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Iceland 2016 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2016 parliamentary election in Iceland?

Independence Party won 21 of 63 seats with 28.2% of the vote. 79.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Independence Party won 21 of 63 seats with 28.2% of the vote; 79.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.3 points on 2013.

  • Independence Party 21 +2 seats 28.2% +1.5 points
  • Left-Green Movement 10 +3 seats 15.4% +4.6 points
  • Pirate Party 10 +7 seats 14.1% +9.0 points
  • Progressive Party 8 −11 seats 11.2% −13.3 points
  • Viðreisn 7 10.2%
  • Bright Future 4 −2 seats 7.0% −1.3 points
  • Social Democratic Alliance 3 −6 seats 5.6% −7.3 points
  • People's Party 0 3.4%
  • 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 2013 parliamentary election, party by party.

32 of 63 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 28.2%

    Share of the vote won by Independence Party

    Independence Party won 21 of 63 seats. A majority needs 32.

  2. +7 seats

    Seats gained by Pirate Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2013. Progressive Party lost 11 seats.

  3. 79.2%

    Voter turnout

    Down 2.3 points on 2013.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Independence Party21+228.2+1.554,990
Left-Green Movement10+315.4+4.630,166
Pirate Party10+714.1+9.027,449
Progressive Party8−1111.2−13.321,791
Viðreisn710.219,870
Bright Future4−27.0−1.313,578
Social Democratic Alliance3−65.6−7.310,893
People's Party03.46,707

± is the change against the Iceland 2013 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Independence Party 54,990
  • Left-Green Movement 30,166
  • Pirate Party 27,449
  • Progressive Party 21,791
  • Viðreisn 19,870
  • Bright Future 13,578
  • Social Democratic Alliance 10,893
  • People's Party 6,707

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?

79.2% of the 246,511 registered voters cast a ballot (195,200 ballots), down 2.3 points on 2013. 189,626 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 Party28.2% of votes33.3% of seats
  • Left-Green Movement15.4% of votes15.9% of seats
  • Pirate Party14.1% of votes15.9% of seats
  • Progressive Party11.2% of votes12.7% of seats
  • Viðreisn10.2% of votes11.1% of seats
  • Bright Future7.0% of votes6.3% of seats
  • Social Democratic Alliance5.6% of votes4.8% of seats
  • People's Party3.4% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.5 by votes and 5.1 by seats; Independence Party led Left-Green Movement by 12.7 points of the vote.

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