General Elections 2017 in Iceland

The general parliamentary elections take place on Saturday October 28th.
Follow our live updates of the vote results as they come in.  
The first results of the vote counts are expected at around 10 pm (GMT) on Saturday.
The final vote count is expected on the morning of Sunday October 29th.
View election results from 2016 general elections here.

 
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Seats

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D Independence Party  25,2%  -3,8% 16 -5
V Left-Green Movement  16,9%  +1,0% 11 +1
S Social Democratic Alliance  12,1%  +6,4% 7 +4
M Centre Party  10,9%  +10,9% 7 +7
B Progressive Party  10,7%  -0,8% 8 0
P Pirate Party  9,2%  -5,3% 6 -4
F People's Party  6,9%  +3,4% 4 +4
C Restoration  6,7%  -3,8% 4 -3
A Bright Future  1,2%  -6,0% 0 -4
2 parties without seats hiddenShow all
Electorate: 248.502
Turnout: 201.777 (81,2%)
Votes counted: 201.777 (100,0%)
Empty: 4.813 (2,4%); Invalid: 718 (0,4%)
Updated 29.10.2017 | 10:21 GMT
Reykjavik North
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Seats
D Independence Party  22,6 3
V Left-Green Movement  21,5 3
P Pirate Party  13,6 2
S Social Democratic Alliance  12,8 1
C Restoration  8,4 1
F People's Party  7,1 1
M Centre Party  7,0 0
B Progressive Party  5,3 0
A Bright Future  1,4 0
R People's Front of Iceland  0,3 0
Electorate: 46.109
Turnout: 36.733 (79,7%)
 
Votes counted: 36.733 (100,0%)
Empty: 711 (1,9%); Invalid 146 (0,4%)
Updated 29.10.2017 | 5:07 GMT
Reykjavik South
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Seats
D Independence Party  22,8 2
V Left-Green Movement  18,9 2
S Social Democratic Alliance  13,0 1
P Pirate Party  11,4 2
C Restoration  8,5 1
F People's Party  8,2 1
B Progressive Party  8,1 1
M Centre Party  7,6 1
A Bright Future  1,3 0
R People's Front of Iceland  0,2 0
Electorate: 45.607
Turnout: 36.598 (80,2%)
 
Votes counted: 36.598 (100,0%)
Empty: 769 (2,1%); Invalid 110 (0,3%)
Updated 29.10.2017 | 10:21 GMT
South West
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Seats
D Independence Party  30,9 4
V Left-Green Movement  13,6 2
S Social Democratic Alliance  12,1 1
M Centre Party  9,5 1
C Restoration  9,5 2
P Pirate Party  8,3 1
B Progressive Party  7,9 1
F People's Party  6,5 1
A Bright Future  1,5 0
R People's Front of Iceland  0,1 0
Electorate: 69.498
Turnout: 57.255 (82,4%)
 
Votes counted: 57.255 (100,0%)
Empty: 1.261 (2,2%); Invalid 254 (0,4%)
Updated 29.10.2017 | 8:28 GMT
North West
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Seats
D Independence Party  24,5 2
B Progressive Party  18,4 2
V Left-Green Movement  17,8 1
M Centre Party  14,2 2
S Social Democratic Alliance  9,7 1
P Pirate Party  6,8 0
F People's Party  5,3 0
C Restoration  2,5 0
A Bright Future  0,8 0
Electorate: 21.516
Turnout: 17.872 (83,1%)
 
Votes counted: 17.872 (100,0%)
Empty: 582 (3,3%); Invalid 38 (0,2%)
Updated 29.10.2017 | 10:13 GMT
North East
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Seats
D Independence Party  20,3 2
V Left-Green Movement  19,9 2
M Centre Party  18,6 2
B Progressive Party  14,3 2
S Social Democratic Alliance  13,9 2
P Pirate Party  5,5 0
F People's Party  4,3 0
C Restoration  2,1 0
A Bright Future  0,7 0
R People's Front of Iceland  0,5 0
Electorate: 29.618
Turnout: 24.409 (82,4%)
 
Votes counted: 24.409 (100,0%)
Empty: 736 (3,0%); Invalid 64 (0,3%)
Updated 29.10.2017 | 8:37 GMT
South
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Seats
D Independence Party  25,2 3
B Progressive Party  18,6 2
M Centre Party  14,3 1
V Left-Green Movement  11,8 1
S Social Democratic Alliance  9,6 1
F People's Party  8,9 1
P Pirate Party  7,1 1
C Restoration  3,1 0
A Bright Future  1,0 0
T Dawn  0,4 0
Electorate: 36.154
Turnout: 28.910 (80,0%)
 
Votes counted: 28.910 (100,0%)
Empty: 754 (2,6%); Invalid 106 (0,4%)
Updated 29.10.2017 | 6:10 GMT

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