2014 Icelandic municipal elections

none 2014 Icelandic municipal elections Iceland 2010 Icelandic municipal elections 2010 2018 Icelandic municipal elections 2018 31 May 2014 thumb | 220x124px | right | Eva Einarsdóttir campaigning Municipal elections took place in Iceland on 31 May 2014. 66% of eligible voters cast votes, the lowest proportion since Iceland gained independence.Kári Tulinius, 'So What's this City Election I Keep Hearing About?', The Reykjavík Grapevine (2014, issue 7), 8. As part of a pledge, Mayor Jón Gnarr's Best Party did not participate in the election and was dissolved after the election was held.http://metronews.ca/news/world/1074727/after-four-years-icelands-notorious-reykjavik-comic-mayor-leaves-politics/ After four years, Iceland's notorious Reykjavik comic mayor leaves politics 2014-07-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20140728015802/http://metronews.ca/news/world/1074727/after-four-years-icelands-notorious-reykjavik-comic-mayor-leaves-politics/ 2014-07-28 dead Results Overall Independence Party 120 +3 Progressive Party 56 +5 Social Democratic Alliance 35 -7 Bright Future 11 New Left-Green Movement 9 -6 Pirate Party 1 +1 Liberal Party 0 -1 Other party lists 178 -14 Independents 94 0 -8 Statistics Iceland, Statistics Iceland Results in Reykjavík Social Democratic Alliance 17426 5 +2 Independence Party 14031 4 –1 Bright Future 8539 2 New Progressive Party 5865 2 +2 Left-Green Movement 4553 1 0 Pirate Party 3238 1 New Dawn 774 0 New People's Front of Iceland 219 0 New 2251 0 Visir In total, 56,896 votes were cast. Of these, 2,024 were blank and 227 were invalid. On 11 June 2014, a coalition was announced of the Social Democrats, Bright Future, the Left-Greens, and the Pirate Party. Dagur B. Eggertsson, of the Social Democrats, became the new mayor, while the Left-Green councillor Sóley Tómasdóttir became president of the city council and Sigurður Björn Blöndal of Bright Future became the city council chairperson.Paul Fontaine, 'Meet Reykjavík’s New Ruling Coalition', The Reykjavík Grapevine, June 12, 2014, http://grapevine.is/news/2014/06/12/meet-reykjaviks-new-ruling-coalition/. The coalition did not invite Progressive Party councillors onto the city’s councils and committees, with Sóley Tómasdóttir saying that the party was not “suitable” for the jobs; this has been taken partly to relate to the councillors' opposition to the Reykjavík Mosque.Paul Fontaine, 'Progressives Shut Out Of City Committees', The Reykjavík Grapevine, June 16, 2014, http://grapevine.is/news/2014/06/16/progressives-shut-out-of-city-committees/. References External links Municipal Elections in 2014 RUV is Category:Municipal elections in Iceland Iceland Category:2014 in Iceland Iceland