Iceland Parliamentary election 2017 Results Voting Live Dates Opinion Exit Poll

Iceland Parliamentary election Dates 2017

Iceland Parliamentary election: 4 November 2017

 Iceland's president on Saturday accepted the resignation of the volcanic island's prime minister, who says a new election mostly likely will be held on Nov. 4.

Iceland Parliamentary election Voting Live 2017

1. Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson lost his nine-month-old, center-right coalition after one party quit over an attempt by the prime minister's father to help clear the name of a convicted pedophile.
2. Iceland’s embattled prime minister, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, has become the first major casualty of the Panama Papers, stepping aside from his office amid mounting public outrage that his family had sheltered money offshore.
3. President Gudni Th. Johannesson met Saturday with Benediktsson and was meeting with other party leaders later in the day.

    

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   Electoral system of Iceland

Iceland elects on a national level a ceremonial head of state, the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a four-year term by the people. The parliament (Alþingi) has 63 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation, using the D'Hondt method with open list.

Candidates for Iceland Parliamentary election 2017

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Iceland Parties and leaders

Social Democratic Alliance

Independence Party

Left-Green Movement

Progressive Party

Bright Future

Iceland past election results