General election in Iceland 2003

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Result (in%)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

33.7

31.0

17.7

8.8

7.4

1.4

D.

S.

B.

V

F.

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1999

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-7.0

+4.2

-0.7

-0.3

+3.2

+0.6

D.

S.

B.

V

F.

Otherwise.

Distribution of seats

     

A total of 63 seats

• V : 5
• S : 20
• B : 12
• Q : 4
• D : 22

The 2003 general election in Iceland took place on May 10, 2003. In the election, the 63 MPs of the Althing were redefined.

The election brought a narrow victory for the Independence Party under Prime Minister Davíð Oddsson . It was able to unite 33.7% of the votes.

This enabled the joint government of the Independence Party and the Progress Party to continue despite the loss of votes .

Electoral system

→ Main article : Althing

Compared to the previous election in 1999, the number of constituencies was reduced to six. In each of these multi-person constituencies, 9, i.e. a total of 54 members, were elected. In addition, there were 9 compensatory mandates, which were distributed to the parties according to the share of the vote in order to ensure an approximately proportional representation.

Survey

Surveys (in%)

Survey period	D.	B.	F.	S.	V
May 2003	33	16	7th	34	9
April 2003	34	13	10	33	10
March 2003	35	14th	5	35	10
February 2003	36	12	2	36	10
January 2003	36	14th	3	38	9
December 2002	40	12	2	32	13
November 2002	41	14th	2	32	11
October 2002	40	18th	1	27	12
September 2002	38	17th	1	29	14th
August 2002	41	17th	3	24	14th
July 2002	41	18th	2	26th	12
June 2002	42	17th	2	25th	12
Election 1999	40.7	18.4	4.2	26.8	9.1

Election result

Of the 211,304 eligible voters, 185,392 voted, corresponding to a turnout of around 87.7%. 2,220 or around 1.2% of the votes were invalid.

Overall result

In detail, the following results were obtained:

Result of the general election in Iceland in 2003

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Independence Party (D)	61,701	33.7	−7.0	22nd	−4
	Alliance (S)	56,700	31.0	+4.2	20th	+3
	Progress Party (B)	32,484	17.7	−0.7	12	-
	Left-Green Movement (V)	16,129	8.8	−0.3	5	−1
	Liberal Party of Iceland (F)	13,523	7.4	+3.2	4th	+2
	Others	2,635	1.4	+0.6	-	-
total		183.172	100.0		63
Valid votes		183.172	98.8
Invalid votes		2,220	1.2
voter turnout		185.392	87.7
Eligible voters		211,304	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.	29.60	3	23.50	2	29.20	3	38.40	5	38.00	5	35.50	4th
	S.	23.20	2	23.40	2	29.70	4th	32.80	4th	33.30	4th	36.30	4th
	B.	21.70	2	32.80	4th	23.70	2	14.90	1	11.30	1	11.60	2
	V	10.60	1	14.10	2	4.70	-	6.20	-	9.30	1	9.80	1
	F.	14.20	2	5.60	-	8.70	1	6.70	1	6.60	-	5.50	-
total			10		10		10		11		11		11

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: Wahl zum Althing 2003
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).