Editing Left-Green Movement (section)

== History ==
The party was founded in 1999 by members of Althing who did not approve of the merger of left-wing political parties in [[Iceland]] which resulted in the formation of the [[Social Democratic Alliance]].

In the [[1999 Icelandic parliamentary election]], the Left-Green Movement took 9.1% of the vote and six seats in the Althing. The party had five members in the 63-seat Icelandic parliament after the [[2003 Icelandic parliamentary election]], where it polled 8.8% of the vote. After the [[2007 Icelandic parliamentary election]], the party had 9 seats in parliament, having received 14.3% of the vote.

After the [[2009 Icelandic parliamentary election]], the Left-Green Movement joined the [[first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir]] as the minor partner to the [[centre-left]] [[Social Democratic Alliance]] after the previous coalition government of the Alliance and the [[centre-right]] [[Independence Party (Iceland)|Independence Party]] collapsed. In the [[2009 Icelandic parliamentary election]], it rose from nine seats to 14. With this, it became Iceland's third-largest party (close behind the Independence Party) with 21.7% of the vote; this was the second largest outcome of a [[left-wing]] party in Iceland after the post-communist [[People's Alliance (Iceland)|People's Alliance]] in 1978, when it got 22.9% of the vote. The party gained one seat in addition, when a non-party parliamentarian joined the party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2010/09/09/independent-icelandic-mp-joins-left-greens/|title=Independent Icelandic MP joins Left Greens|work=IceNews|access-date=19 September 2010}}</ref> Later, three members of the parliamentary group have left the party. One joined the [[Nordic agrarian]] [[Progressive Party (Iceland)|Progressive Party]] and two others became [[Nonpartisan politician|non-partisans]]. After the [[2013 Icelandic parliamentary election]], the party was in the opposition and had seven seats in the parliament. In the [[2016 Icelandic parliamentary election]], the party polled 15.9% of the vote and 10 seats in the Althing, becoming the second largest party, tied with the [[Pirate Party (Iceland)|Pirates]], after the Independence Party. However, after the collapse of the coalition government and [[2017 Icelandic parliamentary election|snap parliamentary elections in 2017]], the party increased its seats in parliament to 11 and became the second-largest party, forming a three-party coalition with the Independence Party and Progressive Party, and party chair [[Katrín Jakobsdóttir]] became the prime minister. The party lost three seats in the [[2021 Icelandic parliamentary election|2021 parliamentary elections]], but stayed in government. After the 2021 parliamentary [[2021 Icelandic parliamentary election|election]], the new government was, just like the previous government, a tri-party coalition of the [[Independence Party (Iceland)|Independence Party]], the [[Progressive Party (Iceland)|Progressive Party]] and the Left-Green Movement, headed by Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Government of Iceland Takes Office |url=https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2021/11/29/new_government_of_iceland_takes_office/ |work=Iceland Monitor |date=29 November 2021}}</ref>

Katrín stepped down as prime minister and party leader to run for [[President of Iceland]] in the [[2024 Icelandic presidential election|2024 election]], which she lost, coming in second place after [[Halla Tómasdóttir]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Businesswoman Halla Tomasdottir set to become Iceland's next president |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/2/businesswoman-halla-tomasdottir-set-to-become-icelands-next-president |work=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> She was replaced as prime minister by the Independence Party's [[Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1970)|Bjarni Benediktsson]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=RÚV |first=Fréttastofa |date=2024-04-05 |title=Katrín Jakobsdóttir býður sig fram til forseta - RÚV.is |url=https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/409293 |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=RÚV}}</ref> [[Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson]] became the interim party leader after Katrín. He returned to his position as vice-chairperson when [[Svandís Svavarsdóttir]] was elected as the new party leader in October of 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.icelandreview.com/news/svandis-elected-left-green-movement-leader/ |title=Svandís Elected Left-Green Movement Leader |accessdate=2024-10-06 |author=Steindor Gretar Jonsson |date=2024-10-06 |work=Iceland Review |language=en}}</ref> On 13 October, Bjarni announced that the government had collapsed due to disputes over foreign policy, asylum seekers, and energy, prompting him to call for [[2024 Icelandic parliamentary election|a parliamentary election]] in November.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/13/iceland-pm-calls-new-election-as-coalition-government-collapses|title=Iceland PM calls new election as coalition government collapses |work=Al Jazeera |date=13 October 2024 |accessdate=14 October 2024}}</ref> Four days after the announcement, the Left-Green Movement withdrew from the government.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2024-10-17-rikisradsfundur-a-bessastodum-vinstri-graen-formlega-haett-424987 | title = Ríkisráðsfundur á Bessastöðum: Vinstri græn formlega hætt | publisher = [[RÚV]] | date = 17 October 2024 | access-date = 29 November 2024 | language = is }}</ref>

In the [[2024 Icelandic parliamentary election|subsequent election]], the Left-Green Movement [[Electoral wipeout|lost all their seats]].