Icelandic parliamentary election, 2013
- V: 7
- S: 9
- Þ: 3
- A: 6
- B: 19
- D: 19
The parliamentary elections in Iceland in 2013 took place on April 27, 2013. Were elected the 63 members of the national parliament, the Althing.
Electoral system
The 63 members of the Althing be selected in six multi -member constituencies. Each voter has one vote, which he can give for a party list. In addition, it can highlight any candidate from the list or change their order. Eight to ten members are elected per constituency, a total of 54 seats are allocated on the D' Hondt method after. This creates Depending on the constituency a de facto barrier clause 8-12 %. Another nine seats are allocated nationally, so that the number of representatives per party is in proportion to the statewide vote of the party about. For these so-called compensation seats only parties are taken into account, which nationwide have reached at least 5 % of votes.
Seats per constituency:
Parties
The following eleven parties competed nationwide:
- S: Alliance ( Samfylkingin, Socialist ruling party, 19 seats)
- D: Independence Party ( Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn, liberal- conservative, 16 seats)
- V: Left - Green Movement ( Vinstrihreyfingin - grænt framboð, Left -Green government party, 11 seats)
- B: Progress Party ( Framsóknarflokkurinn, agrarian- liberal, 9 seats)
- T: dawn ( Dögun, emerged from civil rights movement, Hreyfingin ( " Movement " ) and the Liberal Party of Iceland, 2 seats)
- A: Bright Future ( Björt framtid, pro-European, partly from Besti flokkurinn / Best Party emerged, 2 seats)
- J: Rainbow ( Regnboginn, Eurosceptic elimination of the Left-Green, 2 seats)
- Þ: Pirate Party ( Píratar, 1 seat)
- G: Right - Green People's Party ( Hægri Grænir Flokkur fólksins, EU - skeptical )
- I: Budget Party ( Flokkur Heimilanna )
- L: Islands Democratic Party ( Lýðræðisvaktin, elimination of Dawn )
In addition, enter the four parties in individual constituencies to:
- H: Humanist Party ( Húmanistaflokkurinn, last competed in 1999 only in Reykjavík )
- K: Sturla Jónsson (only in Reykjavík South)
- M: Province Party ( Landsbyggðarflokkurinn, only in the constituency Northwest)
- R: People's Front of Iceland ( Alþýðufylkingin, anti-capitalist, only in Reykjavík )
Surveys
The pre-election polls dared to move into the Parliament in addition to the established parties more new parties.
Election result
* Seats are given in the form of constituency seats compensation seats.
Further developments and consequences of the choice
The election was seen as crucial for the further course of the accession negotiations with the European Union Islands.
Prime Minister of Iceland was founded on May 23, 2013 Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson of the Progress Party, which formed a coalition with the Independence Party.