2013 Icelandic parliamentary election

2013 Icelandic parliamentary election
27 April 2013
All 63 seats in the Althing
32 seats needed for a majority
Turnout81.50%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Independence Bjarni Benediktsson 26.70 19 +3
Progressive Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson 24.43 19 +10
Social Democratic Árni Páll Árnason 12.85 9 −11
Left-Green Katrín Jakobsdóttir 10.87 7 −7
Bright Future Guðmundur Steingrímsson 8.25 6 New
Pirates Collective leadership 5.10 3 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Social Democratic		 Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson
Progressive

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 27 April 2013. Fifteen parties contested the elections, compared to just seven in the previous elections. The result was a victory for the two centre-right opposition parties, the Independence Party and Progressive Party, 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.

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