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Iceland 2013 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2013 parliamentary election in Iceland?

Independence Party and Progressive Party each won 19 of 63 seats. 81.5% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Iceland
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which parties won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Independence Party and Progressive Party each won 19 of 63 seats, more than any other party; 81.5% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 3.6 points on 2009.

  • Independence Party 19 +3 seats 26.7% +3.0 points
  • Progressive Party 19 +10 seats 24.4% +9.6 points
  • Social Democratic Alliance 9 −11 seats 12.8% −16.9 points
  • Left-Green Movement 7 −7 seats 10.9% −10.8 points
  • Bright Future 6 8.3%
  • Pirate Party 3 5.1%
  • Dawn 0 3.1%
  • Households Party 0 3.0%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Iceland 2009 parliamentary election, party by party.

32 of 63 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. +10 seats

    Seats gained by Progressive Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2009. Social Democratic Alliance lost 11 seats.

  2. 81.5%

    Voter turnout

    Down 3.6 points on 2009.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Independence Party19+326.7+3.050,455
Progressive Party19+1024.4+9.646,173
Social Democratic Alliance9−1112.8−16.924,294
Left-Green Movement7−710.9−10.820,546
Bright Future68.315,584
Pirate Party35.19,648
Dawn03.15,855
Households Party03.05,707
Iceland Democratic Party02.54,658
RIght-Green People's Party01.73,262
Rainbow01.12,021

± is the change against the Iceland 2009 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Independence Party 50,455
  • Progressive Party 46,173
  • Social Democratic Alliance 24,294
  • Left-Green Movement 20,546
  • Bright Future 15,584
  • Pirate Party 9,648
  • Dawn 5,855
  • Households Party 5,707
  • Iceland Democratic Party 4,658
  • RIght-Green People's Party 3,262
  • Rainbow 2,021

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

81.5% of the 237,845 registered voters cast a ballot (193,822 ballots), down 3.6 points on 2009. 188,995 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1946.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Independence Party26.7% of votes30.2% of seats
  • Progressive Party24.4% of votes30.2% of seats
  • Social Democratic Alliance12.8% of votes14.3% of seats
  • Left-Green Movement10.9% of votes11.1% of seats
  • Bright Future8.3% of votes9.5% of seats
  • Pirate Party5.1% of votes4.8% of seats
  • Dawn3.1% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Households Party3.0% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Iceland Democratic Party2.5% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.8 by votes and 4.4 by seats; Independence Party led Progressive Party by 2.3 points of the vote.

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