Reykjavík South (Althing constituency) explained

Reykjavík South
Nativename:Icelandic: Reykjavík suður
Constituency Type:Constituency
Parl Name:Althing
Map4:Reykjavíkurkjördæmi suður.svg
Map Size:150px
Map Entity:Iceland
District Label:Municipality
District:Reykjavík
Region Label:Region
Region:Capital
Electorate:45,716 (2021)
Year:2003
Seats:9 (2003–present)
Members Label:Member of the Althing[1]
Previous:Reykjavík

Reykjavík South (Icelandic: Reykjavík suður) is one of the six multi-member constituencies of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland. The constituency was established in 2003 when the existing Reykjavík constituency was split into two. The constituency currently elects nine of the 63 members of the Althing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2021 parliamentary election it had 45,716 registered electors.

Electoral system

Reykjavík South currently elects nine of the 63 members of the Althing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system.[2] [3] Constituency seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method.[4] [5] Compensatory seats (equalisation seas) are calculated based on the national vote and are allocated using the D'Hondt method at the constituency level.[6] [7] Only parties that reach the 5% national threshold compete for compensatory seats.[5] [8]

Election results

Summary

Election valign=bottom colspan=3Left-Green
V / U !		valign=bottom colspan=3Social Democrats
S !		valign=bottom colspan=3People's
F !		valign=bottom colspan=3Pirates
P / Þ !		valign=bottom colspan=3Progressive
B !		valign=bottom colspan=3Independence
D
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
5,212 14.68% 1 4,720 13.29% 1 3,169 8.93% 1 3,875 10.91% 1 4,077 11.48% 1 8,089 22.78% 3
6,750 18.90% 2 4,661 13.05% 1 2,914 8.16% 1 4,076 11.41% 1 2,897 8.11% 1 8,145 22.80% 2
6,149 17.63% 2 1,945 5.58% 0 1,614 4.63% 0 6,030 17.29% 2 2,564 7.35% 1 8,930 25.60% 3
4,279 12.12% 1 5,007 14.18% 2 2,179 6.17% 0 5,931 16.80% 2 9,466 26.82% 3
8,106 22.88% 2 11,667 32.94% 3 3,435 9.70% 1 8,211 23.18% 2
5,065 14.35% 1 10,234 29.00% 3 2,081 5.90% 0 13,846 39.23% 5
3,438 9.32% 1 12,286 33.30% 3 4,185 11.34% 1 14,029 38.03% 4
(Excludes compensatory seats.)

Detailed

2021

Results of the 2021 parliamentary election held on 25 September 2021:[9]

Party align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"Votes !align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"% !Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="20" !align=center valign=bottom width="20" !align=center valign=bottom width="20"
D 8,089 22.78% 3 0 3
V 5,212 14.68% 1 1 2
S 4,720 13.29% 1 0 1
B 4,077 11.48% 1 0 1
P 3,875 10.91% 1 1 2
F 3,169 8.93% 1 0 1
C 3,067 8.64% 1 0 1
J 1,691 4.76% 0 0 0
M 1,456 4.10% 0 0 0
O 148 0.42% 0 0 0
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes 35,504 100.00% 9 2 11
align=left colspan=3Blank Votes 580 1.60%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes – Other 117 0.32%
align=left colspan=3Total Polled 36,201 79.19%
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors 45,716

The following candidates were elected:[10] Arndís Anna K. Gunnarsdóttir (P), 2,904.25 votes; Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir (D), 7,990.50 votes; Birgir Ármannsson (D), 5,391.67 votes; Björn Leví Gunnarsson (P), 3,865.25 votes; Hanna Katrín Friðriksson (C), 3,056.67 votes; Hildur Sverrisdóttir (D), 6,719.17 votes; Inga Sæland (F), 3,168.00 votes; Kristrún Mjöll Frostadóttir (S), 4,714.33 votes; Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir (B), 4,041.00 votes; Orri Páll Jóhannsson (V), 3,926.50 votes; and Svandís Svavarsdóttir (V), 5,127.50 votes.

2017

Results of the 2017 parliamentary election held on 28 October 2017:[11] [12] [13] [14]

Party align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"Votes !align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"% !Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="20" !align=center valign=bottom width="20" !align=center valign=bottom width="20"
D 8,145 22.80% 2 0 2
V 6,750 18.90% 2 0 2
S 4,661 13.05% 1 0 1
P 4,076 11.41% 1 1 2
C 3,043 8.52% 1 0 1
F 2,914 8.16% 1 0 1
B 2,897 8.11% 1 0 1
M 2,701 7.56% 0 1 1
A 449 1.26% 0 0 0
R 85 0.24% 0 0 0
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes 35,721 100.00% 9 2 11
align=left colspan=3Blank Votes 769 2.10%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes – Other 108 0.30%
align=left colspan=3Total Polled 36,598 80.29%
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors 45,584

The following candidates were elected:[14] Ágúst Ólafur Ágústsson (S), 4,634.00 votes; Björn Leví Gunnarsson (P), 3,050.75 votes; Brynjar Níelsson (D), 5,884.75 votes; Hanna Katrín Friðriksson (C), 3,035.67 votes; Inga Sæland (F), 2,912.00 votes; Kolbeinn Óttarsson Proppé (V), 5,056.25 votes; Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir (B), 2,894.33 votes; Sigríður Á. Andersen (D), 7,952.50 votes; Svandís Svavarsdóttir (V), 6,680.75 votes; Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir (P), 4,049.25 votes; and Þorsteinn B. Sæmundsson (M), 2,695.33 votes.

2016

Results of the 2016 parliamentary election held on 29 October 2016:[15] [16] [17] [18]

Party align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"Votes !align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"% !Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="20" !align=center valign=bottom width="20" !align=center valign=bottom width="20"
D 8,930 25.60% 3 0 3
V 6,149 17.63% 2 0 2
P 6,030 17.29% 2 0 2
C 4,440 12.73% 1 1 2
B 2,564 7.35% 1 0 1
A 2,518 7.22% 0 1 1
S 1,945 5.58% 0 0 0
F 1,614 4.63% 0 0 0
T 578 1.66% 0 0 0
R 79 0.23% 0 0 0
H 33 0.09% 0 0 0
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes 34,880 100.00% 9 2 11
align=left colspan=3Blank Votes 755 2.11%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes – Other 150 0.42%
align=left colspan=3Total Polled 35,785 78.18%
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors 45,770

The following candidates were elected:[18] Ásta Guðrún Helgadóttir (P), 5,975.25 votes; Brynjar Níelsson (D), 7,399.33 votes; Gunnar Hrafn Jónsson (P), 4,515.50 votes; Hanna Katrín Friðriksson (C), 4,405.25 votes; Kolbeinn Óttarsson Proppé (V), 4,613.00 votes; Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir (B), 2,555.00 votes; Nichole Leigh Mosty (A), 2,497.33 votes; Ólöf Nordal (D), 8,823.00 votes; Pawel Bartoszek (C), 3,322.75 votes; Sigríður Á. Andersen (D), 5,957.67 votes; and Svandís Svavarsdóttir (V), 6,080.75 votes.

2013

Results of the 2013 parliamentary election held on 27 April 2013:[19] [20] [21] [22]

Party align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"Votes !align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"% !Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="20" !align=center valign=bottom width="20" !align=center valign=bottom width="20"
D 9,466 26.82% 3 0 3
B 5,931 16.80% 2 0 2
S 5,007 14.18% 2 0 2
V 4,279 12.12% 1 0 1
A 3,790 10.74% 1 1 2
Þ 2,179 6.17% 0 1 1
I 1,394 3.95% 0 0 0
T 1,163 3.29% 0 0 0
L 1,025 2.90% 0 0 0
G 575 1.63% 0 0 0
K 222 0.63% 0 0 0
J 161 0.46% 0 0 0
H 55 0.16% 0 0 0
R 54 0.15% 0 0 0
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes 35,301 100.00% 9 2 11
align=left colspan=3Blank Votes 794 2.19%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes – Other 133 0.37%
align=left colspan=3Total Polled 36,228 80.17%
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors 45,187

The following candidates were elected:[22] Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson (D), 5,957.7 votes; Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir (D), 9,305.8 votes; Helgi Hjörvar (S), 3,729.3 votes; Jón Þór Ólafsson (Þ), 2,093.3 votes; Karl Garðarsson (B), 4,502.3 votes; Óttarr Proppé (A), 2,838.0 votes; Pétur Blöndal (D), 7,850.7 votes; Róbert Marshall (A), 3,698.8 votes; Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir (S), 4,943.0 votes; Svandís Svavarsdóttir (V), 4,225.0 votes; and Vigdís Hauksdóttir (B), 5,701.5 votes.

2009

Results of the 2009 parliamentary election held on 25 April 2009:[23] [24] [25]

Party align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"Votes !align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"% !Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="20" !align=center valign=bottom width="20" !align=center valign=bottom width="20"
S 11,667 32.94% 3 1 4
D 8,211 23.18% 2 1 3
V 8,106 22.88% 2 0 2
B 3,435 9.70% 1 0 1
O 3,076 8.68% 1 0 1
F 700 1.98% 0 0 0
P 226 0.64% 0 0 0
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes 35,421 100.00% 9 2 11
align=left colspan=3Blank Votes 1,388 3.76%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes – Other 117 0.32%
align=left colspan=3Total Polled 36,926 84.41%
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors 43,747

The following candidates were elected:[25] Ásta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir (S), 7,136.6 votes; Birgir Ármannsson (D), 5,489.3 votes; Birgitta Jónsdóttir (O), 3,017.7 votes; Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson (D), 6,269.2 votes; Lilja Mósesdóttir (V), 6,048.0 votes; Ólöf Nordal (D), 6,999.5 votes; Össur Skarphéðinsson (S), 10,363.1 votes; Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir (S), 10,310.2 votes; Skúli Helgason (S), 8,807.0 votes; Svandís Svavarsdóttir (V), 8,062.2 votes; and Vigdís Hauksdóttir (B), 3,390.7 votes.

2007

Results of the 2007 parliamentary election held on 12 May 2007:[26] [27] [28]

Party align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"Votes !align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"% !Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="20" !align=center valign=bottom width="20" !align=center valign=bottom width="20"
D 13,846 39.23% 5 0 5
S 10,234 29.00% 3 0 3
V 5,065 14.35% 1 1 2
F 2,385 6.76% 0 1 1
B 2,081 5.90% 0 0 0
I 1,680 4.76% 0 0 0
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes 35,291 100.00% 9 2 11
align=left colspan=3Blank Votes 462 1.29%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes – Other 93 0.26%
align=left colspan=3Total Polled 35,846 82.61%
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors 43,391

The following candidates were elected:[28] Ágúst Ólafur Ágústsson (S), 8,522.7 votes; Álfheiður Ingadóttir (V), 3,802.5 votes; Ásta Möller (D), 9,865.7 votes; Ásta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir (S), 6,826.5 votes; Birgir Ármannsson (D), 8,551.3 votes; Björn Bjarnason (D), 10,187.1 votes; Geir Haarde (D), 13,822.4 votes; Illugi Gunnarsson (D), 11,310.3 votes; Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir (S), 10,090.2 votes; Jón Magnússon (F), 2,341.3 votes; and Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir (V), 4,941.5 votes.

2003

Results of the 2003 parliamentary election held on 10 May 2003:[29] [30] [31]

Party align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"Votes !align=center valign=bottom rowspan=2 width="50"% !Seats
align=center valign=bottom width="20" !align=center valign=bottom width="20" !align=center valign=bottom width="20"
D 14,029 38.03% 4 1 5
S 12,286 33.30% 3 1 4
B 4,185 11.34% 1 0 1
U 3,438 9.32% 1 0 1
F 2,448 6.64% 0 0 0
New Force N 504 1.37% 0 0 0
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes 36,890 100.00% 9 2 11
align=left colspan=3Blank Votes 379 1.02%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes – Other 58 0.16%
align=left colspan=3Total Polled 37,327 87.29%
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors 42,761

The following candidates were elected:[31] Ágúst Ólafur Ágústsson (S), 7,705.1 votes; Ásta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir (S), 10,714.8 votes; Birgir Ármannsson (D), 8,458.3 votes; Geir Haarde (D), 13,999.1 votes; Guðmundur Hallvarðsson (D), 9,839.0 votes; Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (S), 12,199.1 votes; Jónína Bjartmarz (B), 4,150.7 votes; Mörður Árnason (S), 9,093.1 votes; Ögmundur Jónasson (U), 3,420.3 votes; Pétur Blöndal (D), 12,459.1 votes; and Sólveig Pétursdóttir (D), 10,816.3 votes.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alþingismenn - Þingmenn og embætti . . 14 July 2022 . Reykjavík, Iceland . is.
  2. Web site: Election for Icelandic Parliament . Election Guide . . 10 July 2022 . Arlington, U.S.A..
  3. Web site: Electoral Assistance: ElecData, Compendium of Electoral Data - Iceland . . 10 July 2022 . Strasbourg, France.
  4. Web site: Helgason . Thorkell . Apportionment of Seats to Althingi, the Icelandic Parliament . . 16 March 2021 . Reykjavík, Iceland . 11 . November 2013.
  5. Web site: Iceland: Althingi (Parliament) . PARLINE database on national parliaments . . 10 July 2022 . Geneva, Switzerland.
  6. Web site: Helgason . Thorkell . Apportionment of Seats to Althingi, the Icelandic Parliament . . 16 March 2021 . Reykjavík, Iceland . 13 . November 2013.
  7. Book: Bengtsson . Å. . Hansen . K. M. . Harðarson . Ó. Þ. . Narud . H. M. . Oscarsson . H. . The Nordic Voter: Myths of Exceptionalism . 2014 . . Colchester, U.K. . 978-1-907301-25-4 . 19 . 10 July 2022.
  8. Web site: Helgason . Thorkell . Apportionment of Seats to Althingi, the Icelandic Parliament . . 16 March 2021 . Reykjavík, Iceland . 12 . November 2013.
  9. Web site: Skýrsla til landskjörstjórnar og Hagstofu Íslands . . Yfirkjörstjórn í Reykjavíkurkjördæmi suður . 11 July 2022 . Reykjavík, Iceland . 1 . is . 26 September 2021.
  10. Web site: Útreikningur á úthlutun þingsæta við alþingiskosningar 25. september 2021 . . 6 July 2022 . Reykjavík, Iceland . 19 . is . 30 September 2021.
  11. Alþingiskosningar 28. október 2017 . Hagtíðindi . 21 December 2017 . 102 . 27 . 22 . 15 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 1670-4770.
  12. Alþingiskosningar 28. október 2017 . Hagtíðindi . 21 December 2017 . 102 . 27 . 25 . 15 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 1670-4770.
  13. Alþingiskosningar 28. október 2017 . Hagtíðindi . 21 December 2017 . 102 . 27 . 7 . 15 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 1670-4770.
  14. Alþingiskosningar 28. október 2017 . Hagtíðindi . 21 December 2017 . 102 . 27 . 41 . 15 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 1670-4770.
  15. Alþingiskosningar 29. október 2016 . Hagtíðindi . 20 December 2016 . 101 . 35 . 22 . 15 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 1670-4770.
  16. Alþingiskosningar 29. október 2016 . Hagtíðindi . 20 December 2016 . 101 . 35 . 25 . 15 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 1670-4770.
  17. Alþingiskosningar 29. október 2016 . Hagtíðindi . 20 December 2016 . 101 . 35 . 7 . 15 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 1670-4770.
  18. Alþingiskosningar 29. október 2016 . Hagtíðindi . 20 December 2016 . 101 . 35 . 42 . 15 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 1670-4770.
  19. Alþingiskosningar 27. apríl 2013 . Hagtíðindi . 24 February 2015 . 100 . 3 . 19 . 15 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 0019-1078.
  20. Alþingiskosningar 27. apríl 2013 . Hagtíðindi . 24 February 2015 . 100 . 3 . 22 . 15 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 0019-1078.
  21. Alþingiskosningar 27. apríl 2013 . Hagtíðindi . 24 February 2015 . 100 . 3 . 6 . 15 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 0019-1078.
  22. Alþingiskosningar 27. apríl 2013 . Hagtíðindi . 24 February 2015 . 100 . 3 . 35 . 15 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 0019-1078.
  23. Alþingiskosningar 25. apríl 2009 . Hagtíðindi . 3 March 2010 . 95 . 13 . 15 . 16 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 0019-1078.
  24. Alþingiskosningar 25. apríl 2009 . Hagtíðindi . 3 March 2010 . 95 . 13 . 19 . 16 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 0019-1078.
  25. Alþingiskosningar 25. apríl 2009 . Hagtíðindi . 3 March 2010 . 95 . 13 . 30 . 16 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 0019-1078.
  26. Alþingiskosningar 12. maí 2007 . Hagtíðindi . 15 January 2008 . 93 . 3 . 15 . 16 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 0019-1078.
  27. Alþingiskosningar 12. maí 2007 . Hagtíðindi . 15 January 2008 . 93 . 3 . 19 . 16 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 0019-1078.
  28. Alþingiskosningar 12. maí 2007 . Hagtíðindi . 15 January 2008 . 93 . 3 . 31 . 16 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 0019-1078.
  29. Alþingiskosningar 10. maí 2003 . Hagtíðindi . 27 December 2004 . 89 . 62 . 14 . 16 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 0019-1078.
  30. Alþingiskosningar 10. maí 2003 . Hagtíðindi . 27 December 2004 . 89 . 62 . 17 . 16 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 0019-1078.
  31. Alþingiskosningar 10. maí 2003 . Hagtíðindi . 27 December 2004 . 89 . 62 . 26 . 16 March 2021 . . Reykjavík, Iceland . is . 0019-1078.

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