2018 Icelandic municipal elections explained

Election Name:2018 Icelandic municipal elections
Country:Iceland
Previous Election:2014 Icelandic municipal elections
Previous Year:2014
Next Election:2022 Icelandic municipal elections
Next Year:2022
Election Date:26 May 2018

Municipal elections took place in Iceland on 26 May 2018.[1] [2] 55 of the 72 municipal councils in the country were elected using open list PR.[3] The rural municipality Tjörneshreppur did not hold an election as only one list was presented, whose candidates were thereby automatically elected.[4] No list was presented in 16 municipalities. Municipal councils in those municipalities were elected using a form of plurality block voting were voters write in the names of their preferred candidates.[5] Two of the municipal councils were for new municipalities created after mergers.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sveitarstjórnarkosningar 2018 – fréttayfirlit. 10 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Sveitarstjórnarkosningar 2018 – Framsókn . 2017-11-04 . 2017-11-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107113054/https://framsokn.is/event/sveitarstjornarkosningar-2018/ . dead .
  3. Web site: Kosið til sveitarstjórna í dag.
  4. Web site: Lítil stemning fyrir kosningum.
  5. Web site: Upplýsingar um sveitarfélög og framboðslista.
  6. Web site: Kosið til sveitarstjórna í dag.