2024 Icelandic parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 30 November 2024 to elect the 63 members of the Althing.

30 November 2024
All 63 seats in the Althing 32 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ± Social Democratic Kristrún Frostadóttir 20.8 15 Independence Bjarni Benediktsson 19.4 14 Reform Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir 15.8 11 People's Inga Sæland 13.8 10 Centre Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson 12.1 8 Progressive Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson 7.8 5 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election Bjarni Benediktsson Independence Kristrún Frostadóttir Social Democratic

The centre-left Social Democratic Alliance, led by Kristrún Frostadóttir, won the most seats, at 15. The election also saw the worst performance by the Independence Party, Progressive Party, and the Left-Green Movement in each of the parties' histories, while Viðreisn, the People's Party, and the Centre Party saw their vote share increase.

Background

In April 2024, Bjarni Benediktsson became the Prime Minister of Iceland. On 13 October, Benediktsson announced that the government had collapsed and called for new elections. He asked President Halla Tómasdóttir the next day to dissolve the Althing and set the elections on 30 November.

Opinion polling

Polling for the next Icelandic parliamentary election

Forming

On 3 December 2024, President Halla Tómasdóttir gave Kristrún Frostadóttir the first mandate and expressed interest in trying to form a government with her own party, Viðreisn, and the People's Party. On 4 December, Kristrún Frostadóttir began the formal process of forming a government consisting of Social Democratic Alliance, Viðreisn and the People's Party. If successfully formed, the government would have 36 of the 63 seats in the Althing. The coalition leaders were dubbed as "valkyries", citing that the three parties are led by women.