Elections in Iceland

Template:Short description Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists Iceland elects on a national level a mostly ceremonial head of state—the president—and a legislature. The president is elected for a four-year term by the people. The parliament ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) has 63 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation using the D'Hondt method with a closed list. Iceland has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party typically has a chance of gaining power alone which typically results in a hung parliament, so parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

The last election was on 1 June 2024.

VotingEdit

EligibilityEdit

According to Registers Iceland, All Icelandic nationals who have lived abroad for less than eight years are automatically registered to vote as long as they are 18 and have lived in Iceland at some point.<ref name=skra.is>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} </ref> Icelandic citizens who lived abroad for more than eight years must register to vote, as long as they are a citizen, at least eighteen years old, and have had legal domicile in Iceland

Foreign nationals are not allowed to vote in presidential elections, parliamentary elections, or national referendums.<ref name=skra.is/> Danish nationals who lived in Iceland on 6 March 1946 or any point ten years before that are eligible to vote.

Foreign nationals from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland can vote in municipal elections if they have registered their domicile in Iceland before election day. Foreign nationals from other countries have to live in Iceland for three years to be eligible to vote in these elections.<ref name=mcc.is> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Voting proceduresEdit

By law, municipal and presidential elections take place on a Saturday. Parliamentary elections have also traditionally taken place on Saturdays since 1983, although a particular weekday is not mandated by law. Voters are required to present a government issued photo ID such as a passport or a driving license. All voting is done by paper ballots. The voter gets a single ballot containing ordered electoral lists for every party.Template:Citation needed

ScheduleEdit

Position	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027
President (1 position)	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Parliament (63 seats)	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Municipalities (64 councils)	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No

Latest electionsEdit

2022 Icelandic municipal electionsEdit

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2021 parliamentary electionsEdit

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2020 presidential electionEdit

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Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Guðni Th. Jóhannesson	Independent	150,913	92.18
Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson	Independent	12,797	7.82
Invalid/blank votes		5,111	–
Total		168,821	100
Registered voters/turnout		252,267	66.92
Source: RÚV, [1]