Iceland has a multi-party system with many political parties, in which often no one party has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Nine parties were elected at the 2022 Icelandic municipal elections. Six parties were elected at the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election to the Althing.

Political parties

Parliamentary representation from November 2024

The box below shows the distribution of seats in the incumbent parliament.

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!colspan="3"|Party

!Election<br>symbol

!Ideology

!Political position

!Leader

!Founded

!MPs

!Municipal<br/>seats

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|50px

|Social Democratic Alliance<br><small></small>

|S

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|Centre-left

|Kristrún Frostadóttir

|2000

|

|

|-

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|50px

|Independence Party<br><small></small>

|D

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|Centre-right

|Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir

|1929

|

|

|-

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|50px

|Liberal Reform Party<br><small></small>

|C

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|Centre to<br/>centre-right

|Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir

|2016

|

|

|-

|

|50px

|People's Party<br><small></small>

|F

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|Fiscal: Centre-left <br/>Social: Right-wing

|Inga Sæland

|2016

|

|

|-

|

|50px

|Centre Party<br><small></small>

|M

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|Centre-right<br/>to right-wing

|Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson

|2017

|

|

|-

|

|50px

|Progressive Party<br><small></small>

|B

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|Centre to<br/>centre-right

|Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir

|1916

|

|

|}

Active parties, without representation in the Althing

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!colspan="3"|Party

!Election<br>symbol

!Ideology

!Political<br/>position

!Leader

!Founded

!Municipal seats

|-

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|50x50px

|Left-Green Movement<br><small></small>

|V

|

|<br/>to

|Svandís Svavarsdóttir

|1999

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|-

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|50px

|Pirate Party<br><small></small>

|P

|

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|Oktavía Hrund Guðrúnar Jóns

|2012

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|-

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|50px

|Socialist Party of Iceland<br><small></small>

|J

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|Left-wing

|Vacant

|2017

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|-

|

|50px

|Humanist Party<br><small></small>

|H

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|Left-wing

|Júlíus Valdimarsson

|1984

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|-

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|50px

|Bright Future <br><small></small>

|A

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|Centre

|

|2012

|

|-

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|50px

|People's Front of Iceland<br><small></small>

|R

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|Left-wing<br/>to far-left

|

|2013

|

|-

|

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|Liberal Democratic Party<br><small></small>

|O

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|Right-wing

|Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson

|2020

|

|-

|

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|Responsible Future <br><small></small>

|Y

|

|Right-wing

|Jóhannes Loftsson

|2021

|

|-

|

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|Democratic Party<br><small></small>

|L

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|Right-wing

|Arnar Þór Jónsson

|2024

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|-

|

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|The Greens<br><small></small>

|G

|Green politics

|Centre-left

|Kikka Sigurðardóttir

|2024

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Defunct parties

  • Alliance of Social Democrats ()
  • Best Party ()
  • Citizens' Movement ()
  • Citizen's Party ()
  • Communist Party ()
  • Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) ()
  • Democracy Movement ()
  • Dawn ()
  • Freedom Party ()
  • Home Rule Party ()
  • Households Party ()
  • Iceland Democratic Party ()
  • Icelandic Movement – Living Country ()
  • Icelandic National Front ()
  • Liberal Party ()
  • National Awakening ()
  • Nationalist Party ()
  • National Preservation Party ()
  • New Force (Nýtt afl)
  • Old Independence Party ()
  • People's Alliance ()
  • People's Unity Party – Socialist Party ()
  • Rainbow ()
  • Right-Green People's Party ()
  • Rural Party ()
  • Social Democratic Party ()
  • Solidarity ()
  • The Movement ()
  • Union of Liberals and Leftists ()
  • Women's List ()

Notes

See also

  • Politics of Iceland
  • List of political parties by country

References

  • Icelandic election statistics