At stake
in this election:
- Seats in the Althingi: 63
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Description
of government structure:
- Parliament: Iceland's unicameral
parliament, the Althingi, consists of 63 members.
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Description
of electoral system:
- The president is directly elected by
simple majority vote for a four-year term.
- Members of the Althingi are
directly elected by a party list proportional representation system for four-year terms.
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Results of the electoral race:
- Party:
Independence Party (IP)
Leader: David ODDSSON
Seats won in this election: 26
Seats won in last election: 25
- Party: United
Left Party
Leader: Margret FRIMSANNSDOTTIR
Seats won in this election: 17
Seats won in last election: 0 (the United Left Party was formed since the last election)
- Party:
Progressive Party (PP)
Leader: Halldor ASGRIMSSON
Seats won in this election: 12
Seats won in last election: 15
- Party: Left
Movement - Greens
Leader: Steingrimur SIGFUSSON
Seats won in this election: 6
Seats won in last election: 0 (the Left Movement - Greens was formed since the last
election)
- Party:
Liberal Party
Leader: Sverrir HERMANNSSON
Seats won in this election: 2
Seats won in last election: 0 (the Liberal Party was formed since the last election)
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When was
the last election? Number of seats in last election?
- Parliamentary elections last held: April
8, 1995
- Seats decided in the 1995 election: 63
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 275,277 (December 1998 figure)
- Number of registered voters: 201,525
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Of Interest:
- Over 80 percent of eligible voters
participated in the May 1999 election.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
