2016 Icelandic parliamentary election

none Iceland 2013 2017 All 63 seats in the Althing 32 29 October 2016 79.18% Bjarni Benediktsson Independence Party (Iceland) 19 21 29.00 Katrín Jakobsdóttir Left-Green Movement 7 10 15.91 Collective leadershipn The Pirate Party rejects the regular leadership model. Their formal chairperson of the parliamentary group in 2016 was Birgitta Jónsdóttir. Pirate Party (Iceland) 3 10 14.48 Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson Progressive Party (Iceland) 19 8 11.49 Benedikt Jóhannesson Viðreisn new 7 10.48 Óttarr Proppé Bright Future (Iceland) 6 4 7.16 Oddný G. Harðardóttir Social Democratic Alliance 9 3 5.74 File:2016 Iceland parliamentary election results map ISL.svg 400px Results by constituency Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson Progressive Party (Iceland) Bjarni Benediktsson Independence Party (Iceland) List of members of the Althing, 2016–2017 List of members of the Althing, 2013–2016 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".Kosningar í haust - Lilja verður ráðherra https://web.archive.org/web/20160808165706/http://ruv.is/frett/kosningar-i-haust-lilja-verdur-radherra 2016-08-08 RÚV, 6 April 2016 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.Iceland elections leave ruling centre-right party in driving seat https://web.archive.org/web/20161030205656/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/30/iceland-elections-ruling-centre-right-party-pirate-party 2016-10-30 The Guardian, 30 October 2016 A new coalition was formed on 10 January 2017, consisting of the Independence Party, Viðreisn and Bright Future, with Bjarni Benediktsson becoming prime minister on 11 January 2017.Arnarsdóttir Eygló Svala New Government Announced Tomorrow http://icelandreview.com/news/2017/01/09/new-government-announced-tomorrow Iceland Review 10 January 2017 en 9 January 2017 10 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170110144428/http://icelandreview.com/news/2017/01/09/new-government-announced-tomorrow live 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,Iceland’s PM faces calls for snap election after offshore revelations https://web.archive.org/web/20161210100807/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/03/iceland-pm-calls-snap-election-offshore-revelations 2016-12-10 The Guardian, 3 April 2016 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.http://grapevine.is/news/2016/04/05/pm-sigmundur-david-gunnlaugsson-wavers-on-resignation/ PM Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Wavers On Resignation The Reykjavik Grapevine 5 April 2016 2016-04-06 2016-04-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20160406024620/http://grapevine.is/news/2016/04/05/pm-sigmundur-david-gunnlaugsson-wavers-on-resignation/ livehttp://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-panama-tax-iceland-idUKKCN0X21MX Iceland PM calls to dissolve parliament after tax scandal Reuters UK en-GB 2016-04-05 2016-04-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20160405175614/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-panama-tax-iceland-idUKKCN0X21MX deadHenley Jon Iceland PM steps aside after protests over Panama Papers revelations https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/05/iceland-prime-minister-resigns-over-panama-papers-revelations 6 April 2016 The Guardian 5 April 2016 18 November 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171118220314/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/05/iceland-prime-minister-resigns-over-panama-papers-revelations live The Progressive Party's deputy leader, Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, became acting prime minister the same day. 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.Iceland swears in new PM amid Panama Papers fallout CNN, 7 April 2016 Opposition parties continued to press for new elections.Panama Papers: Iceland PM Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson steps down https://web.archive.org/web/20180606045414/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35966412 2018-06-06 BBC News, 6 April 2016 On 6 April, Sigurður announced, "We expect to have elections this autumn."Panama papers: Iceland names PM replacement https://web.archive.org/web/20180930000546/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35983450 2018-09-30 BBC News, 7 April 2016 On 11 August, Bjarni Benediktsson met with opposition parties and later announced that elections would be held on 29 October 2016.Boða til kosninga 29. október http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/08/11/boda_til_kosninga_29_oktober/ 11 August 2016 MBL 11 August 2016 is 14 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160814035649/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/08/11/boda_til_kosninga_29_oktober/ live Electoral system The 63 members of the Althing were elected using open list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies of 10 to 11 seats.Elections to the Icelandic Althing (Parliament) https://web.archive.org/web/20190808100327/http://electionresources.org/is/ 2019-08-08 Election Resources 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. Participating parties List of political parties in Iceland 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 Viðreisn, 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.http://www.ruv.is/frett/sigurdur-ingi-kjorinn-formadur-framsoknar Sigurður Ingi kjörinn formaður Framsóknar 2016-10-02 RÚV 2016-10-17 2016-10-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20161020144220/http://www.ruv.is/frett/sigurdur-ingi-kjorinn-formadur-framsoknar live 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.http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2016/10/16/piratar_utiloka_stjornarflokkana/ Píratar útiloka stjórnarflokkana 2016-10-17 2016-10-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20161019114633/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2016/10/16/piratar_utiloka_stjornarflokkana/ live 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. Opinion polls 550px|center|thumb|Graphical summary of the opinion polls in Iceland since the previous parliamentary election. Each dot corresponds to one poll's number for party. A smoothing spline is used to show the trends. The scatter of points around the spline curves gives an indication of the uncertainty of the polls. The thin circles at the very right show the results of the election, which for P and D deviate significantly from the polls. InstituteRelease dateVSPABDCOthersLeadGallupdmy 2016 10 28 on16.5%7.4%17.9%6.8%9.3%27.0%8.8%9.1%MMRdmy 2016 10 28 on16.2%6.1%20.5%6.7%11.4%24.7%8.9%5.5%4.2%Háskóli Íslandsdmy 2016 10 27 on16.8%5.7%21.2%6.7%10.1%22.5%11.4%5.5%1.3%Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2 / Vísirdmy 2016 10 27 on16.4%5.7%18.4%6.3%9.9%27.3%10.5%5.5%8.9%MMRdmy 2016 10 26 on16.0%7.6%19.1%8.8%10.0%21.9%9.3%7.3%2.8%Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2 / Vísirdmy 2016 10 26 on16.4%6.0%20.3%5.1%11.2%25.1%10.8%5.1%4.8%Háskóli Íslandsdmy 2016 10 21 on18.6%6.5%22.6%6.0%9.1%21.1%8.8%7.3%1.5%Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2 / Vísirdmy 2016 10 18 on19.2%6.5%20.7%7.4%8.5%23.7%6.6%7.4%3.0%MMRdmy 2016 10 14 on14.5%9.0%19.6%8.2%9.2%21.4%10.2%7.9%1.8%Háskóli Íslandsdmy 2016 10 14 on17.7%6.9%17.5%7.7%8.6%21.5%11.4%8.7%4.0%Gallupdmy 2016 10 14 on14.5%7.1%18.3%7.7%9.8%22.6%12.4%7.6%4.3%Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2 / Vísirdmy 2016 10 12 on15.1%7.3%22.8%8.2%8.5%22.7%8.4%7.0%0.1%https://archive.today/20161026183500/http://www.electograph.com/2016/10/iceland-october-2016-frettablai-poll.html Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2 / Vísirdmy 2016 10 5 on12.6%8.8%19.2%6.9%11.4%25.9%6.9%8.3%6.7%Gallupdmy 2016 9 30 on15.6%8.5%20.6%4.7%8.2%23.7%13.4%5.4%3.1%Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2 / Vísirdmy 2016 9 28 on12.9%5.9%19.9%3.6%12.6%34.6%7.3%3.2%14.7%MMRdmy 2016 9 26 on11.5%9.3%21.6%4.9%12.2%20.6%12.3%6.7%1.0%MMRdmy 2016 9 22 on13.2%8.1%22.7%4.1%11.0%22.7%11.5%6.7%TiedGallupdmy 2016 9 16 on13.5%8.8%23.1%2.9%9.4%25.5%12.2%4.6%1.4%Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2 / Vísirdmy 2016 9 8 on12.7%7.5%29.5%2.0%10.7%28.2%6.7%2.7%1.3%Gallupdmy 2016 9 6 on16.2%8.3%25.8%2.9%9.0%26.3%10.6%0.9%0.5%MMRdmy 2016 8 30 on12.4%9.1%22.4%4.5%10.6%24.6%8.8%7.6%2.2%Gallupdmy 2016 7 29 on16.8%8.0%25.3%4.2%9.9%26.2%9.0%0.6%0.9%MMRdmy 2016 7 25 on12.9%8.4%26.8%3.9%8.3%24.0%9.4%6.3%2.8%MMRdmy 2016 7 7 on18.0%10.9%24.3%2.9%6.4%25.3%6.7%5.4%1.0%Gallupdmy 2016 6 29 on15.2%8.2%27.9%3.4%10.0%25.1%9.4%0.8%2.8%Háskóli Íslandsdmy 2016 6 24 on17.0%9.0%28.0%4.5%9.5%19.7%9.7%2.6%8.3%Háskóli Íslandsdmy 2016 6 14 on15.9%7.6%29.9%2.9%11.1%22.7%9.1%0.8%7.2%Háskóli Íslandsdmy 2016 6 4 on16.5%7.2%28.3%3.8%11.8%23.9%7.9%0.6%4.4%Gallupdmy 2016 6 1 on16.8%7.7%27.4%4.0%10.2%28.5%4.3% 1.1%1.1%Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2 / Vísirdmy 2016 5 27 on18.1%6.1%28.7%2.5%7.3%31.5%5.8%2.8%Háskóli Íslandsdmy 2016 5 17 on18.9%8.9%25.8%4.8%8.2%28.2%3.5%1.7%2.4%MMRdmy 2016 5 13 on15.8%7.5%31.0%4.9%10.4%26.3%2.5%4.7%Fréttablaðiðdmy 2016 5 12 on19.8%7.4%30.3%3.1%6.5%31.1%1.8%0.8%Fréttablaðiðdmy 2016 5 6 on14.0%8.4%31.8%4.0%8.3%29.9%3.6%1.9%MMRdmy 2016 5 3 on14.0%9.7%28.9%3.4%11.2%27.8%5.0%1.1%Gallupdmy 2016 4 30 on18.4%8.3%26.6%5.2%10.5%27.0%3.5%0.5%0.4%Gallupdmy 2016 4 13 on19.8%9.0%29.3%5.0%6.9%26.7%2.7%0.6%2.6%Háskóli Íslandsdmy 2016 4 8 on14.7%9.5%30.9%4.8%12.9%23.3%3.9%7.6%Maskínadmy 2016 4 8 on20.0%7.2%34.2%5.2%9.4%21.3%2.7%12.9%Gallupdmy 2016 4 7 on16.7%7.6%32.4%5.6%10.8%21.9%3.3%1.7%11.5%MMRdmy 2016 4 6 on12.8%9.9%36.7%5.8%8.7%22.5%3.6%12.2%Fréttablaðiðdmy 2016 4 5 on11.2%10.2%43.0%3.8%7.9%21.6%2.3%21.4%Háskóli Íslandsdmy 2016 4 5 on14.9%8.1%39.4%4.4%10.0%18.8%4.4%20.6%Gallupdmy 2016 3 31 on11.0%9.5%36.1%3.2%12.0%23.2%2.1%2.9%12.9%MMRdmy 2016 3 18 on9.3%9.2%38.3%4.2%12.4%22.9%3.4%15.4%Fréttablaðiðdmy 2016 3 9 on8.4%8.2%38.1%1.8%12.8%27.6%3.1%10.5%MMRdmy 2016 3 2 on7.8%7.8%37.0%4.2%12.8%23.4%7%13.6%Gallupdmy 2016 3 2 on10.8%9.7%35.9%3.3%11.0%23.7%5.6%12.2%Gallupdmy 2016 2 2 on10.8%9.2%35.3%3.6%12.0%24.4%4.7%10.9%MMRdmy 2016 2 2 on11.0%9.4%35.6%4.4%12.2%21.1%5.9%14.5%Fréttablaðiðdmy 2016 1 30 on9.6%9.9%41.8%1.6%10.2%23.2%3.7%18.6%Gallupdmy 2016 1 2 on10.2%10.4%33.1%4.2%12.0%25.2%4.9%7.9%https://archive.today/20160129141939/http://www.electograph.com/2016/01/iceland-december-2015-mmr-poll-2.html MMRdmy 2015 12 18 on11.4%12.9%34.9%5.3%11.5%20.6%3.4%14.3%Gallupdmy 2015 12 4 on11.4%10.1%32.9%3.9%12.0%24.8%4.9%8.1%MMRdmy 2015 11 16 on9.9%10.5%35.3%4.6%10.8%23.7%5.2%11.6%Gallupdmy 2015 11 4 on11.1%10.6%35.5%4.6%9.6%24.6%4.4%0.9%MMRdmy 2015 10 21 on11.8%11.3%34.2%6.5%10.4%21.7%4.1%12.5%Gallupdmy 2015 10 2 on10.6%10.1%34.6%5.6%10.1%24.4%4.6%10.2%MMRdmy 2015 09 3 on9.6%10.6%33.0%5.8%11.4%25.3%4.3%7.7%Gallupdmy 2015 09 1 on11.8%9.3%35.9%4.4%11.1%21.7%5.8%14.2%Gallupdmy 2015 08 7 on8.9%12.2%32.3%5.0%12.4%24.0%5.2%8.3%MMRdmy 2015 08 4 on10.2%9.6%35.0%4.4%12.2%23.1%5.5%7.9%MMRdmy 2015 06 30 on12.0%9.3%33.2%5.6%10.6%23.8%5.5%9.4%Rúvdmy 2015 06 29 on10.3%11.4%32.0%6.4%11.3%24.5%4.1%7.5%MMRdmy 2015 06 25 on10.5%11.6%32.4%6.8%10.0%23.3%5.4%9.1%FBLdmy 2015 06 19 on7.3%11.1%37.5%3.3%8.5%29.5%2.8%8.0%MMRdmy 2015 06 16 on11.1%11.8%34.5%6.7%11.3%21.2%3.5%13.3%Gallupdmy 2015 06 01 on9.8%12.4%34.1%7.4%8.9%23.0%4.3%11.1%MMRdmy 2015 05 26 on10.4%13.1%32.7%6.3%8.6%23.1%5.6%9.6%MMRdmy 2015 05 04 on10.8%10.7%32.0%8.3%10.8%21.9%5.5%10.1%Gallupdmy 2015 04 30 on10.6%14.1%30.1%7.8%10.1%22.9%4.4%9.2%Gallupdmy 2015 03 30 on10.1%15.8%21.7%10.9%10.8%25.0%5.7%3.3%Kjarninndmy 2015 03 26 on10.2%16.1%23.6%10.1%11.0%24.8%4.2%1.2%MMRdmy 2015 03 21 on9.0%16.3%29.1%9.0%11.6%23.4%1.7%5.7%MMRdmy 2015 03 18 on10.8%15.5%23.9%10.3%11.0%23.4%5.1%0.5%Fréttablaðið dmy 2015 03 11 on10.4%16.1%21.9%9.2%10.1%28.0%4.3%6.1%Rúv dmy 2015 03 02 on11.2%17.1%15.2%13.3%11.0%26.1%6.1%9.0%MMRdmy 2015 02 19 on12.9%14.5%12.8%15.0%13.1%25.5%6.2%10.5%Gallupdmy 2015 02 03 on11.0%18.0%12.0%13.0%13.0%27.0%6.0%9.0%MMRdmy 2015 01 14 on11.9%15.9%12.8%16.9%9.4%27.3%5.8%10.4%Mbldmy 2014 12 16 on11.6%16.1%11.4%16.2%11.0%29.0%4.7%12.8%Fréttablaðiðdmy 2014 11 17 on13.1%19.2%9.2%12.5%12.8%32.9%13.7%MMRdmy 2014 11 04 on10.7%16.1%11.3%18.6%12.3%23.6%7.4%5.0%Gallupdmy 2014 10 03 on13.0%19.0%7.0%16.0%12.0%27.0%8.0%MMRdmy 2014 09 08 on10.4%16.9%9.2%17.8%11.3%28.2%6.2%10.4%MMRdmy 2014 08 28 on9.6%20.3%10.3%17.6%9.6%26.6%6.0%6.3%MMRdmy 2014 07 31 on11.6%17.0%9.6%19.2%11.8%24.1%6.7%7.1%MMRdmy 2014 06 24 on11.4%16.5%8.3%21.8%11.4%25.0%5.6%3.2%MMRdmy 2014 05 13 on11.6%16.4%9.6%19.4%12.3%22.1%8.6%2.7%MMRdmy 2014 05 02 on11.7%17.4%9.0%15.5%14.1%25.1%7.2%7.7%MMRdmy 2014 04 14 on11.5%15.1%11.0%17.1%14.4%23.9%7.0%6.8%MMRdmy 2014 03 03 on10.4%14.0%9.3%16.4%14.6%29.0%5.6%12.6%RÚVdmy 2014 02 27 on13.0%16.8%9.8%15.8%15.3%23.7%5.6%6.9%Capacentdmy 2014 02 01 on12.7%14.9%8.1%14.2%18.3%26.9%8.6%MMRdmy 2014 01 22 on11.0%17.1%6.9%15.9%17.0%26.3%5.6%9.2%Capacentdmy 2013 12 24 on13.3%15.1%10.7%13.1%16.4%25.3%8.9%MMRdmy 2013 11 30 on12.6%13.8%9.0%15.2%15.0%26.8%11.6%2013 resultdmy 2013 04 28 on10.9%12.9%5.1%8.3%24.4%26.7%2.3%InstituteRelease dateVSPABDCOthersLead Results Voter turnout was the lowest turnout in Iceland's history.http://www.visir.is/kjorsokn-aldrei-verid-minni/article/2016161039950 Kjörsókn aldrei verið minni 30 October 2016 Vísir 2016-12-03 2016-11-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20161102162048/http://www.visir.is/kjorsokn-aldrei-verid-minni/article/2016161039950 live File:Althing October 2016.svg Independence Party 54992 21 +2 Left-Green Movement 30167 10 +3 Pirate Party 27466 10 +7 Progressive Party 21792 8 –11 Viðreisn 19870 7 New Bright Future 13578 4 –2 Social Democratic Alliance 10894 3 –6 People's Party 6707 0 New Dawn 3275 0 0 People's Front of Iceland 571 0 0 Icelandic National Front 303 0 New Humanist Party 33 0 0 5552 0 246542 Statistics Iceland Government formation Neither of the two main blocs — the outgoing coalition of the Independence Party and the Progressives, or the centre-left opposition (Left-Greens, Pirates, Bright Future and Social Democrats) — secured an overall majority, leaving the new centrist party Reform as possible kingmakers.Duxbury Charles https://www.wsj.com/articles/iceland-election-leaves-government-with-no-clear-majority-1477793918 Iceland Lawmakers Face Tricky Negotiations After Inconclusive Election WSJ 2016-10-30 2016-12-03 2016-12-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20161203022250/http://www.wsj.com/articles/iceland-election-leaves-government-with-no-clear-majority-1477793918 live The leader of the Independence Party, Bjarni Benediktsson, expressed preference for a three-party coalition, although without saying which three parties. The Pirate Party proposed a five-party coalition with the Left-Green Movement, the Social Democrats, Bright Future and Reform, having previously ruled out working with either of the two outgoing coalition members. The Pirate Party then suggested a minority coalition of Left-Green Movement, Bright Future and Reform, with outside support from themselves and the Social Democrats, in order to simplify the process of government formation.http://icelandreview.com/news/2016/10/31/pirates-suggest-minority-government Pirates Suggest Minority Government 31 October 2016 Iceland Review 2016-12-03 2016-11-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20161106135030/http://icelandreview.com/news/2016/10/31/PIRATES-SUGGEST-MINORITY-GOVERNMENT live The leader of Reform ruled out a right-leaning three-party coalition with the Independence Party and the Progressives,grapevine.is http://grapevine.is/news/2016/10/31/elections-2016-what-will-icelands-next-government-be/ Elections 2016: What Will Iceland's Next Government Be? The Reykjavik Grapevine 2016-10-31 2016-12-03 2016-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20161201190136/http://grapevine.is/news/2016/10/31/elections-2016-what-will-icelands-next-government-be/ live and did not rule out supporting the centre-left bloc.http://www.visir.is/vidreisn-utilokar-ekki-minnihlutastjorn-med-bjartri-framtid-og-vg/article/2016161039780 Viðreisn útilokar ekki minnihlutastjórn með Bjartri framtíð og VG 31 October 2016 Vísir 2016-12-03 2016-11-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20161103063854/http://www.visir.is/vidreisn-utilokar-ekki-minnihlutastjorn-med-bjartri-framtid-og-vg/article/2016161039780 live On 2 November, President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson gave the mandate to Bjarni to form a majority government.The Associated Press http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/independence-party-given-mandate-to-form-iceland-government/ Independence Party given mandate to form Iceland government The Seattle Times 2016-11-02 2016-12-03 2016-11-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20161104024421/http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/independence-party-given-mandate-to-form-iceland-government/ live On 11 November, the Independence Party, Reform and Bright Future entered into formal coalition talks,https://grapevine.is/news/2016/11/11/formal-talks-begin-for-3-party-centre-right-coalition/ Formal Talks Begin For 3-Party Centre-Right Coalition The Reykjavík Grapevine Fontaine Paul en 11 November 2016 12 November 2016 12 November 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161112151340/https://grapevine.is/news/2016/11/11/formal-talks-begin-for-3-party-centre-right-coalition/ live but the three parties failed to agree with a new market-based fishing quota system and an EU referendum as the main stumbling blocks. On 17 November, the mandate to form a majority government was in turn given to the leader of the Left-Greens, Katrín Jakobsdóttir.http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/party-leader-jakobsdottir-given-chance-to-form-iceland-coalition_495548.html Party leader Jakobsdottir given chance to form Iceland coalition 16 November 2016 Europe Online 19 November 2016 20 November 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161120150041/http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/party-leader-jakobsdottir-given-chance-to-form-iceland-coalition_495548.html live She instigated talks with Reform, Bright Future, the Pirates, and Social Democrats, and on 19 November the five parties agreed to start formal coalition talks. On 24 November, the coalition talks fell through and Katrín formally renounced the Presidential mandate to form a government.http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2016/11/25/second_leader_gives_up_on_forming_iceland_governmen/ Second leader gives up on forming Iceland government 2016-11-27 2016-11-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20161126154907/http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2016/11/25/second_leader_gives_up_on_forming_iceland_governmen/ live On 2 December, the mandate to form a majority government was given to the leader of the Pirate Party, Birgitta Jónsdóttir.Agence France-Presse https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/02/iceland-pirate-party-invited-form-government-coalition Iceland's Pirate party invited to form government The Guardian 2016-12-02 2016-12-03 2021-10-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20211005111154/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/02/iceland-pirate-party-invited-form-government-coalition live The Pirates were unable to form a government and the President chose not to give a new mandate to form a government, but asked the party leaders to discuss the matter informally.http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2016/12/13/president_gives_no_new_mandate_to_form_government/ President gives no new mandate to form government 2016-12-13 2016-12-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20161214160136/http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2016/12/13/president_gives_no_new_mandate_to_form_government/ live On 2 January 2017, the Independence Party started official talks about a possible coalition deal with Viðreisn and Bright Future. Morgunblaðið also reported that the Left-Green Movement and the Progressive Party had also discussed possible coalition deals with the Independence Party.Independence party-led government in the pipeline http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2017/01/02/independence_party_led_government_in_the_pipeline/ 6 January 2017 5 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170105093439/http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2017/01/02/independence_party_led_government_in_the_pipeline/ live A new coalition was formed on 10 January 2017 between Independence Party, Viðreisn and the Bright Future with Bjarni Benediktsson becoming prime minister on 11 January 2017.Hafstađ Vala Government's Agenda Introduced http://icelandreview.com/news/2017/01/10/governments-agenda-introduced 10 January 2017 Iceland Review en 2 March 2017 13 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170113022926/http://icelandreview.com/news/2017/01/10/governments-agenda-introduced dead Footnotes n References Parliament Iceland Category:Parliamentary elections in Iceland