2018 Icelandic municipal elections

Municipal elections took place in Iceland on 26 May 2018.[1][2] 55 of the 72 municipal councils in the country were elected using open list PR.[3] The rural municipality Tjörneshreppur did not hold an election as only one list was presented, whose candidates were thereby automatically elected.[4] No list was presented in 16 municipalities. Municipal councils in those municipalities were elected using a form of plurality block voting were voters write in the names of their preferred candidates.[5] Two of the municipal councils were for new municipalities created after mergers.[6]

2018 Icelandic municipal elections
26 May 2018
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Results
PartySeats+/–
Independence Party118–2
Progressive Party46-10
Social Democratic Alliance29-6
Centre Party9New
Left-Green Movement8-1
Reform Party6New
Pirate Party3+2
People's Party1New
Icelandic Socialist Party1New
Other party lists199+21
Independents82-12
Total502-2
Source: Statistics Iceland, Statistics Iceland

References
  1. "Sveitarstjórnarkosningar 2018 – fréttayfirlit". 10 August 2017.
  2. "Sveitarstjórnarkosningar 2018 – Framsókn". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  3. "Kosið til sveitarstjórna í dag".
  4. "Lítil stemning fyrir kosningum".
  5. "Upplýsingar um sveitarfélög og framboðslista".
  6. "Kosið til sveitarstjórna í dag".
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