This is Iceland’s sixth general election since the 2008 financial crisis devastated the economy of the North Atlantic island nation and ushered in a new era of political instability.

Voters in Iceland joined a global trend of punishing incumbents in a parliamentary election, with a center-left party winning the largest share of votes in the North Atlantic island nation.

Iceland's electoral system means it is almost impossible for one party to win an outright victory. Instead, after the election is finished, parties of similar stripes enter into negotiations to ...

In Iceland's election, political stability again at stake. By Reuters. September 25, 2021 11:01 PM UTC Updated September 25, 2021 Iceland's Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir leaves ...

Iceland looked to have elected a woman-majority parliament but a recount of votes on Sunday showed there will ... Thirty women were elected to the 63-seat parliament in Saturday's election, ...

Reykjavik, Iceland — Iceland's three-party coalition government collapsed Sunday over disagreements on policy issues, Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson said, with new elections to be held in ...

Iceland heralded a weekend election result that would have made it the first country in Europe to have more women than men in parliament. But the celebrations were brief: A late recount put it ...

Iceland’s general election this weekend is likely to pave the way for a ramp up of energy production as lack of electricity hampers efforts to diversify the north Atlantic economy.