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President: Guðni Th. Jóhannesson · State Minister: Kristrún Frostadóttir (S) · Governing parties: S, VIÐREISN, F
Legislative elections: Althing, 4-year term, 63 seats, 5% threshold (supplementary seats), party-list PR + supplementary seats:

  2024 2021 2017 2016
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Samfylkingin-Jafnaðarmannaflokkur Íslands (S)
Alliance-Social Democratic Party of Iceland
Social democracy  20,8 15 9,9 6 12,1 7 5,7 3
Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn (SSF)
Independence Party
Liberal conservatism       
Euroscepticism
19,4 14 24,4 16 25,2 16 29,0 21
Viðreisn (VIÐREISN)
Revival
Liberalism   15,8 11 8,3 5 6,7 4 10,5 7
Flokkur Fólksins (F)
People's Party
Disability rights
Pensioners' interests
13,8 10 8,8 6 6,9 4 - -
Miðflokkurinn (M)
Centre Party
Centrism
Agrarianism
Conservatism
12,1 8 5,4 3 10,9 7 - -
Framsóknarflokkurinn (FSF)
Progressive Party
Centrism
Agrarianism
7,8 5 17,3 13 10,7 8 11,5 8
Sósíalistaflokkur Íslands (SFÍ)
Socialist Party of Iceland
Socialism   4,0 - 4,1 - - - - -
Piratar (P)
Pirate Party
Direct democracy
Copyright reform
Transparency
3,0 - 8,6 6 9,2 6 14,5 10
Vinstrihreyfingin-Grænt Framboð (VG)
Left Movement-Green Candidacy
Democratic socialism
Ecosocialism
Feminism
2,3 - 12,6 8 16,9 11 15,9 10
Björt Framtíð (BF)
Bright Future
Social liberalism  - - - - 1,2 - 7,2 4
Others  1,0 - 0,5 -  0,3 - 5,7 -
Total - 63 - 63 - 63 - 63
Turnout 80,2 80,1 81,2 79,2

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