Next Icelandic parliamentary election

Next Icelandic parliamentary election

On or before 29 October 2020

All 63 seats in the Althing 32 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Bjarni Benediktsson Katrín Jakobsdóttir Birgitta Jónsdóttir[n 1] Party Independence Left-Green Pirates Leader since 29 March 2009 24 February 2013 24 November 2012 Last election 21 seats, 29% 10 seats, 15.9% 10 seats, 14.5%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson Benedikt Jóhannesson Óttarr Proppé Party Progressive Reform Bright Future Leader since 2 October 2016 24 May 2016 31 January 2015 Last election 8 seats, 11.5% 7 seat, 10.5% 4 seats, 7.2%   Seventh party   Leader Logi Már Einarsson Party Social Democratic Leader since 31 October 2016 Last election 3 seats, 5.7%

Prime Minister before election TBD Prime Minister-designate TBD

Parliamentary elections are due to be held in Iceland by 29 October 2020, but may be held earlier if a government is unable to be formed following the 2016 elections.

Electoral system

The 63 members of the Althing are elected using closed list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies of 8 to 13 seats.^[1] Of the 63 seats, 54 are elected using constituency results and determined using the d'Hondt method. The remaining nine supplementary seats are 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.^[1]

Opinion polls

Institute	Release date	V	S	P	A	C	B	D	Others
Gallup	2 Dec 2016	20.9%	5.3%	13.7%	8.6%	8.9%	9.0%	28.0%	5.6%
MMR	14 Nov 2016	20.7%	5.6%	11.9%	9.6%	10.6%	9.4%	26.0%	6.2%
2016 result	29 Oct 2016	15.9%	5.7%	14.5%	7.2%	10.5%	11.5%	29.0%	5.7%

Footnotes

1. The Pirate Party does not have formal leadership, but Birgitta is chair of the Parliamentary party.

References

1. Electoral system IPU