2024 Icelandic parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 30 November 2024 to elect the 63 members of the Althing.

The centre-left Social Democratic Alliance, led by Kristrún Frostadóttir, won the most seats, at 15. The election also saw the worst performance by the Independence Party, Progressive Party, and the Left-Green Movement in each of the parties' histories, while Viðreisn, the People's Party, and the Centre Party saw their vote share increase.

## Background

In April 2024, Bjarni Benediktsson became the Prime Minister of Iceland. 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.

## Forming

On 3 December 2024, President Halla Tómasdóttir gave Kristrún Frostadóttir the first mandate and expressed interest in trying to form a government with her own party, Viðreisn, and the People's Party. On 4 December, Kristrún Frostadóttir began the formal process of forming a government consisting of Social Democratic Alliance, Viðreisn and the People's Party. If successfully formed, the government would have 36 of the 63 seats in the Althing. The coalition leaders were dubbed as "valkyries", citing that the three parties are led by women.

## Infobox (legislative election)

- **country**: Iceland
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 2021 Icelandic parliamentary election, 2021
- **election date**: 30 November 2024
- **seats for election**: All 63 seats in the Althing
- **majority seats**: 32
- **opinion polls**: Opinion polling for the next Icelandic parliamentary election
- **last update**: 02:09 a.m., 1 December 2024
- **time zone**: Greenwich Mean Time, GMT
- **leader1**: Kristrún Frostadóttir
- **party1**: Social Democratic Alliance
- **current seats1**: 6
- **last election1**: 6
- **seats1**: 15
- **percentage1**: 20.8
- **leader2**: Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1970), Bjarni Benediktsson
- **party2**: Independence Party (Iceland)
- **current seats2**: 17
- **last election2**: 16
- **seats2**: 14
- **percentage2**: 19.4
- **leader3**: Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
- **party3**: Viðreisn
- **current seats3**: 5
- **last election3**: 5
- **seats3**: 11
- **percentage3**: 15.8
- **leader4**: Inga Sæland
- **party4**: People's Party (Iceland)
- **current seats4**: 5
- **last election4**: 6
- **seats4**: 10
- **percentage4**: 13.8
- **party5**: Centre Party (Iceland)
- **current seats5**: 3
- **last election5**: 3
- **seats5**: 8
- **percentage5**: 12.1
- **leader6**: Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson
- **party6**: Progressive Party (Iceland)
- **current seats6**: 13
- **last election6**: 13
- **seats6**: 5
- **percentage6**: 7.8
- **map**: 2024 Iceland parliamentary election results map ENG.svg
- **map size**: 350px
- **map caption**: Results by constituency
- **title**: Prime Minister of Iceland, Prime Minister
- **posttitle**: Prime Minister after election
- **before election**: Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1970), Bjarni Benediktsson
- **before party**: Independence Party (Iceland)
- **after election**: Kristrún Frostadóttir
- **after party**: Social Democratic Alliance
- **elected members**: List of members of the Althing, 2024–2028, elected members
- **outgoing members**: List of members of the Althing, 2021–2024, outgoing members