Centre-left party wins Iceland's election, but will need coalition to govern

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Voters in Iceland joined a global trend of punishing incumbents in a parliamentary election, with a centre-left party winning the largest share of votes.

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00:00Iceland's Social Democrats have won the largest share of votes in Saturday's parliamentary

00:07election.

00:09With all votes tallied on Sunday, the center-left party more than doubled its total number of

00:14seats, unseating the ruling coalition of the past seven years.

00:19Its leader Kristján Fróstadóttir is among the favorites to become prime minister, vowing

00:24to tackle a cost-of-living crisis through the Nordic welfare model.

00:29Voters voted Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy

00:34forced the country's prime minister to call an early election.

00:38All the parties in the governing coalition saw their seat count decline, with the left

00:43Greens losing all eight of its parliamentary seats.

00:47While counting was delayed in some areas by snowstorms, election turnout was high by international

00:53standards, with 80 percent of registered voters casting ballots.

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