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Sveitarstjórnarkosningar 1990
Skaftárhreppur. Sameiningin tók gildi 10. júní 1990
(auglýsing nr. 132 16. mars 1990). íbúar í Hörgsland-
hreppi voru 179 1. desember 1989,1 Kirkjubæjarhreppi
267, í Skaftártunguhreppi 81, í Leiðvallarhreppi 76 og í
Alftavershreppi 39. I sveitarstjórnarkosningunum 1986
voru 125 á kjörskrá í Hörgslandshreppi og 5 hrepps-
nefndarmenn kjörnir, í Kirkjubæjarhreppi voru 204 á
kjörskrá og 5 kosnir, í Skaftártunguhreppi voru 63 á
kjörskrá og 3 kjörnir, í Leiðvallarhreppi voru 55 á kjörskrá
og 5 kosnir og í Alftavershreppi voru 34 á kjörskrá og 3
hreppsnefndarmenn kjörnir. Kosningsveitarstjórnarhins
nýja Skaftárhrepps féll saman við almennar sveitar-
stjórnarkosningar 1990 og eru hreppsnefndarmenn 7.
12. Mörkum Hrunamannahrepps og Biskupstungnahrepps í
Arnessýslu var breytt 3. júní 1987 þannig að jörðin
Auðsholt 5 tilheyri framvegis Hrunamannahreppi og
mörkin milli hreppanna verði Hvítá og Laxá (auglýsing
nr. 257 3. júní 1987). íbúar á því landi Biskupstungna-
hrepps sem var lagt til Hrunamannahrepps voru 8 1.
desember 1986.
13. SelvogshreppuríArnessýsluvarsameinaðurÖlfushreppi
í eitt sveitarfélag er nefnist Ölfushreppur. Sameiningin
tók gildi 1. janúar 1989 (auglýsing nr. 353 7. júlí 1988).
IbúaríSelvogshreppi 1. desember 1988 voru 11 og 1.479
í Ölfushreppi. I sveitarstjórnarkosningunum 1986 voru
13 á kjörskrá í Selvogshreppi og 921 í Ölfushreppi. í
Selvogshreppi voru kosnir 3 hreppsnefndarmenn en 7 í
Ölfushreppi. Hreppsnefnd Ölfushrepps hélt áfram sem
hreppsnefnd sveitarfélaganna sameinaðra.
B. Breytingar á stöðu sveitarfélaga
Changes in commune status
Eftirtalin sveitarfélög teljast nú bæir samkvæmt samþykkt
um stjórn bæjarins og fundarsköp bæjarstjórnar, sem
þáverandi hreppsnefnd hefur sett, samkvæmt ákvæðum 3.
mgr. 7. gr. og 49 gr. sveitarstjórnarlaga, og félagsmálaráðu-
neytið staðfest:
1. Mosfellsbær (áður Mosfellshreppur) frá 9. ágúst 1987
(samþykkt nr. 371 31. júlí 1987).
2. Borgames (áður Borgarneshreppur) frá 24. október
1987 (samþykkt nr. 468 14. október 1987).
3. Stykkishólmur (áður Stykkishólmshreppur) frá 18. maí
1987 (samþykkt nr. 213 18. maí 1987).
4. Blönduós (áður Blönduóshreppur) frá 4. júlí 1988
(samþykkt nr. 303 22. júní 1988).
5. Egilsstaðir (áður Egilsstaðahreppur) frá 24. maí 1987
(samþykkt nr. 214 18. maí 1987).
6. Höfn (áður Hafnarhreppur) frá 31. desember 1988
(samþykkt nr. 537 15. desember 1988).
7. Hveragerði (áður Hveragerðishreppur) frá 1. júlí 1987
(samþykkt nr. 294 24. júní 1987).
12. English summary
A. Outline of legislation on local government elections
The Local Government Act of 1986 stipulates that local
governments be elected for a period of four years and that the
procedures for general elections to the Althing are to be
followed unless otherwise provided for in the Act.
In January 1930 town council elections were held in the 8
existing towns according to the Local Government Act of
1929, and were from then on to be held every four years.
Before that elections were held in the towns at different times
according to separate statutes for each town council, and only
about halfofthe seats were up for election each time. I n other
communes the older system was maintained according to
which elections for about half of the seats were held every
three years, and the election took place at a public meeting
unless the commune council decided on a secret ballot or
1/6 of the voters demanded it. The Local Government
Elections Act of 1936 provided that elections should take
place every four years in all communes of the country and
that all seats were up for election at the same time. In towns
and townships (communes where at least 3/4 of the popula-
tion live in urban localities) the elections were to take place
in January and, as a rule, be proportional, whereas in other
communes the elections should take place in June and. as a
rule, be direct.
As of 1990, local government elections are to take place on
the last Saturday of May which does not precede Whitsun.
Local governments in communes where less than 3/4 of the
population live in urban localities can apply to the Ministry
of Social Affairs, provided they do so by the end of March,
for postponement of the election until the second Saturday of
June.
According to the Local Government Act the elections are
proportional in communes with 300 inhabitants or more and
direct in communes with less than 300 inhabitants. If,
however, no candidate list is presented in the larger com-
munes the election will be direct, while in the smaller
communes 20 voters or 1/10 of the voters can demand
proportional voting, provided the demand is submitted six
weeks before election day. Where only one list ofcandidates
has been presented two weeks before election day in com-
munes that normally would have proportional voting, a
further 48-hour period is given for more lists to appear. If no
further lists are presented the list is elected without voting.
The conditions for suffrage are that voters should be 18
years or over on election day, hold an Icelandic citizenship
and be domiciled in Iceland. Citizens of other Nordic
countries who have been domiciled in Iceland for three years
or over, also have the right to vote in local government
elections. Each person is to be entered on the electoral roll
in the commune where he or she is domiciled on the day the
candidate lists have to be returned in those communes where
election takes place in May. Local governments base their
electoral rolls on preliminary rolls provided by the National
Population Registry of the Statistical Bureau of Iceland. The
preliminary rolls include, among others, persons who reach
voting age in the election year, but after election day. The
electoral roll shall be made public two months prior to the
election and is subject to inspection and alterations as de-
manded by the local government and the voters and approval
by the competent authorities.
Eligibility extends to all persons who have the right to vote
in the commune concemed and have not been declared
incapable of managing their own affairs.