[Iceland: Parliamentary Election, 28 October 2017]: Final Election Results 2017

Background and further information

Iceland's ruling coalition collapsed on the 15 September 2017 over anger at a paedophile scandal. The Icelandic Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson' called the country's second snap election in two years - the previous one had been held on the 29 October 2016.

The result

+ The Independence Party: 25.2%
+ Left-Green Movement: 16.9%
+ Social Democratic Alliance: 12.1%
+ Centre Party: 10.9%
+ Progressive Party: 10.7%
+ Pirate Party: 9.2%
+ People’s Party: 6.9%
+ Reform Party: 6.7%Results and analysis of the general election held in Iceland on the 28 October 2017.

• Primary Source

ESO: Key Source: Icelandic parliamentary election 2017 http://www.europeansources.info/record/icelandic-parliamentary-election-2017/

Deutsche Welle, 29.10.17: Iceland election: Right-of-center party wins most votes but Left could take power http://p.dw.com/p/2mfAK

Iceland Monitor, 29.10.17: Final results. General Elections in Iceland bring a complicated political landscape http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2017/10/29/final_results_2017_elections/

BBC News, 29.10.17: Iceland election: Ruling party ahead in early results http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41787919

The Guardian, 29.10.17: Iceland election: centre-right parties lose majority https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/29/iceland-election-centre-right-parties-appear-to-lose-majority

Politico, 29.10.17: Iceland’s ruling party dealt blow in national election https://www.politico.eu/article/iceland-election-results-2017-ruling-party-dealt-blow/

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