2017 Icelandic parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 28 October 2017. On 15 September 2017, the three-party coalition government collapsed after the departure of Bright Future over a scandal involving Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson's father writing a letter recommending a convicted child sex offender have his "honour restored". Bjarni subsequently called for a snap election, which was officially scheduled for 28 October 2017 following the dissolution of the Althing.

2017 Icelandic parliamentary election
28 October 2017
All 63 seats in the Althing
32 seats needed for a majority
Turnout81.20%
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Independence Bjarni Benediktsson 25.25 16 −5
Left-Green Katrín Jakobsdóttir 16.89 11 +1
Social Democratic Logi Már Einarsson 12.05 7 +4
Centre Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson 10.89 7 New
Progressive Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson 10.71 8 0
Pirates Collective leadership 9.20 6 −4
People's Inga Sæland 6.88 4 +4
Reform Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir 6.69 4 −3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Map of the election results, showing the seats won by each party in each of the 6 multi-member constituencies.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election
Bjarni Benediktsson
Independence		 Katrín Jakobsdóttir
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Though many opinion polls in the run-up to the election indicated an increase in support for the Left-Green Movement, the Independence Party retained its position as the Althing's largest party. Following the election, four-party coalition talks led by the Left-Greens ensued; however, after the Progressive Party rejected the possibility, a three-party coalition led by the Left-Greens including the Independence Party and Progressive Party was negotiated. After formally receiving the mandate to form a coalition on 28 November, Left-Green leader Katrín Jakobsdóttir was designated Prime Minister to lead the new government on 30 November.

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