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Elections
LANDSHAGIR 2010 STATISTICAL YEARBOOK OF ICELAND 2010
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Following each election to the Icelandic
legislative assembly, the Althingi, elec­
tions to local councils and the Presidency
of Iceland, Statistics Iceland publishes an
election report giving an account of the
voters and their participation in the elec­
tion, candidacies, election results and the
representatives elected.
Proportion of elected female members
the highest so far
General elections to the Icelandic parlia­
ment, Althingi, were held 25 April 2009.
The total number of voters on the elec­
toral roll was 227,843 or 71.4% of the total
population. Participation of voters in the
general elections was 85.1%. Participation
of female voters was 85.8% compared with
84.5% male voters. A total of seven politi­
cal organisations offered candidate lists in
the elections in all the constituencies. The
proportion of elected female members was
42.9%, the highest so far.
Local government elections took place
on 29 May 2010. At that time the total
number of municipalities was 76. The
number of voters on the electoral roll
in the 2010 elections was 225,855, corre­
sponding to 71% of the population.
Participation in the election was 73.5%.
There were 2,846 candidates on the 185
lists, 1,513 men (53.2%) and 1,333 women
(46.8%). All lists were comprised of both
men and women. Women outnumbered
men on 34 lists while men outnumbered
women on 95 lists. The number of men and
women was equal on 56 lists. A total of 512
representatives were elected to a total of
76 local councils in 2010, 308 men (60.2%)
and 204 women (39.8%), the proportion
of women in local governments has never
been higher.
98.1% said “no” in the referendum 2010
A referendum was held in Iceland on 6
March 2010 for the first time since the
independence in 1944. The referendum
was to conclude if Act No 1/2010 (Icesave
agreement) should remain in force or
become void. The Act stipulates the modi­
fication of Act No 96/2009 which author­
ises the Minister of Finance, on behalf of
the Treasury, to guarantee a loan to the
Depositors’ and Investors’ Guarantee Fund
from the states of Britain and the Nether­
lands to reimburse for payments made to
depositors of the Landsbanki Íslands hf.
The great majority voted “no” or 134,392
(98.1%) and 2,599 (1.9%) voted “yes”. Thus
Act No 1/2010 became void. The number
of blank ballots was 6,744 and void ballots
were 496.
85,1% kosningaþátttaka var í síðustu alþingiskosningum
Participation in the last general elections was 85.1%
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