List of political parties in Iceland
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Iceland has a multi-party system with many political parties, in which often no one party has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
Political parties
[edit]Parliamentary representation from September 2021
[edit]Eight parties were elected at the September 2021 election. The box below shows the distribution of seats in the incumbent parliament.
Active parties, without representation in the Althing
[edit]Party[1] | Ideology | Election symbol[2] | ||
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Freedom Party Frelsisflokkurinn |
Right-wing nationalism | Þ | ||
Humanist Party Húmanistaflokkurinn |
Humanism | H | ||
Icelandic National Front Íslenska þjóðfylkingin |
Right-wing populism | E | ||
People's Front of Iceland Alþýðufylkingin |
Anti-capitalism | R | ||
Icelandic Socialist Party Sósíalistaflokkur Íslands |
Socialism | J | ||
Liberal Democratic Party Frjálslyndi lýðræðisflokkurinn |
Classical liberalism | O | ||
Responsible Future Ábyrg framtíð |
Anti-vaccinationism | Y |
Defunct parties
[edit]- Alliance of Social Democrats
- Best Party (Besti flokkurinn)
- Bright Future (Björt framtið)
- Citizens' Movement (Borgarahreyfingin)
- Citizen's Party (Borgaraflokkurinn)
- Communist Party (Kommúnistaflokkurinn)
- Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) (Kommúnistaflokkurinn (m-l))
- Democracy Movement (Lýðræðishreyfingin)
- Dawn (Dögun)
- Home Rule Party (Heimastjórnarflokkurinn)
- Households Party (Flokkur Heimilanna)
- Iceland Democratic Party (Lýðræðisvaktin)
- Icelandic Movement – Living Land (Íslandshreyfingin – lifandi land)
- Liberal Party (Frjálslyndi flokkurinn)
- National Awakening (Þjóðvaki)
- Nationalist Party (Flokkur Þjóðernissinna)
- National Preservation Party (Þjóðvarnarflokkurinn)
- New Force (Nýtt afl)
- Old Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn eldri)
- People's Alliance (Alþýðubandalagið)
- People's Unity Party – Socialist Party (Sameiningarflokkur alþýðu - Sósíalistaflokkurinn)
- Rainbow (Regnboginn)
- Right-Green People's Party (Hægri grænir, flokkur fólksins)
- Rural Party (Landsbyggðarflokkurinn)
- Social Democratic Party (Alþýðuflokkurinn)
- Solidarity (Samstaða)
- The Movement (Hreyfingin)
- Union of Liberals and Leftists (Samtök frjálslyndra og vinstri manna)
- Women's List (Kvennalistinn)
Notes
[edit]- ^ The Pirate Party rejects the regular leadership model. A new formal chair is chosen at the start of each parliamentary session by coin toss.