List of political parties in Iceland
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Iceland has a multi-party system with many political parties, in which often no one party has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
Political parties
Parliamentary representation from September 2021
Eight parties were elected at the September 2021 election. The box below shows the distribution of seats in the incumbent parliament.
Active parties, without representation in the Althing
Party[1] | Ideology | Election symbol[2] | ||
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Freedom Party Frelsisflokkurinn | Right-wing nationalism | Þ | ||
Humanist Party Húmanistaflokkurinn | Humanism | H | ||
Icelandic National Front Íslenska þjóðfylkingin | Right-wing populism | E | ||
People's Front of Iceland Alþýðufylkingin | Anti-capitalism | R | ||
Icelandic Socialist Party Sósíalistaflokkur Íslands | Socialism | J | ||
Liberal Democratic Party Frjálslyndi lýðræðisflokkurinn | Classical liberalism | O | ||
Responsible Future Ábyrg framtíð | Anti-vaccinationism | Y | ||
Bright Future Björt Framtíð | Liberalism | A |
Defunct parties
- Alliance of Social Democrats
- Best Party (Besti flokkurinn)
- Citizens' Movement (Borgarahreyfingin)
- Citizen's Party (Borgaraflokkurinn)
- Communist Party (Kommúnistaflokkurinn)
- Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) (Kommúnistaflokkurinn (m-l))
- Democracy Movement (Lýðræðishreyfingin)
- Dawn (Dögun)
- Home Rule Party (Heimastjórnarflokkurinn)
- Households Party (Flokkur Heimilanna)
- Iceland Democratic Party (Lýðræðisvaktin)
- Icelandic Movement – Living Land (Íslandshreyfingin – lifandi land)
- Liberal Party (Frjálslyndi flokkurinn)
- National Awakening (Þjóðvaki)
- Nationalist Party (Flokkur Þjóðernissinna)
- National Preservation Party (Þjóðvarnarflokkurinn)
- New Force (Nýtt afl)
- Old Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn eldri)
- People's Alliance (Alþýðubandalagið)
- People's Unity Party – Socialist Party (Sameiningarflokkur alþýðu - Sósíalistaflokkurinn)
- Rainbow (Regnboginn)
- Right-Green People's Party (Hægri grænir, flokkur fólksins)
- Rural Party (Landsbyggðarflokkurinn)
- Social Democratic Party (Alþýðuflokkurinn)
- Solidarity (Samstaða)
- The Movement (Hreyfingin)
- Union of Liberals and Leftists (Samtök frjálslyndra og vinstri manna)
- Women's List (Kvennalistinn)
Notes
- ^ The Pirate Party rejects the regular leadership model. A new formal chair is chosen at the start of each parliamentary session by coin toss.
See also
References
- ^ The Reykjavík Grapevine's Election Guide 2013 (scanned version) (Html version Archived 2013-05-02 at the Wayback Machine)
- ^ "Website publishing candidate lists and election news for the parties participating in the 2013 parliamentary election". 24 May 2012.
External links
- Icelandic election statistics