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All 63 seats in the Althing 32 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 85.14% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Snap parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 April 2009,[1] following strong pressure from the public as a result of the Icelandic financial crisis.[2] The Social Democratic Alliance and the Left-Green Movement, which formed the outgoing coalition government under Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, both made gains and formed an overall majority of seats in the Althing (Iceland's parliament). The Progressive Party also made gains, and the new Citizens' Movement, formed after the January 2009 protests, gained four seats. The big loser was the Independence Party, which had been in power for 18 years until January 2009: it lost a third of its support and nine seats in the Althing.