Reykjavík’s coalition government of the Social Democratic Alliance (SDA) and Bright Future (BF) narrowly fell in Iceland’s local elections yesterday. However the SDA is the biggest winner of the elections in the capital, with 31.9% of the votes and five seats of fifteen in the city council, adding two from the 2010 elections. BF got 15.6% of the votes and two seats, losing four since 2010.
It is expected that the two parties will offer the only council member of the Left Green (LG) party, which received 11.9% of the votes, to join them to form a new government in Reykjavík, with Dagur B. Eggertsson, SDA capital’s leader, as mayor.
The Independence party is the second biggest party of the capital, with four seats, but its share of the votes fell from 33.6% to 25.7%. The worst ever result for the party in the capital.
The Progressive party received 10.7% of the votes and two seats, and the Pirate Party 5.9% and one seat.
The turnout in Reykjavík was 62.9%, the lowest since 1982. The local election’s turnout for the whole Iceland was 66% and has not been lower in 60 years.
Outside the capital the Independence party is the undisputed winner of the elections. The party will form or be a part of the government in most of Iceland’s biggest municipalities.
Reykjavík’s coalition government of the Social Democratic Alliance (SDA) and Bright Future (BF) narrowly fell in Iceland’s local elections yesterday. However the SDA is the biggest winner of the elections in the capital, with 31.9% of the votes and five seats of fifteen in the city council, adding two from the 2010 elections. BF got 15.6% of the votes and two seats, losing four since 2010.
It is expected that the two parties will offer the only council member of the Left Green (LG) party, which received 11.9% of the votes, to join them to form a new government in Reykjavík, with Dagur B. Eggertsson, SDA capital’s leader, as mayor.
The Independence party is the second biggest party of the capital, with four seats, but its share of the votes fell from 33.6% to 25.7%. The worst ever result for the party in the capital.
The Progressive party received 10.7% of the votes and two seats, and the Pirate Party 5.9% and one seat.
The turnout in Reykjavík was 62.9%, the lowest since 1982. The local election’s turnout for the whole Iceland was 66% and has not been lower in 60 years.
Outside the capital the Independence party is the undisputed winner of the elections. The party will form or be a part of the government in most of Iceland’s biggest municipalities.
