REYKJAVIK Dec. 1 (DPA/EP) –
The first partial results of the Icelandic parliamentary elections give the advantage “by a small margin” to the country’s center-left Social Democrats, which could translate into a possible change of Government, after the fall of the conservative coalition.
The Social Democratic Alliance, led by Kristrún Frostadóttir, would be the formation with the most votes according to preliminary data from several constituencies, which already granted it at 02:00 a.m. (local time) projections of around 22.6 percent of the votes cast during this early election day.
Slightly behind, with 21.6 percent of the vote, would be the center-right Independence Party of Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson.
In third and fourth place would be the Progressive Party – from the rural center – and the Left-Green Movement, respectively. Although both parties were part of the previous Government coalition, the significant losses recorded could even mean the departure of the Left-Green Movement not only from the Government but from Parliament.
However, these are only partial data and, therefore, the possibility of a change of color in the Government cannot yet be definitively confirmed. The first preliminary results are expected late this Sunday morning, although there are fears that the current weather conditions could cause delays in voting and counting, especially in the east of the island.
The elections, initially scheduled for the end of summer 2025, were brought forward to this Saturday, November 30 after disagreements within the tripartite coalition made up of conservatives, liberals and ‘greens’ caused the fall of the government in mid-October for migration and energy issues.
In total, there have been nearly 270,000 voters called to choose the composition of Parliament (Althing), which has 63 seats and where Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson’s Conservative Party was until now the most represented party.
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