General election in Iceland 2007
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
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:
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
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
Web links
- Official website of the Icelandic Parliament Althing (Icelandic, English, Danish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Erakondade toetusreitingud Þjóðarpúls Gallup (Icelandic)
- ^ A b electionresources.org: Election to Althing 2007
- ↑ 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).