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Parliamentary elections 2013

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A total of 12 political parties have announced their participation in the 2013 parliamentary elections in Iceland. Today there are two parties who form the majority, they are the Left Green Movement and the Social Democratic Alliance. They form a center-left government.

Changes are expected in the coming elections and according to recent polls the largest party today is the Independence Party, a right wing party. A likely result of the coming elections is that the Independence Party forms a majority with the farmers party called The Progressive Party.

The elections will take place on April 27th, 2013.

According to a poll made in September 2012 the four largest parties got the following support:

Progressive Party 13.8%
Independence Party 36%
Social Democratic Alliance 20.7%
Left Green Movement 13.3%
Other parties got less support

Last modified on Friday, 22 March 2013 17:11
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