General Information
At stake in this election:
- 63 seats in the Parliament (Althing)
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: President Olafur Ragnar GRIMSSON
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Geir H. HAARDE
- Assembly: Iceland has a unicameral Parliament (Althing) with 63 seats.
Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by simple majority vote to serve a 4-year term.
- The Prime Minister is appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament.
- In the Parliament (Althing) 63 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.
Main parties in the electoral race:
- Party: Independence Party (IP)
- Leader: Geir H. HAARDE
- Seats won in this election: 25
- Seats won in last election: 22
- Party: Social Democratic Alliance (SDA)**
- Leader: Ingibjorg Solrun GISLADOTTIR
- Seats won in this election: 18
- Seats won in last election: 20
- Party: Left-Green Movement (LGM)
- Leader: Steingrimur SIGFUSSON
- Seats won in this election: 9
- Seats won in last election: 5
- Party: Progressive Party (PP)
- Leader: Jon SIGURDSSON
- Seats won in this election: 7
- Seats won in last election: 12
- Party: Liberal Party (LP)
- Leader: Gudjon KRISTJANSSON
- Seats won in this election: 4
- Seats won in last election: 4
Population and registered voters:
- Population: 311,566 (2007)
- Registered Voters: 221,368 (2007)
Gender Data:
· Female Population: 154,768 (2007)
· Is Iceland a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (24 July 1980)
· Has Iceland ratified CEDAW: Yes (18 June 1985)
· Gender Quota: No
· Female candidates in this election: Yes
· Number of Female Parliamentarians: 20 (following the 2007 elections)
· Human Development Index Position: 16 (2014)
· Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A
Disability Data:
· Is Iceland a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)
· Has Iceland ratified CRPD: No
· Population with a disability: 46,734 (est.)