People's Alliance
The People's Alliance ( isl. Alþýðubandalag , short AL) was an electoral association from 1956 to 1968 and a regular political party in Iceland from 1968 to 1999 .
history
The People's Alliance emerged as a left-wing split from social democracy . The founding of the party in 1968 brought together the communist faction and other Marxist splinter groups. The increasingly moderate Euro-Communist party turned against membership in NATO and the EU . With the exception of the elections for the Althing in 1987 and 1991, it received more votes than the Social Democratic Party of Iceland ( Icelandic Alþýðuflokkurinn ). Its best-known representative was Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson , Icelandic President from 1996 to 2016 .
In 1999, the People's Alliance merged with three other left-wing parties to form the Alliance ( Samfylkingin ), and in 2000 the party was officially founded.
Election results
Elections to the Althing
year | be right | percent | +/- | Seats | +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1956 | 15,859 | 19.2 | 8th | ||
June 1959 | 12,929 | 15.2 | −4.0 | 7th | −1 |
Oct 1959 | 13,621 | 16.0 | +0.8 | 10 | +3 |
1963 | 14.274 | 16.0 | −0.0 | 9 | −1 |
1967 | 16,923 | 17.6 | +1.6 | 10 | +1 |
1971 | 18,055 | 17.1 | −0.5 | 10 | 0 |
1974 | 20,924 | 18.3 | +1.2 | 11 | +1 |
1978 | 27,952 | 22.9 | +4.6 | 14th | +3 |
1979 | 24,401 | 19.7 | −3.2 | 11 | −3 |
1983 | 22,490 | 17.3 | −2.4 | 10 | −1 |
1987 | 20,387 | 13.3 | −4.0 | 8th | −2 |
1991 | 22,706 | 14.4 | +1.1 | 9 | +1 |
1995 | 23,597 | 14.3 | +0.1 | 9 | 0 |
Chairperson
- 1956–1968 Hannibal Valdimarsson
- 1968–1977 Ragnar Arnalds
- 1977–1980 Lúðvík Jósepsson
- 1980–1987 Svavar Gestsson
- 1987–1995 Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
- 1995–1998 Margrét Frímannsdóttir