General election in Iceland 2007

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Result (in%)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

36.6

26.8

14.3

11.7

7.3

3.3

no

D.

S.

V

B.

F.

I.

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2003

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

+2.9

-4.2

+5.5

-6.0

-0.1

+3.3

-1.4

D.

S.

V

B.

F.

I.

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

     

A total of 63 seats

• V : 9
• S : 18
• B : 7
• Q : 4
• D : 25

The 2007 general election in Iceland took place on May 12, 2007. In the election, the 63 MPs of the Althing were redefined.

The election brought a victory for the Independence Party under Prime Minister Geir Haarde .

Survey

Surveys (in%)

Survey period	D.	B.	S.	V	F.	I.
May 2007	41	10	29	13	5	2
April 2007	40	9	21st	21st	5	3
March 2007	37	6th	20th	26th	6th	-
February 2007	36	10	22nd	24	6th	-
January 2007	37	9	22nd	22nd	9	-
December 2006	38	9	24	21st	11	-
November 2006	37	8th	25th	19th	11	-
October 2006	43	8th	25th	20th	4th	-
September 2006	41	9	27	20th	3	-
August 2006	41	9	25th	22nd	3	-
July 2006	43	10	25th	20th	4th	-
June 2006	43	9	25th	19th	4th	-
Election 2003	33.7	17.7	31.0	8.8	7.4	-

Election result

Of the 221,368 eligible voters, 185,071 voted, which corresponds to a turnout of around 83.6%. 2909 or around 1.6% of the votes were invalid.

Overall result

In detail, the following results were obtained:

Result of the general election in Iceland in 2007

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Independence Party (D)	66,754	36.6	+2.9	25th	+3
	Alliance (S)	48,743	26.8	−4.2	18th	−2
	Left-Green Movement (V)	26,136	14.3	+5.5	9	+4
	Progress Party (B)	21,350	11.7	−6.0	7th	−5
	Liberal Party of Iceland (F)	13,233	7.3	−0.1	4th	-
	Icelandic Movement (I)	5,953	3.3	+3.3	-	-
total		182.169	100.0		63
Valid votes		182.169	98.4
Invalid votes		2,902	1.6
voter turnout		185.071	83.6
Eligible voters		221,330	100.0
Source:

Result by constituency

Elected MPs in the constituencies. Each box corresponds to one MP

Result by constituency

Political party		northwest		Northeast		south		southwest		Reykjavík South		Reykjavík North
		%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats
	D.	29.1	3	28.0	3	36.0	4th	42.6	6th	39.2	5	36.4	4th
	S.	21.2	2	20.8	2	26.8	2	28.4	4th	29.0	3	29.2	5
	V	16.0	1	19.6	2	9.9	1	11.6	1	14.4	2	16.9	2
	B.	18.8	1	24.6	3	18.7	2	7.2	1	5.9	-	6.2	-
	F.	13.6	2	5.9	-	7.0	1	6.7	-	6.8	1	6.3	-
total			9		10		10		12		11		11

Government formation

Prime Minister Geir Haarde of the Independence Party ended the coalition of the Independence Party and the Progress Party after 12 years . Together with the second largest party, the Social Democratic Alliance , the Independence Party formed a grand coalition .

Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir from Allianz became foreign minister, while Árni M. Mathiesen from the Independence Party became finance minister .

End of government

In the wake of demonstrations in the winter of 2008/2009, the Icelandic government resigned in the spring of 2009, whereupon early new elections were announced for April 25, 2009 .

See also

• Icelandic political system
• List of political parties in Iceland

Web links

• Official website of the Icelandic Parliament Althing (Icelandic, English, Danish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Results of parliamentary elections ( memento of the original from November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. statice.is (English) 
2. ↑ Erakondade toetusreitingud Þjóðarpúls Gallup (Icelandic)
3. ^ ^{A b} electionresources.org: Election to Althing 2007
4. ↑ Thorkell Helgason: Apportionment of Seats to Althingi, the Icelandic Parliament: Analysis of the Elections on May 10, 2003, May 12, 2007, April 25, 2009 and April 27, 2013. (PDF) Icelandic Election Commission, November 2013, accessed on October 29, 2017 (English).