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 | Election symbol | Ideology | Spectrum | Leader | MPs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Party Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn | D | Conservatism | Centre-right to right-wing | Bjarni Benediktsson (Prime Minister) | ||||
| Progressive Party Framsóknarflokkurinn | B | Liberalism, agrarianism, Euroscepticism | Centre to centre-right | Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson | ||||
| Left-Green Movement Vinstri græn | V | Democratic socialism, eco-socialism, feminism, Euroscepticism | Centre-left to left-wing | Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson (acting) | ||||
| Social Democratic Alliance Samfylkingin | S | Social democracy | Centre-left | Kristrún Frostadóttir | ||||
| People's Party Flokkur Fólksins | F | Populism, disability rights | Centre-left to right-wing | Inga Sæland | ||||
| Pirate Party Pírataflokkurinn | P | Pirate politics, direct democracy | None | |||||
| Liberal Reform Party Viðreisn | C | Economic liberalism, green liberalism | Centre to centre-right | Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir | ||||
| Centre Party Miðflokkurinn | M | Conservatism, populism, Euroscepticism | Centre-right | Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson | ||||
| Party[1] | Ideology | Election symbol[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom Party Frelsisflokkurinn | Right-wing nationalism | Þ | ||||
| bgcolor=orangered | Humanist Party Húmanistaflokkurinn | Humanism | H | |||
| bgcolor= | Icelandic National Front Íslenska þjóðfylkingin | Right-wing populism | E | |||
| bgcolor= | People's Front of Iceland Alþýðufylkingin | Anti-capitalism | R | |||
| bgcolor= | Icelandic Socialist Party Sósíalistaflokkur Íslands | Socialism | J | |||
| bgcolor= | Liberal Democratic Party Frjálslyndi lýðræðisflokkurinn | Classical liberalism | O | |||
| bgcolor= | Responsible Future Ábyrg framtíð | Anti-vaccinationism | Y | |||