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Centre-left party wins Iceland's election, but will need coalition to govern
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10 months ago
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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Iceland's Social Democrats have won the largest share of votes in Saturday's parliamentary
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election.
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With all votes tallied on Sunday, the center-left party more than doubled its total number of
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seats, unseating the ruling coalition of the past seven years.
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Its leader Kristján Fróstadóttir is among the favorites to become prime minister, vowing
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to tackle a cost-of-living crisis through the Nordic welfare model.
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Voters voted Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy
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forced the country's prime minister to call an early election.
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All the parties in the governing coalition saw their seat count decline, with the left
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Greens losing all eight of its parliamentary seats.
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While counting was delayed in some areas by snowstorms, election turnout was high by international
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standards, with 80 percent of registered voters casting ballots.
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