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Iceland Icelandic Parliamentary Election: Results, Seat Distribution, and Coalition Prospects

Election Winner
24.4 % of votes
Parties in Parliament
8
±0 compared to 2017
Voter Turnout
80.1 %
-1.1 percentage points compared to 2017

Final Official Results of Iceland's Parliamentary Election

The bars show each party's vote share, the chips the swing since the previous election. Icelandic Parliamentary Election Results, September 25, 2021

D
24.4
-0.8
B
17.3
+6.6
V
12.6
-4.3
S
9.9
-2.2
F
8.8
+1.9
P
8.6
-0.6
C
8.3
+1.6
M
5.4
-5.5
J
4.1
+4.1
Other
0.6
Government cannot remain in office

The incumbent governing parties achieved 9.5% of the seats.

Althing Seat Distribution Post-Election

How Polls Shifted Ahead of Iceland's Parliamentary Election

Latest Election Polls from Polling Institutes

Score Institute Date D S B P V C M F J Other Link
85 Gallup September 24, 2021 23.4 12.6 14.9 8.8 12.0 9.2 6.8 6.4 5.3 0.6
70 MMR September 23, 2021 22.9 11.5 16.4 9.9 9.7 12.0 5.8 6.2 5.1 0.5
68 Maskína September 24, 2021 21.4 13.8 15.4 10.2 10.5 10.1 5.5 6.2 6.1 0.8
57 Prósent September 21, 2021 20.1 14.7 12.2 13.1 10.7 9.3 6.6 5.2 6.9 1.2
? Zenter December 19, 2020 22.9 15.6 7.3 17.0 10.2 10.2 6.7 4.7 3.3 2.1
How reliable are the institutes?

Who Governed Iceland Post-Election?

Election Day 09/25/2021 Government formation 64 days Jakobsdottir II 11/28/2021 – 04/09/2024 Bjarni Benediktsson Benediktsson II

Jakobsdottir II

November 28, 2021 – April 9, 2024 · 2 years 4 months
6 of 63 seats

Bjarni Benediktsson

Benediktsson II
April 9, 2024 – December 21, 2024 · 8 months 12 days
37 of 63 seats

Every party in detail: votes, gains and losses

Orientation Party Votes Seats Link
Centre-Right Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn 24.4 % -0.8 16 ±0
Centre-Right Framsóknarflokkurinn 17.3 % +6.6 13 +5
Left Vinstri græn 12.6 % -4.3 8 -3
Centre-Left Samfylkingin 9.9 % -2.2 6 -1
Transversal Flokkur fólksins 8.8 % +1.9 6 +2
Transversal Píratar 8.6 % -0.6 6 ±0
Liberal Viðreisn 8.3 % +1.6 5 +1
Centre-Right Miðflokkurinn 5.4 % -5.5 3 -4
Left Sósíalistaflokkur Íslands 4.1 % +4.1 0 ±0
Unknown Other Parties 0.6 % +0.6 0 ±0

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