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List of political parties in Iceland

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List of political parties in Iceland

This article is a list of political parties in Iceland. 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.

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Parliamentary representation from October 2016

Seven parties were elected at the October 2016 election. The box below shows the distribution of seats in the incumbent parliament.

Defunct Parties

  • Citizens' Movement (Borgarahreyfingin)
  • Citizen's Party (Borgaraflokkurinn)
  • Communist Party (Kommúnistaflokkurinn)
  • Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) (Kommúnistaflokkurinn (m-l))
  • Democracy Movement (Lýðræðishreyfingin)
  • Home Rule Party (Heimastjórnarflokkurinn)
  • Icelandic Movement – Living Land (Íslandshreyfingin – lifandi land)
  • 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)
  • Social Democratic Party (Alþýðuflokkurinn)
  • The Movement (Hreyfingin)
  • Union of Liberals and Leftists (Samtök frjálslyndra og vinstri manna)
  • Women's List (Kvennalistinn)

    • References

    List of political parties in Iceland Wikipedia
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