List of members of the Althing, 2009–2013 explained

This is a list of the 63 members of the Icelandic Parliament (Althing), from 2009 till 2013.^[1]

Election results

National party	Chairperson(s)	Seats	± 2007
Social Democratic Alliance	Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir		2
Independence Party	Bjarni Benediktsson		9
Left-Green Movement	Steingrímur Sigfússon		5
Progressive Party	Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson		2
Citizens' Movement	no designated chairperson(s)		—

Evolution of seat composition:

National party	2009 election	1 January 2010	1 January 2011	1 January 2012	1 January 2013	2013 election
Social Democratic Alliance
Independence Party
Left-Green Movement
Progressive Party
Citizens' Movement		—	—	—	—	—
The Movement	—				Merged with Liberal Party into Dawn.
Solidarity	—	—	—
Dawn	—	—	—	—
Bright Future	—	—	—
Pirate Party	—	—	—	—
Independent

List of chosen MPs

Name	National party	Constituency	of votes
	Left-Green Movement	South
Birgir Ármannsson	Independence Party	Reykjavik South
	Citizens' Movement	Reykjavik South
	Progressive Party	Northeast
	Independence Party	Southwest
	Social Democratic Alliance	South
	Left-Green Movement	Northeast
	Independence Party	Northwest
	Progressive Party	South
	Progressive Party	Northwest
	Social Democratic Alliance	Northwest
	Left-Green Movement	Southwest
	Independence Party	Reykjavik South
	Progressive Party	Northwest
	Social Democratic Alliance	Reykjavik North
	Progressive Party	Northeast
	Independence Party	Reykjavik North
	Social Democratic Alliance	Reykjavik North
	Left-Green Movement	Northwest
	Independence Party	Southwest
	Social Democratic Alliance	Northeast
	Left-Green Movement	Reykjavik North
	Social Democratic Alliance	Southwest
	Independence Party	Northeast
	Social Democratic Alliance	Northeast
	Left-Green Movement	Northwest
		Reykjavik South
Magnús Schram	Social Democratic Alliance	Southwest
	Citizens' Movement	South
	Social Democratic Alliance	South
	Independence Party	Reykjavik North
	Independence Party	South
Ragnheiður Ríkharðsdóttir	Independence Party	Southwest
	Social Democratic Alliance	South
	Progressive Party	Reykjavik North
	Social Democratic Alliance	Northeast
	Social Democratic Alliance	Reykjavik South
Sigurður Jóhannsson	Progressive Party	South
	Progressive Party	Southwest
	Social Democratic Alliance	Reykjavik South
Steingrímur Sigfússon	Left-Green Movement	Northeast
Steinunn Óskarsdóttir^[2]	Social Democratic Alliance	Reykjavik North
		Reykjavik South
	Independence Party	Northeast
	Independence Party	South
	Social Democratic Alliance	Reykjavik North
	Progressive Party	Reykjavik South
Álfheiður Ingadóttir	Left-Green Movement	Reykjavik North
	Social Democratic Alliance	Southwest
	Independence Party	South
	Left-Green Movement	Reykjavik North
	Independence Party	Northwest
	Left-Green Movement	Northwest
	Social Democratic Alliance	Reykjavik South
	Social Democratic Alliance	Northwest
Ólöf Nordal	Independence Party	Reykjavik South
	Left-Green Movement	Southwest
	Social Democratic Alliance	Reykjavik South
	Independence Party	Reykjavik South
Þráinn Bertelsson	Citizens' Movement	Reykjavik North
	Left-Green Movement	Northeast
	Citizens' Movement	Southwest
Þórunn Sveinbjarnardóttir^[3]	Social Democratic Alliance	Southwest

Changes during the legislation

Members who changed parties

Name	Date	Old party	New party
Þráinn Bertelsson	14 August 2009	Citizen's Movement → Movement → Dawn	Left-Green Movement
Atli Gíslason	21 March 2011	Left-Green Movement	Independent
Lilja Mósesdóttir	21 March 2011	Left-Green Movement	Solidarity
Ásmundur Daðason	1 June 2011	Left-Green Movement	Progressive Party
Guðmundur Steingrímsson	22 August 2011	Progressive Party	Bright Future
Róbert Marshall	12 October 2012	Social Democratic Alliance	Bright Future^[4] ^[5]
Birgitta Jónsdóttir	2012	Citizen's Movement → Movement → Dawn	Pirate Party
Jón Bjarnason	24 January 2013	Left-Green Movement	Independent^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Members of Parliament.
2. Resigned in 2010. Replaced by Mörður Árnason.
3. Resigned in 2011. Replaced by Lúðvík Geirsson.
4. Web site: Úrsögnin kom félögum á óvart. Withdrawal came as a surprise. Icelandic. Mbl.is. 12 October 2012. 11 February 2013.
5. Web site: Róbert Marshall first and Ottarr Proppé second. Icelandic. Mbl.is. 17 December 2012. 11 February 2013.
6. Web site: VG betrayed policy. Icelandic. Mbl.is. 24 January 2013. 5 February 2013.