2021 Icelandic parliamentary election

The 2021 Icelandic parliamentary election elected members of the Althing was held on 25 September 2021.[1]

2021 Icelandic parliamentary election
25 September 2021
All 63 seats in the Althing
32 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout203,976 (80.1% 1.1%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Bjarni Benediktsson Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Party Independence Progressive Left-Green
Leader's seat Southwest South Reykjavík North
Last election 16 seats, 25.2% 8 seats, 10.7% 11 seats, 16.9%
Seats won
16 / 63
13 / 63
8 / 63
Seat change 0 5 3
Popular vote 48,708 34,501 25,114
Percentage 24.4% 17.3% 12.6%
Swing 0.8% 6.6% 4.3%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
F
P
Leader Logi Már Einarsson Inga Sæland Collective leadership[lower-alpha 1]
Party Social Democratic People's Pirates
Leader's seat Northeast Reykjavík South Reykjavík North[lower-alpha 2]
Last election 7 seats, 12.1% 4 seats, 6.9% 6 seats, 9.2%
Seats won
6 / 63
6 / 63
6 / 63
Seat change 1 2 0
Popular vote 19,825 17,672 17,233
Percentage 9.9% 8.8% 8.6%
Swing 2.2% 1.9% 0.6%
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
Party Reform Centre
Leader's seat Southwest Northeast
Last election 4 seats, 6.7% 7 seats, 10.9%
Seats won
5 / 63
3 / 63
Seat change 1 4
Popular vote 16,628 10,889
Percentage 8.3% 5.4%
Swing 1.6% 5.5%
Result of the election
Prime Minister before election

Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Left-Green

 Prime Minister after election

Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Left-Green

Polling

D = Independence Party, V = Left-Green Movement, S = Social Democratic Alliance, M = Centre Party, B = Progressive Party, P = Pirate Party, F = People's Party, C = Reform Party, J = Socialist Party.

Notes
  1. The Pirate Party rejects the regular leadership model. A new formal chair is chosen at the start of each parliamentary session by coin toss. Their formal chairperson for the 2021–2022 period is Halldóra Mogensen.
  2. Halldóra Mogensen, their formal chairperson for the 2021–2022 period, is running in Reykjavík North.

References
  1. Alexander Kristjánsson (2020-07-24). "Kosið 25. september 2021". mbl.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2020-11-27.




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