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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]
Background
In early April 2016, following revelations in the Panama Papers, leaks from law firm Mossack Fonseca about the financial dealings of then Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (Progressive Party) and his wife, there were calls for an early election from the opposition,[5] who planned to present him with a motion of no confidence. Mass protests calling on the Prime Minister to quit followed. Although Sigmundur Davíð had stated he had no intention of resigning, he apparently resigned on 5 April. However, it was later stated by the Prime Minister's office that he had only taken a temporary leave of absence from his duties.[5][6][7][8][9] The Progressive Party's deputy leader, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, became acting Prime Minister the same day.[9]
The President, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, then said he would speak to both coalition parties, Progressive Party and Independence Party, before considering whether to call new elections.[10] Opposition parties continued to press for new elections.[8] On 6 April, Sigurður announced, "We expect to have elections this autumn."[11] On 11 August, Bjarni Benediktsson met with opposition parties and later announced that elections would be held on 29 October 2016.[2]
Electoral system
The 63 members of the Althing were elected using open list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies of 10 to 11 seats.[12] Of the 63 seats, 54 were elected using constituency results and determined using the d'Hondt method. The remaining nine supplementary seats were awarded to parties that crossed the 5% national electoral threshold in order to give them a total number of seats equivalent to their national share of the vote.[12]
Participating parties
The final deadline for parties to apply for participation in the parliamentary election was 14 October 2016.
- Parties with a list for all constituencies
- Bright Future, list letter A
- Progressive Party, list letter B
- Reform, list letter C
- Independence Party, list letter D
- People's Party, list letter F
- Social Democratic Alliance, list letter S
- Dawn, list letter T
- Left-Green Movement, list letter V
- Pirate Party, list letter P
- Parties with a list for only some constituencies
- Humanist Party in Reykjavík South, list letter H
- People's Front of Iceland in all constituencies apart from the Northwest, list letter R
- Icelandic National Front in the South and Northwest constituencies, list letter E
Campaign
Sigurður Ingi replaced Sigmundur Davíð as the party chairman of the Progressive Party on 2 October 2016.[13]
The Pirate Party announced on 16 October 2016 that they would not participate in post-election negotiations to form a coalition government with either the Progressive Party or the Independence Party.[14] The party did send letters to Reform, Bright Future, Social Democratic Alliance and Left-Green Movement about the possibility of forming an alliance prior to the election.[14]
Opinion polls
| Institute | Release date | V | S | P | A | B | D | C | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallup | 28 Oct 2016 | 16.5% | 7.4% | 17.9% | 6.8% | 9.3% | 27.0% | 8.8% | 9.1% | |
| MMR | 28 Oct 2016 | 16.2% | 6.1% | 20.5% | 6.7% | 11.4% | 24.7% | 8.9% | 5.5% | 4.2% |
| Háskóli Íslands | 27 Oct 2016 | 16.8% | 5.7% | 21.2% | 6.7% | 10.1% | 22.5% | 11.4% | 5.5% | 1.3% |
| Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2 / Vísir | 27 Oct 2016 | 16.4% | 5.7% | 18.4% | 6.3% | 9.9% | 27.3% | 10.5% | 5.5% | 8.9% |
| MMR | 26 Oct 2016 | 16.0% | 7.6% | 19.1% | 8.8% | 10.0% | 21.9% | 9.3% | 7.3% | 2.8% |
| Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2 / Vísir | 26 Oct 2016 | 16.4% | 6.0% | 20.3% | 5.1% | 11.2% | 25.1% | 10.8% | 5.1% | 4.8% |
| Háskóli Íslands | 21 Oct 2016 | 18.6% | 6.5% | 22.6% | 6.0% | 9.1% | 21.1% | 8.8% | 7.3% | 1.5% |
| Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2 / Vísir | 18 Oct 2016 | 19.2% | 6.5% | 20.7% | 7.4% | 8.5% | 23.7% | 6.6% | 7.4% | 3.0% |
| MMR | 14 Oct 2016 | 14.5% | 9.0% | 19.6% | 8.2% | 9.2% | 21.4% | 10.2% | 7.9% | 1.8% |
| Háskóli Íslands | 14 Oct 2016 | 17.7% | 6.9% | 17.5% | 7.7% | 8.6% | 21.5% | 11.4% | 8.7% | 4.0% |
| Gallup | 14 Oct 2016 | 14.5% | 7.1% | 18.3% | 7.7% | 9.8% | 22.6% | 12.4% | 7.6% | 4.3% |
| Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2 / Vísir | 12 Oct 2016 | 15.1% | 7.3% | 22.8% | 8.2% | 8.5% | 22.7% | 8.4% | 7.0% | 0.1% |
| Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2 / Vísir | 5 Oct 2016 | 12.6% | 8.8% | 19.2% | 6.9% | 11.4% | 25.9% | 6.9% | 8.3% | 6.7% |
| Gallup | 30 Sep 2016 | 15.6% | 8.5% | 20.6% | 4.7% | 8.2% | 23.7% | 13.4% | 5.4% | 3.1% |
| Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2 / Vísir | 28 Sep 2016 | 12.9% | 5.9% | 19.9% | 3.6% | 12.6% | 34.6% | 7.3% | 3.2% | 14.7% |
| MMR | 26 Sep 2016 | 11.5% | 9.3% | 21.6% | 4.9% | 12.2% | 20.6% | 12.3% | 6.7% | 1.0% |
| MMR | 22 Sep 2016 | 13.2% | 8.1% | 22.7% | 4.1% | 11.0% | 22.7% | 11.5% | 6.7% | Tied |
| Gallup | 16 Sep 2016 | 13.5% | 8.8% | 23.1% | 2.9% | 9.4% | 25.5% | 12.2% | 4.6% | 1.4% |
| Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2 / Vísir | 8 Sep 2016 | 12.7% | 7.5% | 29.5% | 2.0% | 10.7% | 28.2% | 6.7% | 2.7% | 1.3% |
| Gallup | 6 Sep 2016 | 16.2% | 8.3% | 25.8% | 2.9% | 9.0% | 26.3% | 10.6% | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=2016_Icelandic_parliamentary_election