Summary of the 8 May 1999 Iceland

Iceland

Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...

ic Althing

Althing

The Alþingi, anglicised variously as Althing or Althingi, is the national parliament of Iceland. The Althingi is the oldest parliamentary institution in the world still extant...

 election results

Elections in Iceland

Elections in Iceland gives information on election and election results in Iceland.Iceland elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a four year term by the people...

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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Parties
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats
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|align=left|Independence Party

Independence Party (Iceland)

The Independence Party is a centre-right political party in Iceland. Liberal conservative and Eurosceptic, it is the second-largest party in the Althing, with sixteen seats. The chairman of the party is Bjarni Benediktsson and vice chairman is Ólöf Nordal....

 (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn)
|align="right" |67.513
|align="right" |40.7
|align="right" |26
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|align=left|Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin)
|align="right" |44.378
|align="right" |26.8
|align="right" |17
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|align=left|Progressive Party

Progressive Party (Iceland)

The Progressive Party is an agrarian, liberal and centrist party in Iceland. The party is a member of the Liberal International. Current chairman of the party is Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson. He was elected on January 18, 2009. His predecessor was Valgerður Sverrisdóttir, who only served as...

 (Framsóknarflokkurinn)
|align="right" |30.415
|align="right" |18.4
|align="right" |12
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|align=left|Left-Green Movement

Left-Green Movement

The Left-Green Movement is a left-wing political party in Iceland.It was founded in 1999 by a few members of Alþingi who did not approve of the planned merger of the left parties in Iceland that resulted in the founding of the Social Democratic Alliance...

 (Vinstrihreyfingin - grænt framboð)
|align="right" |15.115
|align="right" |9.1
|align="right" |6
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|align=left|Liberal Party (Frjálslyndi flokkurinn)
|align="right" |6.919
|align="right" |4.2
|align="right" |2
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|align=left|Other
|align="right" |1.387
|align="right" |0,8
|align="right" |0
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|align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 84,1 %)
|width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|183.172
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|63
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"| 
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|align=left colspan=5|Source: Ríkisútvarpið
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