With less than two months to the general elections on 29th October, Iceland’s Pirate Party and the conservative right-wing Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) are the country’s most popular parties according to a new opinion poll by local news site Vísir.
The parties are neck-and-neck in the poll. The Pirates enjoy the support of 29.5% of the nation but received 5.1% of votes in the 2013 elections and the Independence Party is supported by 28.2% of the nation.
The Independence Party received 26.7% of the votes in the 2013 elections and forms Iceland’s coalition government with the Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn), which is supported by 10.7%. That is down by more than half from the last elections when it received 24.4% of the popular vote.
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Iceland’s third largest party, according to the poll, is the Left Greens (Vinstrihreyfingin grænt framboð – VG) with a 12.7% support, up from 10.9% in the 2013 elections.
A new conservative pro-EU party called Viðreisn (Restoration) enjoys a 6.7% support and The Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) has 7.5% share of the support, down from 12.9% in the 2013 elections.
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With less than two months to the general elections on 29th October, Iceland’s Pirate Party and the conservative right-wing Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) are the country’s most popular parties according to a new opinion poll by local news site Vísir.
The parties are neck-and-neck in the poll. The Pirates enjoy the support of 29.5% of the nation but received 5.1% of votes in the 2013 elections and the Independence Party is supported by 28.2% of the nation.
The Independence Party received 26.7% of the votes in the 2013 elections and forms Iceland’s coalition government with the Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn), which is supported by 10.7%. That is down by more than half from the last elections when it received 24.4% of the popular vote.
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Iceland’s third largest party, according to the poll, is the Left Greens (Vinstrihreyfingin grænt framboð – VG) with a 12.7% support, up from 10.9% in the 2013 elections.
A new conservative pro-EU party called Viðreisn (Restoration) enjoys a 6.7% support and The Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) has 7.5% share of the support, down from 12.9% in the 2013 elections.
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