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.

• All Constituencies
• Reykjavik North
• Reykjavik South
• South West
• North West
• North East
• South

Votes % Change Seats Change Independence Party 49.543  25,2%  -3,8% 16 -5 Left-Green Movement 33.155  16,9%  +1,0% 11 +1 Social Democratic Alliance 23.652  12,1%  +6,4% 7 +4 Centre Party 21.335  10,9%  +10,9% 7 +7 Progressive Party 21.016  10,7%  -0,8% 8 0 Pirate Party 18.051  9,2%  -5,3% 6 -4 People's Party 13.502  6,9%  +3,4% 4 +4 Restoration 13.122  6,7%  -3,8% 4 -3 Bright Future 2.394  1,2%  -6,0% 0 -4 People's Front of Iceland 375  0,2%  -0,1% 0 0 Dawn 101  0,1%  -1,6% 0 0 2 parties without seats hidden – Show all Hide 2 parties without seats 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 Votes % Seats Independence Party 8.108  22,6 3 Left-Green Movement 7.727  21,5 3 Pirate Party 4.885  13,6 2 Social Democratic Alliance 4.575  12,8 1 Restoration 3.013  8,4 1 People's Party 2.547  7,1 1 Centre Party 2.509  7,0 0 Progressive Party 1.901  5,3 0 Bright Future 506  1,4 0 People's Front of Iceland 105  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 Votes % Seats Independence Party 8.143  22,8 2 Left-Green Movement 6.750  18,9 2 Social Democratic Alliance 4.661  13,0 1 Pirate Party 4.076  11,4 2 Restoration 3.043  8,5 1 People's Party 2.914  8,2 1 Progressive Party 2.897  8,1 1 Centre Party 2.701  7,6 1 Bright Future 449  1,3 0 People's Front of Iceland 85  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 Votes % Seats Independence Party 17.216  30,9 4 Left-Green Movement 7.591  13,6 2 Social Democratic Alliance 6.771  12,1 1 Centre Party 5.282  9,5 1 Restoration 5.277  9,5 2 Pirate Party 4.641  8,3 1 Progressive Party 4.425  7,9 1 People's Party 3.616  6,5 1 Bright Future 846  1,5 0 People's Front of Iceland 75  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 Votes % Seats Independence Party 4.233  24,5 2 Progressive Party 3.177  18,4 2 Left-Green Movement 3.067  17,8 1 Centre Party 2.456  14,2 2 Social Democratic Alliance 1.681  9,7 1 Pirate Party 1.169  6,8 0 People's Party 911  5,3 0 Restoration 423  2,5 0 Bright Future 135  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 Votes % Seats Independence Party 4.787  20,3 2 Left-Green Movement 4.699  19,9 2 Centre Party 4.388  18,6 2 Progressive Party 3.386  14,3 2 Social Democratic Alliance 3.275  13,9 2 Pirate Party 1.295  5,5 0 People's Party 1.005  4,3 0 Restoration 495  2,1 0 Bright Future 169  0,7 0 People's Front of Iceland 110  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 Votes % Seats Independence Party 7.056  25,2 3 Progressive Party 5.230  18,6 2 Centre Party 3.999  14,3 1 Left-Green Movement 3.321  11,8 1 Social Democratic Alliance 2.689  9,6 1 People's Party 2.509  8,9 1 Pirate Party 1.985  7,1 1 Restoration 871  3,1 0 Bright Future 289  1,0 0 Dawn 101  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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