The 2013 Iceland Parliament Election is scheduled for Saturday April 27,2013 and 15 parties will contest the election, compared to just 7 in the 2009 election .Polls are due to open at 09:00 GMT and close at 22:00 GMT, with more than 230,000 voters eligible to cast their ballots
The Conservative Independence Party and their traditional coalition partners the Progressives are expected to secure a majority in the 63-strong parliament.
The parties' leaders, Bjarni Benediktsson and Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, are then predicted to compete in a race to succeed the Social Democrat Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, who is retiring from politics
Bjarni Benediktsson, Chairman of the Independence Pary
Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson,Chairman of the Progressive Party
Social Democrat Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir
Opinion polls suggest the main governing Social Democratic Alliance will suffer a heavy defeat.
The Number of Available Seats in Each Constituency at the 2013 Parliamentary Election
Constituency
|
Constituency Seats
|
Leveling Seats
|
Total Seats
|
Reykjavik North
|
9
|
2
|
11
|
Reykjavik South
|
9
|
2
|
11
|
Southwest
|
11
|
2
|
13
|
Northwest
|
7
|
1
|
8
|
Northeast
|
9
|
1
|
10
|
South
|
9
|
1
|
10
|
Total
|
54
|
9
|
63
|
On April 16,2013 the National Election Committee published its list of 15 approved parties with 72 candidate lists, as 11 parties had opted to run in all six constituencies, while 2 parties opted only to run in two constituencies, and the final 2 parties were only present in one constituency
Political Parties Position in the Incumbent Parliament
Political Party
|
Total Seats
|
Social Democratic Alliance
|
19
|
Independence Party
|
16
|
Left Green Movement
|
11
|
Progressive Party
|
9
|
Bright Future
|
2
|
Dawn
|
2
|
Rainbow
|
2
|
Pirate Party
|
1
|
Solidarity
|
1
|
Total
|
63
|
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