain a majority with 32 or 33 parliamentary seats.
One thing is for sure – forming a government following elections will be complicated, as it will need a coalition of three, four or even five parties. According to Morgunblaðið, there are 14 possible ways to form a government.
In our last parliamentary elections on October 28, 2017, voter participation was 81.2%.
Source: Yle