2017 Icelandic parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 28 October 2017. On 15 September 2017, the three-party coalition government collapsed after the departure of Bright Future over a scandal involving Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson's father writing a letter recommending a convicted child sex offender have his "honour restored". Bjarni subsequently called for a snap election, which was officially scheduled for 28 October 2017 following the dissolution of the Althing.
2017 Icelandic parliamentary election2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis2017 national electoral calendar2021 Icelandic parliamentary electionAlthingBenedikt JóhannessonBirgitta JónsdóttirBjarni Benediktsson (born 1970)Björt ÓlafsdóttirBright Future (Iceland)Cabinet of Katrín JakobsdóttirCentre GroupCentre Party (Iceland)Conservative GroupConstituencies of IcelandDavíð ViðarssonDawn (Iceland)Dominant-party systemGunnar Bragi SveinssonHeiða Guðný ÁsgeirsdóttirHelga Vala HelgadóttirIcelandIcelandic National FrontIcelandic Socialist PartyIcelandic parliamentary election, 2017Icelandic parliamentary election, 2020Independence Party (Iceland)Jón GnarrKatrín JakobsdóttirLeft-Green MovementLiberal InternationalList of anti-capitalist and communist parties with national parliamentary representationList of democratic socialist parties that have governedList of elections in 2017List of elections in IcelandList of next general electionsList of parliaments of IcelandList of political parties in IcelandList of ruling political parties by countryList of the most recent elections by country
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2017 Icelandic parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 28 October 2017. On 15 September 2017, the three-party coalition government collapsed after the departure of Bright Future over a scandal involving Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson's father writing a letter recommending a convicted child sex offender have his "honour restored". Bjarni subsequently called for a snap election, which was officially scheduled for 28 October 2017 following the dissolution of the Althing.
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2017 Icelandic parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were h ...... he dissolution of the Althing.
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