All 63 seats in the Althing 32 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
79.18%
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
Independence
Bjarni Benediktsson
29.00
21
+2
Left-Green
Katrín Jakobsdóttir
15.91
10
+3
Pirates
Collective leadership[n 1]
14.48
10
+7
Progressive
Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
11.49
8
−11
Reform
Benedikt Jóhannesson
10.48
7
New
Bright Future
Óttarr Proppé
7.16
4
−2
Social Democratic
Oddný G. Harðardóttir
5.74
3
−6
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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 29 October 2016. They were due to be held on or before 27 April 2017, but following the 2016 Icelandic anti-government protests, the ruling coalition announced that early elections would be held "in autumn".[1][2]
The Independence Party emerged as the largest in the Althing, winning 21 of the 63 seats; the Progressive Party, which had won the most seats in 2013, lost more than half its seats as it was overtaken by the Left-Green Movement and the Pirate Party. Of the 63 elected MPs, 30 were female, giving Iceland the highest proportion of female MPs in Europe.[3]
A new coalition was formed on 10 January 2017, consisting of the Independence Party, the Reform Party and Bright Future, with Bjarni Benediktsson becoming Prime Minister on 11 January 2017.[4]
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