General election in Iceland 2007

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2003General election in Iceland 20072009
Result (in%)
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
36.6
26.8
14.3
11.7
7.3
3.3
no
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
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

Web links

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) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.statice.is
  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).