2024 Icelandic parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections are due to be held in Iceland on 30 November 2024 to elect the 63 members of the Althing.
Background
[change | change source]In April 2024, Bjarni Benediktsson became the Prime Minister of Iceland.[1] On 13 October, Benediktsson announced that the government had collapsed and called for new elections. He asked President Halla Tómasdóttir the next day to dissolve the Althing and set the elections on 30 November.[2]
Opinion polling
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References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Iceland PM calls new election as coalition government collapses". Al Jazeera. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ↑ "Iceland appears headed for a snap election after governing coalition collapses". Associated Press. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
