Iceland has a multi-party system with many political parties, in which often no one party has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
Nine parties were elected at the 2022 Icelandic municipal elections. Six parties were elected at the 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election to the Althing.
Political parties Parliamentary representation from November 2024 The box below shows the distribution of seats in the incumbent parliament.
PartyElectionsymbolIdeologyPolitical positionLeaderFoundedMPsMunicipalseatsSocial Democratic AllianceSCentre-leftKristrún Frostadóttir2000Independence PartyDCentre-rightGuðrún Hafsteinsdóttir1929Liberal Reform PartyCCentre tocentre-rightÞorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir2016People's PartyFInga Sæland2016Centre PartyMRight-wingSigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson2017Progressive PartyBCentre tocentre-rightLilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir1916
Active parties, without representation in the Althing PartyElectionsymbolIdeologyPoliticalpositionLeaderFoundedMunicipal seatsLeft-Green MovementVto Svandís Svavarsdóttir1999The LeftALeft-wingSanna Magdalena Mörtudóttir2026Socialist Party of IcelandJLeft-wingJón Ferdínand Estherarson2017The GreensGGreen politicsCentre-leftKikka Sigurðardóttir2024Democratic PartyLRight-wingArnar Þór Jónsson2024Pirate PartyPOktavía Hrund Guðrúnar Jóns 2012Responsible Future YRight-wingJóhannes Loftsson2021
Defunct parties
Alliance of Social Democrats () Best Party () Bright Future () Citizens' Movement () Citizen's Party () Communist Party () Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) () Democracy Movement () Dawn () Freedom Party () Home Rule Party () Households Party () Humanist Party () Iceland Democratic Party () Icelandic Movement – Living Country () Icelandic National Front () Liberal Democratic Party () Liberal Party () National Awakening () Nationalist Party () National Preservation Party () New Force (Nýtt afl) Old Independence Party () People's Alliance () People's Front of Iceland () People's Unity Party – Socialist Party () Rainbow () Right-Green People's Party () Rural Party () Social Democratic Party () Solidarity () The Movement () Union of Liberals and Leftists () Women's List ()
Notes
See also Politics of Iceland List of political parties by country
References
External links Icelandic election statistics