2013 Icelandic parliamentary election

2013 parliamentary election in Iceland December 2021 Iceland 2009 2016 All 63 seats in the Althing 32 27 April 2013 81.50% Bjarni Benediktsson Independence Party (Iceland) 16 19 26.70 Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Progressive Party (Iceland) 9 19 24.43 Árni Páll Árnason Social Democratic Alliance 20 9 12.85 Katrín Jakobsdóttir Left-Green Movement 14 7 10.87 Guðmundur Steingrímsson Bright Future (Iceland) new 6 8.25 Collective leadership Pirate Party (Iceland) new 3 5.10 File:2013 Iceland parliamentary election results map ISL.svg 400px Results by constituency Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Social Democratic Alliance Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Progressive Party (Iceland) List of members of the Althing, 2013–2016 List of members of the Althing, 2009–2013 Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 27 April 2013.http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-03-26/iceland-won-t-finish-eu-talks-before-next-parliament-elections Iceland Won't Finish EU Talks Before Next Parliament Election Businessweek 26 March 2012 26 December 2012 18 January 2013 https://archive.today/20130118182456/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-03-26/iceland-won-t-finish-eu-talks-before-next-parliament-elections dead Fifteen parties contested the elections, compared to just seven in the previous elections.http://www.ruv.is/frett/stimplar-med-taepum-helmingi-stafrofs Stamps use up almost half the alphabet is RÚV 17 April 2013 17 April 2013 24 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115418/http://www.ruv.is/frett/stimplar-med-taepum-helmingi-stafrofs livehttp://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2013/04/16/fimmtan_frambod_vegna_kosninganna/ Fifteen parties in election is Morgunblaðið 16 April 2013 17 April 2013 21 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130421033652/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2013/04/16/fimmtan_frambod_vegna_kosninganna/ live The result was a victory for the two centre-right opposition parties, the Independence Party and Progressive Party,Iceland vote: Centre-right opposition wins election https://web.archive.org/web/20180308151218/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22320282 8 March 2018 BBC, 28 April 2013 which subsequently formed a coalition government. The parties were eurosceptic and their win brought to a halt partially completed negotiations with the European Union regarding Icelandic membership. Background The previous elections in 2009 were won by the Social Democratic Alliance – the first time that the Independence Party was not the largest party in the Althing. The Social Democratic Alliance was able to form a coalition with the Left-Green Movement. As a result of this, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir became the first female prime minister of Iceland, as well as the first openly lesbian head of government in the world. Incumbent parliament List of members of the Parliament of Iceland Five parties were elected at the previous election, held in April 2009. Since then, the parliamentary representation for one of these, Citizens' Movement, first mostly moved to The Movement and then, in March 2012, to the new party Dawn. One of the MPs elected for the Citizens' movement, Þráinn Bertelsson, left the parliamentary party almost immediately and then a 16 months after the 2009 election he joined the Left-green movement. In January 2012, the new party Solidarity was founded by an incumbent MP, Lilja Mósesdóttir, who was elected as a member of the Left-Green Movement. Another new party, Bright Future, was formed in February 2012 with the involvement of two MPs from, respectively, the Progressive Party and Social Democratic Alliance. One MP originally elected for Citizens' Movement, Birgitta Jónsdóttir, also participated in the establishment of a new party in 2012, namely the Pirate Party. Two eurosceptic Left-Green Movement MPs, Jón Bjarnason and Atli Gíslason, also decided to defect and form the new Rainbow Movement in March 2013. The box below shows the distribution of seats in the incumbent parliament on 28 March 2013, the last working day of the parliament's term.http://www.althingi.is/vefur/frett.html?nfrettnr=1975 Statistics on the 141 session which was suspended on 28 March to the end of the electoral term 27 April is Althingi 8 April 2013 12 April 2013 15 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130515134628/http://www.althingi.is/vefur/frett.html?nfrettnr=1975 live Previous distribution of seats in parliament On 28 March 201318pxSocial Democratic Alliance19Independence Party16Left-Green Movement12 16pxProgressive Party820pxBright Future (G. Steingrímsson and R. Marshall)http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2012/10/12/ursognin_kom_felogum_a_ovart/ Úrsögnin kom félögum á óvart Withdrawal came as a surprise is Mbl.is 12 October 2012 11 February 2013 6 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200906185113/https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2012/10/12/ursognin_kom_felogum_a_ovart/ livehttp://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2012/12/17/robert_i_fyrsta_saeti_og_ottarr_i_odru/ Róbert Marshall first and Ottarr Proppé second is Mbl.is 17 December 2012 11 February 2013 6 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200906203756/https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2012/12/17/robert_i_fyrsta_saeti_og_ottarr_i_odru/ live220pxDawn (Þór Saari and Margrét Tryggvadóttir)2Rainbow (Atli Gíslason and Jón Bjarnason)http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2013/01/24/vg_sveik_stefnuna/ VG betrayed policy is Mbl.is 24 January 2013 5 February 2013 6 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200906185033/https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2013/01/24/vg_sveik_stefnuna/ live220pxPirate Party (Birgitta Jónsdóttir)121pxSolidarity (Lilja Mósesdóttir)1 Retiring MPs The following MPs decided not to run for re-election:http://www.ruv.is/frett/thuridur-saekist-ekki-eftir-endurkjori Þuríður Backman not seeking re-election is RUV 11 September 2012 5 February 2013 14 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120914030712/http://www.ruv.is/frett/thuridur-saekist-ekki-eftir-endurkjori livehttp://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2012/09/22/birkir_jon_haettir_a_thingi/ Birkir Jón hættir á þingi is Mbl.is 22 September 2012 4 February 2013 24 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121124234832/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2012/09/22/birkir_jon_haettir_a_thingi/ livehttp://www.ruv.is/frett/reyndar-konur-haetta-a-thingi Reyndar konur hætta á þingi is Ruv.is 28 September 2012 4 February 2013 14 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121014082204/http://ruv.is/frett/reyndar-konur-haetta-a-thingi livehttp://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/Seven_Women_to_Leave_Icelandic_Parliament_0_395038.news.aspx Seven Women to Leave Icelandic Parliament Iceland review online 6 November 2012 10 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131204003409/http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/Seven_Women_to_Leave_Icelandic_Parliament_0_395038.news.aspx 4 December 2013 dead Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (Prime Minister, former chairman of the Social Democratic Alliance) Ásta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir (Speaker of Parliament, former Minister of Social Affairs, Social Democratic Alliance) Siv Friðleifsdóttir (former Minister of Health and Social Security, member of the Progressive Party) Birkir Jón Jónsson (vice president of the Progressive Party) Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir (former Minister of Education, Science and Culture, member of the Independence Party) Ólöf Nordal (vice president of the Independence Party) Ásbjörn Óttarsson (member of the Independence Party) Árni Johnsen (member of the Independence Party)http://www.ruv.is/frett/tolf-thingmenn-haetta-a-althingi-i-dag Twelve MPs quit parliament today Ruv.is 27 March 2013 8 April 2013 30 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130330071024/http://www.ruv.is/frett/tolf-thingmenn-haetta-a-althingi-i-dag live Þuríður Backman (Deputy Speaker of Parliament since 2003, member of the Left-Green Movement) Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir (member of the Left-Green Movement) Þráinn Bertelsson (member of the Left-Green Movement) Lilja Mósesdóttir (chairman of Solidarity)http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/02/09/samstadan_er_ekki_brostin/ Solidarity is not broken is Mbl.is 9 February 2013 9 February 2013 11 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130211011729/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/02/09/samstadan_er_ekki_brostin/ live Constituencies There are six constituencies in Iceland. According to the Law on Parliamentary Elections (nr.24/2000), each constituency is allocated 9 seats decided by proportional voting, with 9 special leveling seats (either 1 or 2 per constituency, depending on population size) adjusting the result so that proportionality is maintained according to the overall number of votes received by a party at the national level. The number of constituency seats will, however, be adjusted ahead of the next election, if the number of residents with suffrage per available seat in the constituency increases to more than twice as many as in the last election, when comparing the constituency with the highest number against the one with the lowest. In that case a constituency seat will be reassigned from the constituency with the lowest number to the one with the highest, until the rule is met. However, the total number of seats (including leveling seats) may never fall to less than six in any constituency.http://www.landskjor.is/media/frettir/AnalysisIcelandElection2009.pdf Apportionment of Seats to Althingi, the Icelandic Parliament: Analysis of the Elections 2003 + 2007 + 2009 The National Electoral Commission of Iceland April 2010 13 April 2013 5 September 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220905142637/https://www.landskjor.is/media/frettir/AnalysisIcelandElection2009.pdf livehttp://althingi.is/lagas/nuna/2000024.html Law on Parliamentary Elections (nr.24/2000) is Althingi 19 May 2000 4 February 2013 16 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130116085125/http://www.althingi.is/lagas/nuna/2000024.html live The box below shows the number of seats available in each constituency at the 2013 parliamentary election.http://www.landskjor.is/landkjorstjorn/frettir-tilkynningar/nr/112 Announcements: The division of seats among constituencies in the general election 2013 is Landskjörstjórn (The National Electoral Commission) 2013 8 April 2013 12 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131012023049/http://www.landskjor.is/landkjorstjorn/frettir-tilkynningar/nr/112 live 250px|right Constituency Constituency seats Leveling seats Total seatsReykjavik North9211Reykjavik South9211Southwest11213Northwest718Northeast9110South9110Total54963 Method for apportionment of constituency seats The available constituency seats are first distributed to each party according to the D'Hondt method, so that proportional representation is ensured within each of the constituencies. The next step is to apportion these party distributed seats to the candidates within the party having the highest "vote score", after counting both direct candidate votes and their share of party votes in the constituency. In Iceland the "candidate vote system" is that, for each constituency, each party provides a pre-ranked list of candidates beneath each party name (listed according to the preferred order decided by the party), but where the voters voting for the party can alter this pre-ranked order by renumbering the individual candidates and/or crossing out those candidates they do not like, so that such candidates will not get a share of the voter's "personal vote" for the party.http://www.landskjor.is/media/frettir/kosn25april2009uthlutun3mai-leidr11mars2013.pdf The calculation of the allocation of parliamentary seats according to results of elections to Parliament 25th April 2009 is Landskjörstjórn (The National Electoral Commission) 8 January 2010 8 April 2013 20 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131220102309/http://www.landskjor.is/media/frettir/kosn25april2009uthlutun3mai-leidr11mars2013.pdf live As a restriction on the possibility of re-ranking candidates, it is however only possible to alter the first several candidates on the list. The borderline for alterations is drawn for the first three candidates if the party only win one of the total seats in the constituency, or if more than one seat is won the borderline shall be drawn at the pre-ranked number equal to two times the total number of seats being won by the party in the constituency. So if a party has won two seats in a constituency, then the voter is only allowed to re-rank the top four ranked candidates on the list, with any rank altering by voters below this line simply being ignored when subsequently calculating the candidate vote shares within each party. Final calculation of the candidate vote shares is always done according to the Borda method, where all candidates above the previously described borderline in the ranking are granted voting fraction values according to the voters noted rank. If the number of considered candidates consist of four (as in the given example), then the first ranked candidate is assigned a value of 1 (a so-called full personal vote), the next one get the value 0.75 (1/4 less), followed likewise by 0.50 and 0.25 respectively for the two last candidates. If the number of considered candidates instead had been six (due to winning 3 seats), then the first ranked candidate in a similar way would be assigned a value of 1 (a so-called full personal vote), with the following five candidates receiving respectively 5/6, 4/6, 3/6, 2/6 and 1/6. As mentioned above, crossed out names will always be allocated a 0.00 value. The accumulated total score of the candidates voting fractions, will be used in determining which candidates receive the seats won by their party. Note that candidate vote scores are not directly comparable to candidates from other parties, as how many seats are being won in a constituency by a particular party will effect how their candidates receive voting fractions (like in the above examples, where a candidate ranked number four for a party winning two seats would receive a voting fraction of 0.25, compared to 0.50 for an equally ranked candidate belonging to a party winning 3 seats) Method for apportionment of leveling seats After the initial apportionment of constituency seats, all the parties that exceed the election threshold of 5% nationally will also qualify to potentially be granted the extra leveling seats, which seek to adjust the result towards seat proportionality at the national level. The calculation procedure for the distribution of leveling seats is, first, for each party having exceeded the national threshold of 5%, to calculate the ratio of its total number of votes at the national level divided by the sum of one extra seat added to the number of seats the party have so far won. The first leveling seat will go to the party with the highest ratio of votes per seat. The same calculation process is then repeated, until all 9 leveling seats have been allocated to specific parties. A party's "votes per seat" ratio will change during this calculation process, after each additional leveling seat being won. The second and final step is for each party being granted a leveling seat to pin point, across all constituencies, which of its runner-up candidates (candidates that came short of winning direct election through a constituency seat) should then win this additional seat. This selection is made by first identifying the constituency having the strongest "relative constituency vote shares for this additional seat of the party", which is decided by another proportional calculation, where the "relative vote share for the party list in each constituency", is divided with the sum of "one extra seat added to the number of already won constituency seats by the party list in the constituency". When this strongest constituency has been identified, the leveling seat will be automatically granted to the highest placed unelected runner-up candidate on the party list in this constituency, who among the remaining candidates have the highest personal vote score (the same figure as the one used when ranking candidates for constituency seats). The above described method is used for apportionment of all the party allocated leveling seats. Note that when selecting which of a party's constituencies shall receive its apportioned leveling seat, this identification may only happen in exactly the same numerical order as the leveling seats were calculated at the party level. This is important because the number of available leveling seats are limited per constituency, meaning that the last calculated leveling seats in all circumstances can never be granted to candidates who belong to constituencies where the available leveling seats already were granted to other parties. Participating parties List of political parties in Iceland The final deadline for parties to apply for participation in the parliamentary election was 9 April 2013. To be approved for a list letter to participate in the election, new parties were required to submit a minimum of 300 signatures from supporters in each constituency where they intended to list. The participating parties also needed to submit a valid candidate list to the election committee in each of the constituencies where they intended to run, comprising twice as many candidate names as the number of available seats in the constituency, before 12 April.http://www.kosning.is/frambod/leidbeiningar/ Availability: Instructions for availability is Kosningavefur Innanríkisráðuneytið 29 January 2013 29 January 2013 11 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090211234546/http://www.kosning.is/frambod/leidbeiningar/ live On 16 April the National Election Committee (is Landskjörstjórn) published its list of 15 approved parties with 72 candidate lists, as 11 parties had opted to run in all six constituencies, while 2 parties opted only to run in two constituencies, and the final 2 parties were only present in one constituency.http://landskjor.is/landkjorstjorn/frettir-tilkynningar/nr/115 Announcements: Notice of lists that will participate in the parliamentary election on 27 April 2013 is Landskjörstjórn (The National Electoral Commission) 16 April 2013 19 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20141018225714/http://landskjor.is/landkjorstjorn/frettir-tilkynningar/nr/115 18 October 2014 deadhttp://landskjor.is/media/frettir/frambodslistar.pdf Announcement by the National Electoral Commission about available political parties in the parliamentary elections 27 April 2013 is Landskjörstjórn (The National Electoral Commission) 16 April 2013 19 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20141018225634/http://landskjor.is/media/frettir/frambodslistar.pdf 18 October 2014 dead Parties with a list for all constituencies Progressive Party (B list) led by Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Independence Party (D list) led by Bjarni Benediktsson Social Democratic Alliance (S list) led by Árni Páll Árnason Bright Future (A list) led by Guðmundur Steingrímsson Left-Green Movement (V list) led by Katrín Jakobsdóttir Pirate Party (Þ list),http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/02/20/piratar_fa/ Pirates get list letter Þ is Mbl.is 20 February 2013 25 February 2013 24 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130224045839/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/02/20/piratar_fa/ live collective leadership (a new party fighting against copyright laws and informational restrictions, founded 24 November 2012)http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2012/11/24/piratar_halda_stofnfund/ Pirate Party hold an establishment meeting is Mbl.is 24 November 2012 19 March 2013 17 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130317015053/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2012/11/24/piratar_halda_stofnfund/ live Dawn (T list), collective leadership Iceland Democratic Party (L list),http://www.kosning.is/althingiskosningar/frettir/nr/8071 Five new list letters is Innanríkisráðuneytið (Ministry of Interior) 8 March 2013 11 March 2013 3 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160403182201/http://www.kosning.is/althingiskosningar/frettir/nr/8071 live collective leadership (a new party split from Dawn, founded 16 February 2013)http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2013/02/15/stjornlagaradsmenn_stofna_lydraedisvaktina/ Constitutional Council men establish the new party Democracy Watch is Mbl.is 15 February 2013 16 February 2013 9 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170909095402/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2013/02/15/stjornlagaradsmenn_stofna_lydraedisvaktina/ livehttp://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/02/18/lydraedisvaktin_stofnud_formlega/ Democracy Watch formally established is Mbl.is 18 February 2013 25 February 2013 9 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170909095405/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/02/18/lydraedisvaktin_stofnud_formlega/ live Right-Green Movement (G list) led by Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson Households Party (I list) led by Pétur Gunnlaugsson (new party founded 19 March 2013, as a merger of Republican Party (a split from Independence Party), Sovereign Union, Sjálfstæðir Sjálfstæðismenn, Þjóðarflokkurinn, 3 interest groups, and a group split from Solidarity)http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/03/10/stofna_flokk_til_ad_vinna_med_framsokn/ Create a party to work with Progressive Party is Mbl.is 10 March 2013 11 March 2013 14 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130314202826/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/03/10/stofna_flokk_til_ad_vinna_med_framsokn/ livehttp://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/03/19/flokkur_heimilanna_stofnadur/ Households Party founded is Mbl.is 19 March 2013 22 March 2013 27 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130327084648/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/03/19/flokkur_heimilanna_stofnadur/ livehttp://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2013/04/01/atta_samtok_standa_ad_flokki_heimilanna/ Eight organizations stand behind the Households Party is Mbl.is 1 April 2013 6 April 2013 6 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130406001058/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2013/04/01/atta_samtok_standa_ad_flokki_heimilanna/ live Rainbow (J list), Jón Bjarnason as spokesperson (new party founded in March 2013 by former Progressive MP Bjarni Harðarson and two incumbent MPs defecting from Left-Green: Jón Bjarnason and Atli Gíslason)http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/03/10/bjarni_og_atli_undirbua_frambod/ Atla Gíslason and Bjarni Harðarson prepare to run the election with a new party is Mbl.is 10 March 2013 11 March 2013 15 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130315001518/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/03/10/bjarni_og_atli_undirbua_frambod/ livehttp://bjarnihardar.blog.is/blog/bjarnihardar/entry/1287195/ Blog of Bjarni Harðarson 11 March 2013 16 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130316082951/http://bjarnihardar.blog.is/blog/bjarnihardar/entry/1287195/ live http://smugan.is/2013/03/thorsteinn-bergsson-leidir-lista-regnbogaframbodsins-a-nordausturlandi/ Thorstein Bergsson leading the Rainbow candidate list in Northeast is Smugan 16 March 2013 19 March 2013 https://archive.today/20130413003056/http://smugan.is/2013/03/thorsteinn-bergsson-leidir-lista-regnbogaframbodsins-a-nordausturlandi/ 13 April 2013 deadhttp://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/03/26/bjarni_hardar_leidir_i_sudurkjordaemi/ Bjarni Harðarson leads the list in the South constituency is Mbl.is 26 March 2013 26 March 2013 27 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130327223925/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/03/26/bjarni_hardar_leidir_i_sudurkjordaemi/ live Parties with a list for only some constituencies People's Front of Iceland (R list) led by Thorvaldur Thorvaldsson (a new anticapitalist party, founded 18 February 2013).http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/03/13/althydufylkingin_stefnir_a_frambod_um_allt_land/ People's Front participates in the election throughout the country is Mbl.is 13 March 2013 18 March 2013 1 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211001023329/https://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/03/13/althydufylkingin_stefnir_a_frambod_um_allt_land/ livehttp://www.ruv.is/frett/audstettin-fai-ekki-ad-ardraena-folk Capitalist class shall not be allowed to exploit people is Ruv.is 13 March 2013 18 March 2013 19 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180819185205/http://www.ruv.is/frett/audstettin-fai-ekki-ad-ardraena-folk live Will only run in the two Reykjavik constituencies. Humanist Party (H list) led by Júlíus Valdimarsson (related to the International Humanist Party. Their last electoral participation was in the 1999 election)http://www.ruv.is/frett/humanistar-leita-eftir-samstarfi Humanist Party seeks collaboration partners is Ruv.is 15 March 2013 18 March 2013 24 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924094625/http://www.ruv.is/frett/humanistar-leita-eftir-samstarfi live Will only run in the two Reykjavik constituencies. Rural Party (M list) led by Ylfa Mist Helgadóttir (new party founded 23 February 2013)http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/02/20/vilja_stofna_landsbyggdarflokk/ Will establish a Provincial Party is Mbl.is 20 February 2013 25 February 2013 22 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130222034824/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/02/20/vilja_stofna_landsbyggdarflokk/ livehttp://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/02/23/landsbyggdarflokkurinn_stofnadur_i_dag/ Provincial Party founded today is Mbl.is 23 February 2013 25 February 2013 25 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130225043455/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/02/23/landsbyggdarflokkurinn_stofnadur_i_dag/ live Will only run in the Northwest constituency. Sturla Jónsson (K list) led by Sturla Jónsson (formerly known as "Forward Moving Party", but was renamed after the founder's own name on 5 April 2013)http://www.ruv.is/frett/kosningamidstod-i-gomlu-verkstaedi Election campaign center in old workshop is Ruv.is 19 March 2013 22 March 2013 22 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130322033750/http://ruv.is/frett/kosningamidstod-i-gomlu-verkstaedi livehttp://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/04/05/flokkurinn_heitir_sturla_jonsson/ The party is called Sturla Jonsson is Mbl.is 5 April 2013 6 April 2013 7 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130407020540/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/04/05/flokkurinn_heitir_sturla_jonsson/ live Will only run in the "Reykjavik South" constituency. Despite having a current member presence in the incumbent parliament, the party Solidarity (C list) decided not to run for election. Likewise these recently established parties also decided not to participate: Optimism Party (E list),http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2013/01/25/bjartsynisflokkurinn_i_ovissu/ Uncertainty about participation of Optimism Party in the election is Mbl.is 25 January 2013 17 February 2013 26 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130126221757/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2013/01/25/bjartsynisflokkurinn_i_ovissu/ livehttp://www.kosning.is/althingiskosningar/frettir/nr/8074 One new list character granted is Ministry of Interior 27 March 2013 6 April 2013 13 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160313111949/http://www.kosning.is/althingiskosningar/frettir/nr/8074 live Christian Political Movement,http://kosningasaga.wordpress.com/althingiskosningar/althingiskosningar-2013/ General elections 2013 – News is Althingi 13 January 2012 23 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130423044629/http://kosningasaga.wordpress.com/althingiskosningar/althingiskosningar-2013/ liveJanuary 2013http://krist.blog.is/blog/krist/month/2007/3/?offset=10 The Christian's Political Party has been founded is Christian Political Movement (blog) 9 March 2007 17 February 2013 19 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141019160418/http://krist.blog.is/blog/krist/month/2007/3/?offset=10 livehttp://www.dv.is/frettir/2013/1/11/snorri-i-betel-til-lids-vid-kristin-stjornmalasamtok-sem-hyggja-frambod/ Snorri in Bethel joined the Christian Political Movement planning to run in the elections is DV 11 January 2013 11 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130118231447/http://www.dv.is/frettir/2013/1/11/snorri-i-betel-til-lids-vid-kristin-stjornmalasamtok-sem-hyggja-frambod/ 18 January 2013 dead and Liberal Democrats.http://www.ruv.is/frett/lydur-leidir-lista-lydraedisvaktarinnar Lýður Árnason leads list of Democracy Watch in Southwest constituency is Ruv.is 24 March 2013 24 March 2013 30 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130330101621/http://www.ruv.is/frett/lydur-leidir-lista-lydraedisvaktarinnar live While all applying party lists by the end of the day were getting approved, it was clear that all those who had applied for running the election as single independent candidates were disapproved.http://www.ruv.is/frett/landskjorstjorn-samthykkti-frambodslista The National Election Commission approved candidates is Ruv.is 16 April 2013 16 April 2013 19 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130419163607/http://www.ruv.is/frett/landskjorstjorn-samthykkti-frambodslista live According to the Icelandic constitution and election law, independent candidates are not allowed to run in parliamentary elections, unless they manage to join forces with other independent candidates to establish a full complete candidate list for a new group named "independent candidates" in the constituency they intend to run.http://www.ruv.is/frett/stefnir-i-72-lista-i-kosningum Plans for 72 candidate lists in elections is Ruv.is 14 April 2013 15 April 2013 17 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130417140917/http://www.ruv.is/frett/stefnir-i-72-lista-i-kosningum live Last time Iceland had a list of "independent candidates" approved to participate was back in the 2003 elections, where "Independents from the South constituency (Óháðir í Suðurkjördæmi)" was approved as a local list in the South constituency.http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/723129/?item_num=25&dags=2003-04-02 Independent list in South is Mbl.is 2 April 2003 15 April 2013 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222140/http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/723129/?item_num=25&dags=2003-04-02 live European Union accession negotiations On 14 January 2013, the two governing parties of Iceland, the Social Democratic Alliance and Left-Green Movement, announced that because it was no longer possible to complete EU accession negotiations before the parliamentary elections, they had decided to slow down the process and that the 6 remaining unopened chapters would not be opened until after the election. However, negotiations would continue for the 16 chapters already opened.http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/BREAKING_NEWS_Iceland_to_Slow_Down_EU_Talks_0_396859.news.aspx BREAKING NEWS: Iceland to Slow Down EU Talks 14 January 2013 14 January 2013 Iceland Review 24 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131024003411/http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/BREAKING_NEWS_Iceland_to_Slow_Down_EU_Talks_0_396859.news.aspx live The new party Bright Future supports the completion of negotiations,http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2013/01/14/reidubunir_ad_halda_malinu_afram/ Ready to proceed is MBL.is 14 January 2013 15 January 2013 18 February 2013 https://archive.today/20130218102315/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2013/01/14/reidubunir_ad_halda_malinu_afram/ live while two opposition parties, Independence Party and Progressive Party, argue that negotiations should be completely stopped.http://www.althingi.is/dba-bin/Aferill.pl?ltg=141&mnr=96 Proposal for: Withdrawal of Iceland's application for EU membership (issue 96, document 96, session 141) is 14 September 2012 26 December 2012 20 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131020224509/http://www.althingi.is/dba-bin/Aferill.pl?ltg=141&mnr=96 liveViðræðurnar við ESB verði settar á ís https://web.archive.org/web/20130926010958/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2012/12/18/vidraedurnar_verdi_settar_a_is/ 26 September 2013 MBL.is In February 2013, the national congress of both the Independence Party and Progressive Party reconfirmed their policy that further membership negotiations with the EU should be stopped and not resumed unless they are first approved by a national referendum,http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2013/02/09/islandi_best_borgid_utan_esb/ Icelandic interests best served outside EU is Mbl.is 9 February 2013 9 February 2013 26 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130926010954/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2013/02/09/islandi_best_borgid_utan_esb/ livehttp://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2013/02/23/betur_borgid_utan_esb/ Better off outside EU is Mbl.is 23 February 2013 25 February 2013 26 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130926011006/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2013/02/23/betur_borgid_utan_esb/ live while the national congresses of the Social Democratic Alliance, Bright Future and Left-Green Movement reiterated their support for the completion of EU accession negotiations.http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2013/02/25/esb_alyktanir_hvor_i_sina_attina/ EU Resolutions at main parties national congresses point each in different directions is Mbl.is 25 February 2013 25 February 2013 26 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130926011011/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2013/02/25/esb_alyktanir_hvor_i_sina_attina/ live On 19 March 2013, Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, an Independence Party MP, put forward a motion in the Althing calling for a referendum asking the Icelandic public whether EU accession negotiations should continue. She proposed that the referendum be held during the upcoming parliamentary election in April if possible, or else during local elections in the spring of 2014.http://www.evropuvaktin.is/frettir/27719/ Þorgerður Katrín vill þjóðaratkvæðagreiðslu um ESB-aðildarviðræður samhliða þingkosningum 27. 19 March 2013 26 March 2013 24 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140524030616/http://www.evropuvaktin.is/frettir/27719/ live In response to Þorgerður and other proponents of EU integration within the Independence Party, Bjarni Benediktsson, the leader of the party, reiterated the party's policy of stopping negotiations with the EU, but promised to hold a referendum on continuing the negotiations in the first half of their term if they form government.http://eyjan.pressan.is/frettir/2013/03/24/bjarni-opnar-a-evropumalin/ Bjarni opnar á Evrópumálin: Skattaleiðin hefur hvergi nokkurstaðar, aldrei nokkurn tímann verið leiðin útúr kreppu 24 March 2013 26 March 2013 30 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130530204326/http://eyjan.pressan.is/frettir/2013/03/24/bjarni-opnar-a-evropumalin/ deadhttp://www.ruv.is/frett/utilokar-ekki-tillogu-thorgerdar Útilokar ekki tillögu Þorgerðar 23 March 2013 28 March 2013 2 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131002015002/http://www.ruv.is/frett/utilokar-ekki-tillogu-thorgerdar livehttp://eyjan.pressan.is/frettir/2013/03/25/thetta-sidasta-flipp-flopp-breytir-engu-um-ad-landsfundur-flokksins-lokadi-ollum-dyrum-til-evropu/ Þetta síðasta flipp-flopp breytir engu um að landsfundur flokksins lokaði öllum dyrum til Evrópu 25 March 2013 28 March 2013 29 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130529052621/http://eyjan.pressan.is/frettir/2013/03/25/thetta-sidasta-flipp-flopp-breytir-engu-um-ad-landsfundur-flokksins-lokadi-ollum-dyrum-til-evropu/ dead Campaign The list below gives a short summary of significant events in the electoral campaign of each participating party. Independence Party: On 11 April 2013 Chairman of the Independence Party Bjarni Benediktsson said he might step down as party chairman before the upcoming elections, according to an interview on RÚV.http://www.ruv.is/frett/bjarni-tekur-akvordun-eftir-1-2-daga Bjarni will make decision in 1–2 days is RÚV 11 April 2013 12 April 2013 14 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130414051827/http://www.ruv.is/frett/bjarni-tekur-akvordun-eftir-1-2-daga liveBjarni Benediktsson Might Step Down https://web.archive.org/web/20130416003919/http://grapevine.is/News/ReadArticle/Bjarni-Benediktsson-Might-Step-Down 16 April 2013 , The Reykjavík Grapevine, 12 April 2013 This came following recent opinion polls which showed the party performing worse than their historically bad 2009 result,Newest Political Polls Showing Some Ups And Downs https://web.archive.org/web/20130507112541/http://grapevine.is/News/ReadArticle/Newest-Political-Polls-Showing-Some-Ups-And-Downs 7 May 2013 , The Reykjavík Grapevine, 9 April 2013 and a MMR survey which showed the party's popularity would increase with Vice Chairwoman and former Mayor of Reykjavík Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir as leader. However, the following day the party's youth wing, Young Independents, declared their full support for Bjarni and on 13 April he announced he would continue on as leader, stating the party's decline in polls was not something that could be changed so easily.http://www.ruv.is/frett/bjarni-afram-formadur Bjarni will remain chairman is RÚV 13 April 2013 15 April 2013 15 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130415124349/http://www.ruv.is/frett/bjarni-afram-formadur live Bright Future: The chairman's grandmother announced on 9 March her shift away from a lifelong political support for the Progressive Party, and now will stand as a 104-year-old candidate for Bright Future in the Reykjavík North constituency (albeit as the last 22nd name of the list, with a low chance for election), and thus hoped to signal the party does not only represent a new generation, but also older generations.http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/03/09/elsti_frambjodandinn_103_ara/ The oldest candidate at 103 years? is Mbl.is 9 March 2013 11 March 2013 11 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130311135554/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2013/03/09/elsti_frambjodandinn_103_ara/ live Iceland Democratic Party: On 25 April 2013 the central committee of Iceland Democratic Party sent a letter to Dawn requesting they cooperate in the election, given that both parties were polling below the 5% threshold for leveling seats and were unlikely to gain constituency seats.http://www.dv.is/frettir/2013/4/26/dogun-hafnar-samstarfi-vid-lydraedisvaktina/ Dawn reject cooperation with Iceland Democratic Party is DV 26 April 2013 26 April 2013 dmy-allApril 2019 medicmedic The letter proposed they send a joint letter to the National Election Committee requesting that their votes be counted together as one party. Dawn refused the offer the next morning, saying the deadline for a joint candidacy had expired on 12 April, and there would be doubt as to the legitimacy of their cooperating at that point. The two parties had considered cooperating prior to the 12 April deadline, but discussions were unsuccessful. Right-Green Movement: The Right-Green Movement came under scandal when it was revealed that party chairman Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson didn't pay taxes in Iceland,Right-Green Chairman Doesn't Pay Taxes in Iceland https://web.archive.org/web/20130408041752/http://grapevine.is/News/ReadArticle/Right-Green-Chairman-Doesnt-Pay-Taxes-in-Iceland 8 April 2013 , The Reykjavík Grapevine, 5 April 2013 and also didn't have residency in Iceland (making him ineligible to run for parliament.)Right-Green Chairman Not Eligible To Run https://web.archive.org/web/20130507121310/http://grapevine.is/News/ReadArticle/Right-Green-Chairman-Not-Eligible-To-Run 7 May 2013 , The Reykjavík Grapevine, 4 April 2013 Rainbow: On 16 March 2013, Thorstein Bergsson, previously a candidate for the Left-Green Movement, announced he was leaving the party and joining Rainbow, saying he was disappointed by the party's position on the EU.http://www.ruv.is/frett/thorsteinn-bergsson-yfirgefur-vg Thorstein Bergsson leaves VG is RÚV 16 March 2013 15 April 2013 19 March 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130319150310/http://www.ruv.is/frett/thorsteinn-bergsson-yfirgefur-vg live The party subsequently announced Thorstein would have the number two spot on the party's list in the Northeast constituency. 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Stars stand for national surveys, when many surveys were taken within a four-day period, the average is taken and the line follows the average.#1f52a6 Independence #a7cc67 Progressive #92278f Bright Future #ff2020 Social Democratic #669b41 Left-Green #00cccc Right-Green #ffd320 Dawn #54306c Pirate Party #f38e20 Solidarity #198a8a The Movement #cccccc Other InstituteRelease dateCVSTLÞABDGOthers2009 resultdmy 2009 4 29 onn/a21.7%29.8%n/an/an/an/a14.8%23.7%n/a2.8%https://archive.today/20130412235822/http://www.capacent.is/frettir-og-frodleikur/thjodarpulsinn/thjodarpulsinn/?NewsID=9a8d9951-5e30-40b8-9e2a-ff1466d306fa Þjóðarpúls Gallupdmy 2012 1 31 on–13.7%21.8%3.4%–––15.4%36.1%–9.5%Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2May 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes dmy 2012 02 9 on21.3%8.0%12.3%1.7%––6.1%12.5%35.0%0.9%1.2%https://archive.today/20130413020638/http://www.capacent.is/frettir-og-frodleikur/thjodarpulsinn/thjodarpulsinn/?NewsID=afab85f4-320c-4b48-b6d6-143afee382e3 Þjóðarpúls Gallupdmy 2012 2 29 on11.3%12.0%18.7%2.7%––4.3%13.0%33.3%–4.7%MMRdmy 2012 3 18 on9.1%11.3%18.3%2.6%––4.3%13.2%37.3%–3.9%Þjóðarpúls GallupJanuary 2025 medicmedicdmy 2012 3 29 on8.9%11.2%17.5%1.9%––4.7%13.0%38.2%–4.6%Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2May 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes dmy 2012 4 12 on6.0%8.6%14.8%2.1%––7.2%14.6%42.6%2.3%0.9%MMRdmy 2012 4 17 on4.5%13.2%14.6%2.1%––8.1%14.5%39.0%–3.9%Þjóðarpúls Gallupdmy 2012 4 26 on6.9%11.5%18.7%5.4%––5.6%12.5%37.0%–2.4%MMRdmy 2012 5 15 on3.1%14.1%17.7%2.6%––7.6%12.8%38.5%–3.6%Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2May 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes dmy 2012 5 24 on5.1%9.2%13.6%2.7%––5.3%15.8%43.7%–3.9%Þjóðarpúls Gallupdmy 2012 5 31 on5.6%10.4%17.7%5.4%––4.0%12.9%39.3%–4.6%MMRdmy 2012 6 19 on4.4%13.3%16.4%3.1%––4.6%17.5%36.4%–4.3%Þjóðarpúls Gallupdmy 2012 6 28 on4.7%11.9%18.8%4.3%––4.3%12.7%38.2%3.6%1.6%MMRdmy 2012 7 16 on2.5%11.4%16.9%3.9%––4.1%17.0%38.5%–5.7%Þjóðarpúls Gallupdmy 2012 7 29 on2.7%12.2%21.0%4.1%––5.2%12.4%36.9%3.1%2.5%Þjóðarpúls Gallupdmy 2012 8 31 on3.0%13.3%20.7%3.7%––4.5%13.8%36.0%3.0%2.0%MMRdmy 2012 09 6 on1.7%12.9%19.3%1.4%––5.9%13.3%40.6%–4.8%MMRdmy 2012 9 20 on1.0%15.8%17.7%2.6%––6.8%17.0%34.9%–4.1%Þjóðarpúls Gallupdmy 2012 9 27 on2.4%12.4%19.4%3.6%––4.9%14.2%37.1%4.4%1.7%MMRdmy 2012 10 12 on3.1%13.9%21.2%2.1%––8.8%11.2%35.3%2.1%1.9%Þjóðarpúls Gallupdmy 2012 10 31 on1.9%11.7%22.1%3.8%––6.9%12.1%36.2%3.8%1.7%MMRdmy 2012 11 13 on2.3%11.3%18.6%2.4%––10.8%12.0%37.7%3.1%1.8%Þjóðarpúls Gallupdmy 2012 11 29 on1.7%10.6%22.5%3.8%––8.1%12.7%35.9%3.3%1.7%MMRdmy 2012 12 11 on1.9%11.2%17.4%3.1%––11.5%13.6%37.4%2.0%2.0%Þjóðarpúls Gallupdmy 2012 12 28 on1.3%9.1%19.1%3.0%–2.5%12.3%13.1%36.3%2.6%0.4%https://archive.today/20130413015822/http://vefblod.visir.is/index.php?s=6724&p=145476 Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2dmy 2013 1 17 on0.6%7.3%19.2%1.9%–1.0%14.4%11.9%40.7%1.9%1.0%PlúsinnÚtvarpsþátturinn Sprengisandur á Bylgjunni 20. janúar 2013.dmy 2013 1 20 on1.0%5.0%19.9%2.0%–1.0%14.1%12.5%40.6%3.0%0.1%MMRdmy 2012 1 20 on1.4%8.6%17.3%2.2%––17.6%14.8%34.5%2.0%1.5%Þjóðarpúls GallupJanuary 2025 medicmedicdmy 2013 1 31 on1.0%7.9%15.6%2.1%–2.1%18.6%14.2%35.5%2.5%0.4%Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2dmy 2013 1 31 on–11.4%11.9%1.5%–0.9%16.4%20.8%32.0%4.3%0.2%PlúsinnÚtvarpsþátturinn Sprengisandur á Bylgjunni 3. febrúar 2013.dmy 2013 02 3 on3.0%5.7%14.4%2.0%–2.0%14.0%18.4%32.7%6.0%1.0%MMRdmy 2013 02 6 on0.7%8.6%16.2%0.9%––17.8%19.5%33.0%1.8%1.4%MMRdmy 2013 2 26 on–9.5%12.8%2.2%–2.4%15.3%23.8%28.5%2.5%3.0%Þjóðarpúls Gallupdmy 2013 2 28 on–7.4%15.4%1.3%–2.3%16.2%22.1%29.7%3.2%–Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2dmy 2013 03 1 on–11.8%12.8%2.0%2.6%1.5%8.7%26.1%29.0%2.6%2.3%Félagsvísindastofnun HÍ"Fylgið á mikilli hreyfingu á milli flokkanna". Morgunblaðið, bls. 20–21, 28. mars 2013. Árvakur hf.dmy 2013 03 4 on–9.9%16.1%0.9%3.7%1.8%12.0%22.4%29.4%2.3%1.4%MMRdmy 2013 3 14 on–9.6%12.4%1.9%–3.6%15.2%25.9%27.2%2.1%2.0%Þjóðarpúls Gallupdmy 2013 3 15 on–8.9%14.0%0.7%3.3%3.8%13.2%25.5%26.8%2.8%1.0%https://archive.today/20130413003053/http://vefblod.visir.is/index.php?s=6889&p=148724 Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2dmy 2013 3 16 on–7.1%13.8%1.6%1.4%1.8%9.1%31.9%27.6%2.4%2.0%Félagsvísindastofnun HÍdmy 2013 3 26 on–8.0%12.8%1.4%2.6%3.3%11.4%28.5%26.1%2.1%3.0%MMRdmy 2013 3 27 on–8.7%12.5%1.7%1.7%3.9%12.0%29.5%24.4%2.5%3.2%Þjóðarpúls Gallupdmy 2013 04 1 on–8.5%15.0%1.5%3.1%4.4%12.7%28.3%22.4%2.1%2.0%Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2dmy 2013 04 4 on–5.6%9.5%0.6%2.8%5.6%8.3%40.0%17.8%3.5%5.0%MMRdmy 2013 04 8 on–8.1%12.7%1.9%3.6%7.8%9.2%30.2%21.2%2.2%3.0%Félagsvísindastofnun HÍdmy 2013 4 10 on–8.8%12.6%1.4%3.0%5.6%10.9%30.9%18.9%2.7%5.2%Þjóðarpúls Gallupdmy 2013 4 11 on–7.3%12.2%2.5%3.8%6.8%10.1%29.4%21.9%–6.0%MMRdmy 2013 4 15 on–6.7%10.4%3.6%3.0%9.0%9.5%32.7%22.9%1.0%1.4%Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2dmy 2013 4 17 on–7.9%13.7%3.0%1.7%5.6%6.5%30.3%26.9%0.8%3.6%MMRdmy 2013 4 18 on–8.1%13.5%3.6%2.2%6.7%8.3%25.6%27.5%1.7%2.6%Þjóðarpúls Gallupdmy 2013 4 18 on–8.8%15.2%3.0%2.6%8.4%8.0%26.7%24.1%1.2%2.0%Félagsvísindastofnun HÍdmy 2013 4 19 on–9.3%12.2%3.0%3.3%6.3%7.4%28.1%24.4%1.6%4.4%Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2dmy 2013 4 24 on–10.4%13.3%2.4%2.6%6.3%8.1%25.9%23.8%2.5%4.7%Félagsvísindastofnun HÍdmy 2013 4 25 on–10.8%13.6%3.2%2.6%6.4%7.3%24.4%24.8%2.8%4.1%MMRdmy 2013 4 25 on–11.6%13.0%2.9%3.5%7.5%7.7%22.4%26.7%1.3%3.4%https://archive.today/20130702153325/http://vefblod.visir.is/index.php?s=7003&p=150987 Fréttablaðið / Stöð 2dmy 2013 4 26 on–10.9%14.7%3.0%2.0%6.3%7.6%25.4%22.9%2.4%4.8%Þjóðarpúls Gallupdmy 2013 4 26 on–10.0%14.6%2.6%2.8%6.1%6.6%24.7%27.9%2.6%2.1% Notes: The election threshold for a party to win leveling seats for the Icelandic parliament is 5.0% of the nationwide vote. Prior to March 2012, Dawn was polled as The Movement. Results The centre-right Independence party was one of the election's winners with 26.7% of the votes, regaining their position as Iceland's largest party. Two new parties entered the Althing for the first time. The green liberal Bright Future got 8.3% of the votes and The Pirate Party got 5.1% of the votes, just above the 5% threshold for leveling mandates. Voter turnout was the lowest in any general election since Iceland's independence from Denmark.Balazs Koranyi and Robert Robertson: Iceland set for coalition talks after government ousted https://web.archive.org/web/20160627115306/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-iceland-election-idUKBRE93Q0EG20130428 27 June 2016 Reuters, 28 April 2013 By 20 April, 582 people had voted using early voting.http://www.ruv.is/frett/hatt-i-10000-hafa-kosid Nearly 10,000 have voted is RÚV 20 April 2013 20 April 2013 24 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130424022739/http://www.ruv.is/frett/hatt-i-10000-hafa-kosid live This represented an increase of approximately 1,400 votes over the number of early votes cast in the 2009 election. By 26 April, 24,850 people had voted.http://www.ruv.is/frett/rod-kjosenda-vid-laugardalsholl-i-morgun Voting this morning is RÚV 26 April 2013 26 April 2013 19 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141019035446/http://www.ruv.is/frett/rod-kjosenda-vid-laugardalsholl-i-morgun live Prior to the elections, it was not clear whether this meant that turnout would be increased or just that early voting had become more popular. File:Icelandic Althing Composition 2013.svg Independence Party 50455 +3.00 19 +3 Progressive Party 46173 +9.63 19 +10 Social Democratic Alliance 24294 –16.94 9 –11 Left-Green Movement 20546 –10.81 7 –7 Bright Future 15584 New 6 New Pirate Party 9648 New 3 New Dawn 5855 New 0 New Households Party 5707 New 0 New #E53333 Iceland Democratic Party 4658 New 0 New #0000CC Right-Green People's Party 3262 New 0 New #008000 Rainbow 2021 New 0 New #CC0000 Rural Party 326 New 0 New purple Sturla Jónsson 222 New 0 New Independent politician Humanist Party 126 New 0 New People's Front of Iceland 118 New 0 New 4827 0 237807 Landskjörstjórn Election Resources Elected MPs Government (38) Progressive Party (Iceland) darkgray Progressive Party (19) Independence Party (Iceland) darkgray Independence Party (19) Opposition (25) Social Democratic Alliance darkgray Social Democratic Alliance (9) Left-Green Movement darkgray Left-Green Movement (7) Bright Future (Iceland) darkgray Bright Future (6) Pirate Party (Iceland) darkgray Pirate Party (3) + Members of the Althing elected on 27 April 2013Reykjavik NorthReykjavik SouthSouthwestNorthwestNortheastSouth1. Illugi Gunnarsson (D) 2. Frosti Sigurjónsson (B) 3. Katrín Jakobsdóttir (V) 4. Össur Skarphéðinsson (S) 5. Brynjar Þór Níelsson (D) 6. Björt Ólafsdóttir (A) 7. Sigrún Magnúsdóttir (B) 8. Árni Þór Sigurðsson (V) 9. Birgir Ármannsson (D) L1. Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson (Þ) L7. Valgerður Bjarnadóttir (S)1. Hanna B. Kristjánsdóttir (D) 2. Vigdís Hauksdóttir (B) 3. Sigríður I. Ingadóttir (S) 4. Pétur H. Blöndal (D) 5. Svandís Svavarsdóttir (V) 6. Róbert Marshall (A) 7. Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson (D) 8. Karl Garðarsson (B) 9. Helgi Hjörvar (S) L2. Ásta Guðrún Helgadóttir (Þ) L5. Óttarr Proppé (A)1. Bjarni Benediktsson (D) 2. Eygló Harðardóttir (B) 3. Ragnheiður Ríkharðsdóttir (D) 4. Árni Páll Árnason (S) 5. Willum Þór Þórsson (B) 6. Jón Gunnarsson (D) 7. Guðmundur Steingrímsson (A) 8. Ögmundur Jónasson (V) 9. Vilhjálmur Bjarnason (D) 10.Þorsteinn Sæmundsson (B) 11.Katrín Júlíusdóttir (S) L4. Birgitta Jónsdóttir (Þ) L8. Elín Hirst (D)1. Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson (B) 2. Einar K. Guðfinnsson (D) 3. Ásmundur Einar Daðason (B) 4. Haraldur Benediktsson (D) 5. Guðbjartur Hannesson (S) 6. Elsa Lára Arnardóttir (B) 7. Jóhanna M. Sigmundsdóttir (B) L6. Lilja R. Magnúsdóttir (V)1. Sigmundur D. Gunnlaugsson (B) 2. Kristján Þór Júlíusson (D) 3. Höskuldur Þór Þórhallsson (B) 4. Steingrímur J. Sigfússon (V) 5. Líneik Anna Sævarsdóttir (B) 6. Valgerður Gunnarsdóttir (D) 7. Kristján L. Möller (S) 8. Þórunn Egilsdóttir (B) 9. Bjarkey Gunnarsdóttir (V) L3. Brynhildur Pétursdóttir (A)1. Sigurður I. Jóhannsson (B) 2. Ragnheiður E. Árnadóttir (D) 3. Silja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir (B) 4. Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir (D) 5. Páll Jóhann Pálsson (B) 6. Oddný G. Harðardóttir (S) 7. Ásmundur Friðriksson (D) 8. Haraldur Einarsson (B) 9. Vilhjálmur Árnason (D) L9. Páll Valur Björnsson (A) Key: D = Independence Party; B = Progressive Party; S = Social Democratic Alliance; V = Left-Green Movement; A = Bright Future; Þ = Pirate Party; L1-L9 = Leveling seats nr.1-9.Source: Morgunblaðið http://www.mbl.is/frettir/#landid Kosningar mbl.is 28 April 2013 28 April 2013 19 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210119103514/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/#landid live. is and Landskjörstjórn (The National Electoral Commission)http://www.landskjor.is/media/frettir/ElectionsResults_April27_2013.pdf The calculation of the allocation of parliamentary seats according to results of elections to Parliament 27th April 2013 Landskjörstjórn (The National Electoral Commission) 19 July 2021 18 May 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210518054422/https://landskjor.is/media/frettir/ElectionsResults_April27_2013.pdf live is For the parties having qualified with a national result above the 5% election threshold, the 9 leveling seats (L1-L9) were first distributed party-wise according to the calculation method in this particular order (where the party's total number of national votes was divided by the sum of "won seats plus 1" - with an extra leveling seat granted to the party with the highest fraction - while repeating this process until all 9 leveling seats had been determined). At the next step, these leveling seats were then by the same order distributed one by one to the relative strongest constituency of the seat winning party (while disregarding the constituencies that already ran out of vacant leveling seats). At the third step, the specific leveling seat is finally granted to the party's highest ranked runner-up candidate within the constituency, according to the same accumulated candidate vote score as being used when apportioning the constituency seats. http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosningar/jofnunarsaeti/ The distribution of compensatory seats mbl.is 28 April 2013 28 April 2013 30 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130430232016/http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosningar/jofnunarsaeti/ live. is The table below display how the leveling seats were apportioned, and the "relative constituency strength" figures for each party, which is measured for each constituency as the "party vote share" divided by "won constituency seats of the party +1". To illustrate how the selection method works, each party in a constituency being apportioned a leveling seat, have got their figure for relative strength (vote share per seat) bolded in the table, with a parenthesis noting the number of the leveling seat. Because constituencies run out of available leveling seats one by one as the calculation progress, it can sometimes happen that the constituency with the highest relative strength needs to be disregarded. In example, if there had been no restrictions to the available number of leveling seats in a constituency, then the table below would have distributed the Independence Party's L8-seat to its relative strongest Northwest Constituency with an 8.22% vote share per seat; But as the one and only leveling seat of this constituency had already been granted to the Left-Green party (who won the L6-seat), then the L8-seat instead had to be granted to a relatively weaker constituency, which to be more exact ended only being the fourth strongest constituency for the Independence Party - namely the Southwest constituency with a 6.14% vote share per seat. Candidates selected for the 9 leveling seats(L1-L9 are first apportioned at national level to parties, then to the relative strongest constituency of the party, and finally given to its highest ranked runner-up candidate)Leveling seatswon by partyReykjavik North(party vote share dividedby won local seats +1)Reykjavik South(party vote share dividedby won local seats +1)Southwest(party vote share dividedby won local seats +1)Northwest(party vote share dividedby won local seats +1)Northeast(party vote share dividedby won local seats +1)South(party vote share dividedby won local seats +1)Independence Party (D)L85.84%4.67%Second leveling seat for the party in the constituency Party vote share divided by "won constituency seats +2", has also been calculated for constituencies with two leveling seats (as each party in theory has a chance to win both of them).6.70%5.36%Second leveling seat for the party in the constituency6.14% (L8)5.12%Second leveling seat for the party in the constituency8.22%7.52%5.65%Progressive Party (B)5.48%4.11%Second leveling seat for the party in the constituency5.60%4.20%Second leveling seat for the party in the constituency5.38%4.31%Second leveling seat for the party in the constituency7.03%6.92%6.89%Social Democratic Alliance (S)L77.13% (L7)4.75%Second leveling seat for the party in the constituency4.73%3.55%Second leveling seat for the party in the constituency4.55%3.41%Second leveling seat for the party in the constituency6.11%5.30%5.09%Left-Green Movement (V)L65.22%3.92%Second leveling seat for the party in the constituency6.06%4.04%Second leveling seat for the party in the constituency3.93%2.62%Second leveling seat for the party in the constituency8.47% (L6)5.27%5.88%Bright Future (A)L3+L5+L95.10%3.40%Second leveling seat for the party in the constituency5.37% (L5)3.58%Second leveling seat for the party in the constituency4.61%3.07%Second leveling seat for the party in the constituency4.56%6.51% (L3)4.47% (L9)Pirate Party (Þ)L1+L2+L46.87% (L1)3.43%Second leveling seat for the party in the constituency6.17% (L2)3.09%Second leveling seat for the party in the constituency5.00% (L4)2.50%Second leveling seat for the party in the constituency3.09%3.03%4.72% close Aftermath Following the elections, a coalition government was formed between the Progressive Party and Independence Party with Progressive Party's Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson as prime minister.http://www.grapevine.is/News/ReadArticle/Progressives-and-Independent-party-divvy-up-the-ministries New Government Divvies Up The Ministries The Reykjavík Grapevine 22 May 2013 22 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130915111009/http://grapevine.is/News/ReadArticle/Progressives-and-Independent-party-divvy-up-the-ministries 15 September 2013 dead The Progressive Party received four ministries, and the Independence Party received five. References External links The Reykjavík Grapevine's Election Guide 2013 (scanned version) (Html version) (PDF version) Official website for the Parliamentary elections 2013 Mbl.is news coverage of Parliamentary elections 2013 Ruv.is news coverage of Parliamentary elections 2013 Website publishing the candidate lists for participating parties Iceland Category:Parliamentary elections in Iceland Category:2013 in Iceland Iceland