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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.
Eight parties were elected at the September 2021 election. The box below shows the distribution of seats in the incumbent parliament.
Party[1] | Ideology | Election symbol[2] | ||
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Freedom Party Frelsisflokkurinn |
Right-wing nationalism | Þ | ||
Humanist Party Húmanistaflokkurinn |
Humanism | H | ||
Icelandic National Front Íslenska þjóðfylkingin |
Right-wing populism | E | ||
People's Front of Iceland Alþýðufylkingin |
Anti-capitalism | R | ||
Icelandic Socialist Party Sósíalistaflokkur Íslands |
Socialism | J | ||
Liberal Democratic Party Frjálslyndi lýðræðisflokkurinn |
Classical liberalism | O | ||
Responsible Future Ábyrg framtíð |
Anti-vaccinationism | Y |
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