Northeast (Althing constituency)

Northeast (Icelandic: Norðaustur) is one of the six multi-member constituencies of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland. The constituency was established in 2003 following the re-organisation of constituencies across Iceland when the Northeastern constituency was merged with the Eastern constituency (excluding Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður municipality which was merged into the South constituency) and Siglufjörður municipality from the Northwestern constituency. Northeast consists of the regions of Eastern and Northeastern. The constituency currently elects nine^[a] of the 63 members of the Althing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2024 parliamentary election it had 31,071 registered electors.

Northeast
Norðaustur
Constituency for the Althing
Location of Northeast within Iceland
Municipality	List Akureyri Dalvíkurbyggð Eyjafjarðarsveit Fjallabyggð Fjarðabyggð Fljótsdalshreppur Grýtubakkahreppur Hörgársveit Langanesbyggð Múlaþing Norðurþing Svalbarðsstrandarhreppur Tjörneshreppur Vopnafjörður Þingeyjarsveit
Region	Eastern Northeastern
Population	42,659 (2024)[1]
Electorate	31,071 (2024)
Area	38,392 km2 (2018)[2]
Current Constituency
Created	2003
Seats	9 (2003–present)[a]
Member of the Althing[3]	List   Eydís Ásbjörnsdóttir (S)   Ingibjörg Ólöf Isaksen (B)   Ingvar Þóroddsson (C)   Jens Garðar Helgason (D)   Logi Már Einarsson (S)   Njáll Trausti Friðbertsson (D)   Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (M)   Sigurjón Þórðarson (F)   Þórarinn Ingi Pétursson (B)   Þorgrímur Sigmundsson (M)
Created from	List Eastern Northeastern Northwestern

History

In September 1997 Prime Minister Davíð Oddsson appointed a committee headed by Friðrik Klemenz Sophusson to review the division of constituencies in Iceland and the organisation of elections. The committee's report was published in October 1998 and recommended, amongst other things, that the number of constituencies be reduced and that they be more equal in population size.^[4] The Althing passed an amendment to the constitution in June 1999 which removed the reference to specific eight constituencies contained within Article 31 and instead simply stated that there would be six or seven constituencies and that the Althing would determine the boundaries between the constituencies.^[5] The amendment also required that if, following an election to Althing, the number of registered electors per seat (including compensatory seats) in any constituency is less than half of that in another constituency, the National Electoral Commission shall change the allocation of seats so as to reduce the imbalance.^[5]

Northeast was one of six constituencies (kjördæmi) established by the "Elections to the Althing Act no. 24/2000" (Lög um kosningar til Alþingis, nr. 24/2000) passed by the Althing in May 2000.^[6] The Act initially allocated ten seats to the constituency - nine constituency seats and one compensatory seat.^[6]

Electoral system

Northeast currently elects nine^[a] of the 63 members of the Althing using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system.^[7][8] Constituency seats are allocated using the D'Hondt method.^[9][10] Compensatory seats (equalisation seas) are calculated based on the national vote and are allocated using the D'Hondt method at the constituency level.^[11][12] Only parties that reach the 5% national threshold compete for compensatory seats.^[10][13]

Election results

Summary

Election	Left-Green V / U			Social Democrats S			People's F			Pirate P / Þ			Viðreisn C			Progressive B			Independence D			Centre M
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
2024	920	3.78%	0	5,183	21.30%	2	3,475	14.28%	1	438	1.80%	0	2,296	9.44%	1	3,445	14.16%	1	3,652	15.01%	2	3,818	15.69%	2
2021	3,040	12.92%	1	2,465	10.47%	1	2,026	8.61%	1	1,256	5.34%	0	1,263	5.37%	0	6,016	25.56%	3	4,346	18.47%	2	2,092	8.89%	1
2017	4,700	19.91%	2	3,275	13.87%	1	1,005	4.26%	0	1,295	5.48%	0	495	2.10%	0	3,386	14.34%	2	4,787	20.27%	2	4,389	18.59%	2
2016	4,539	19.99%	2	1,816	8.00%	1	645	2.84%	0	2,265	9.98%	1	1,482	6.53%	0	4,542	20.01%	2	6,014	26.49%	3
2013	3,733	15.81%	2	2,505	10.61%	1				716	3.03%	0				8,173	34.62%	4	5,327	22.57%	2
2009	6,937	29.69%	3	5,312	22.73%	2										5,905	25.27%	2	4,079	17.46%	2
2007	4,558	19.56%	2	4,840	20.77%	2										5,726	24.57%	2	6,522	27.99%	3
2003	3,329	14.13%	1	5,503	23.35%	2										7,722	32.77%	4	5,544	23.53%	2

(Excludes compensatory seats.)

Detailed

2020s

2024

Results of the 2024 parliamentary election held on 30 November 2024:^[14]

Party			Votes	%	Seats
					Con.	Com.	Tot.
	Social Democratic Alliance	S	5,183	21.30%	2	0	2
	Centre Party	M	3,818	15.69%	2	0	2
	Independence Party	D	3,652	15.01%	2	0	2
	People's Party	F	3,475	14.28%	1	0	1
	Progressive Party	B	3,445	14.16%	1	1	2
	Viðreisn	C	2,296	9.44%	1	0	1
	Socialist Party of Iceland	J	924	3.80%	0	0	0
	Left-Green Movement	V	920	3.78%	0	0	0
	Pirate Party	P	438	1.80%	0	0	0
	Democratic Party	L	183	0.75%	0	0	0
Valid votes			24,334	100.00%	9	1	10
Blank votes			445	1.79%
Rejected votes – other			30	0.12%
Total polled			24,809	79.85%
Registered electors			31,071

The following candidates were elected:^[15]

• Constituency seats - Eydís Ásbjörnsdóttir (S), 3,906.25 votes; Ingibjörg Ólöf Isaksen (B), 3,436.75 votes; Ingvar Þóroddsson (C), 2,291.00 votes; Jens Garðar Helgason (D), 3,563.00 votes; Logi Már Einarsson (S), 5,104.00 votes; Njáll Trausti Friðbertsson (D), 2,712.00 votes; Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (M), 3,795.00 votes; Sigurjón Þórðarson (F), 3,456.33 votes; and Þorgrímur Sigmundsson (M), 2,848.50 votes.
• Compensatory seats - Þórarinn Ingi Pétursson (B), 2,568.00 votes.

2021

Results of the 2021 parliamentary election held on 25 September 2021:^[16]

Party			Votes	%	Seats
					Con.	Com.	Tot.
	Progressive Party	B	6,016	25.56%	3	0	3
	Independence Party	D	4,346	18.47%	2	0	2
	Left-Green Movement	V	3,040	12.92%	1	1	2
	Social Democratic Alliance	S	2,465	10.47%	1	0	1
	Centre Party	M	2,092	8.89%	1	0	1
	People's Party	F	2,026	8.61%	1	0	1
	Viðreisn	C	1,263	5.37%	0	0	0
	Pirate Party	P	1,256	5.34%	0	0	0
	Socialist Party of Iceland	J	954	4.05%	0	0	0
	Liberal Democratic Party	O	78	0.33%	0	0	0
Valid votes			23,536	100.00%	9	1	10
Blank votes			596	2.46%
Rejected votes – other			48	0.20%
Total polled			24,180	81.01%
Registered electors			29,847

The following candidates were elected:^[17]

• Constituency seats - Berglind Ósk Guðmundsdóttir (D), 3,263.75 votes; Bjarkey Gunnarsdóttir (V), 3,013.50 votes; Ingibjörg Ólöf Isaksen (B), 5,981.33 votes; Jakob Frímann Magnússon (F), 2,004.00 votes; Líneik Anna Sævarsdóttir (B), 4,998.67 votes; Logi Már Einarsson (S), 2,454.33 votes; Njáll Trausti Friðbertsson (D), 4,291.75 votes; Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (M), 2,080.33 votes; and Þórarinn Ingi Pétursson (B), 4,016.33 votes.
• Compensatory seats - Jódís Skúladóttir (V), 2,284.50 votes.

2010s

2017

Results of the 2017 parliamentary election held on 28 October 2017:^{[18][19][20][21]}

Party			Votes	%	Seats
					Con.	Com.	Tot.
	Independence Party	D	4,787	20.27%	2	0	2
	Left-Green Movement	V	4,700	19.91%	2	0	2
	Centre Party	M	4,389	18.59%	2	0	2
	Progressive Party	B	3,386	14.34%	2	0	2
	Social Democratic Alliance	S	3,275	13.87%	1	1	2
	Pirate Party	P	1,295	5.48%	0	0	0
	People's Party	F	1,005	4.26%	0	0	0
	Viðreisn	C	495	2.10%	0	0	0
	Bright Future	A	169	0.72%	0	0	0
	People's Front of Iceland	R	110	0.47%	0	0	0
Valid votes			23,611	100.00%	9	1	10
Blank votes			736	3.02%
Rejected votes – other			62	0.25%
Total polled			24,409	82.41%
Registered electors			29,620

The following candidates were elected:^[21]

• Constituency seats - Anna Kolbrún Árnadóttir (M), 3,292.50 votes; Bjarkey Gunnarsdóttir (V), 3,582.50 votes; Kristján Þór Júlíusson (D), 4,736.25 votes; Líneik Anna Sævarsdóttir (B), 2,530.25 votes; Logi Már Einarsson (S), 3,268.00 votes; Njáll Trausti Friðbertsson (D), 3,585.25 votes; Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (M), 4,368.00 votes; Steingrímur J. Sigfússon (V), 4,450.00 votes; and Þórunn Egilsdóttir (B), 3,369.50 votes.
• Compensatory seats - Albertína Friðbjörg Elíasdóttir (S), 2,454.75 votes.

2016

Results of the 2016 parliamentary election held on 29 October 2016:^{[22][23][24][25]}

Party			Votes	%	Seats
					Con.	Com.	Tot.
	Independence Party	D	6,014	26.49%	3	0	3
	Progressive Party	B	4,542	20.01%	2	0	2
	Left-Green Movement	V	4,539	19.99%	2	0	2
	Pirate Party	P	2,265	9.98%	1	0	1
	Social Democratic Alliance	S	1,816	8.00%	1	0	1
	Viðreisn	C	1,482	6.53%	0	1	1
	Bright Future	A	774	3.41%	0	0	0
	People's Party	F	645	2.84%	0	0	0
	Dawn	T	415	1.83%	0	0	0
	People's Front of Iceland	R	211	0.93%	0	0	0
Valid votes			22,703	100.00%	9	1	10
Blank votes			839	3.55%
Rejected votes – other			71	0.30%
Total polled			23,613	79.87%
Registered electors			29,564

The following candidates were elected:^[25]

• Constituency seats - Bjarkey Gunnarsdóttir (V), 3,433.50 votes; Einar Aðalsteinn Brynjólfsson (P), 2,258.67 votes; Kristján Þór Júlíusson (D), 5,958.83 votes; Logi Már Einarsson (S), 1,800.67 votes; Njáll Trausti Friðbertsson (D), 4,997.00 votes; Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (B), 3,729.50 votes; Steingrímur J. Sigfússon (V), 4,392.00 votes; Valgerður Gunnarsdóttir (D), 4,006.83 votes; and Þórunn Egilsdóttir (B), 3,564.25 votes.
• Compensatory seats - Benedikt Jóhannesson (C), 1,467.33 votes.

2013

Results of the 2013 parliamentary election held on 27 April 2013:^{[26][27][28][29]}

Party			Votes	%	Seats
					Con.	Com.	Tot.
	Progressive Party	B	8,173	34.62%	4	0	4
	Independence Party	D	5,327	22.57%	2	0	2
	Left-Green Movement	V	3,733	15.81%	2	0	2
	Social Democratic Alliance	S	2,505	10.61%	1	0	1
	Bright Future	A	1,537	6.51%	0	1	1
	Pirate Party	Þ	716	3.03%	0	0	0
	Dawn	T	460	1.95%	0	0	0
	Iceland Democratic Party	L	313	1.33%	0	0	0
	Rainbow	J	306	1.30%	0	0	0
	Right-Green People's Party	G	296	1.25%	0	0	0
	Households Party	I	241	1.02%	0	0	0
Valid votes			23,607	100.00%	9	1	10
Blank votes			569	2.35%
Rejected votes – other			51	0.21%
Total polled			24,227	83.44%
Registered electors			29,035

The following candidates were elected:^[29]

• Constituency seats - Bjarkey Gunnarsdóttir (V), 2,795.0 votes; Höskuldur Þórhallsson (B), 7,119.1 votes; Kristján L. Möller (S), 2,484.7 votes; Kristján Þór Júlíusson (D), 5,295.5 votes; Líneik Anna Sævarsdóttir (B), 6,133.3 votes; Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (B), 8,129.6 votes; Steingrímur J. Sigfússon (V), 3,716.8 votes; Valgerður Gunnarsdóttir (D), 3,996.3 votes; and Þórunn Egilsdóttir (B), 5,116.9 votes.
• Compensatory seats - Brynhildur Pétursdóttir (A), 1,536.0 votes.

2000s

2009

Results of the 2009 parliamentary election held on 25 April 2009:^[30][31][32]

Party			Votes	%	Seats
					Con.	Com.	Tot.
	Left-Green Movement	V	6,937	29.69%	3	0	3
	Progressive Party	B	5,905	25.27%	2	0	2
	Social Democratic Alliance	S	5,312	22.73%	2	1	3
	Independence Party	D	4,079	17.46%	2	0	2
	Citizens' Movement	O	690	2.95%	0	0	0
	Liberal Party	F	384	1.64%	0	0	0
	Democracy Movement	P	61	0.26%	0	0	0
Valid votes			23,368	100.00%	9	1	10
Blank votes			826	3.41%
Rejected votes – other			55	0.23%
Total polled			24,249	85.53%
Registered electors			28,352

The following candidates were elected:^[32]

• Constituency seats - Birkir Jón Jónsson (B), 5,600.2 votes; Björn Valur Gíslason (V), 4,615.5 votes; Höskuldur Þórhallsson (B), 4,495.0 votes; Kristján L. Möller (S), 5,066.5 votes; Kristján Þór Júlíusson (D), 3,763.5 votes; Sigmundur Ernir Rúnarsson (S), 4,331.2 votes; Steingrímur J. Sigfússon (V), 6,925.5 votes; Tryggvi Þór Herbertsson (D), 3,017.5 votes; and Þuríður Backman (V), 5,675.0 votes.
• Compensatory seats - Jónína Rós Guðmundsdóttir (S), 3,557.3 votes.

2007

Results of the 2007 parliamentary election held on 12 May 2007:^[33][34][35]

Party			Votes	%	Seats
					Con.	Com.	Tot.
	Independence Party	D	6,522	27.99%	3	0	3
	Progressive Party	B	5,726	24.57%	2	1	3
	Social Democratic Alliance	S	4,840	20.77%	2	0	2
	Left-Green Movement	V	4,558	19.56%	2	0	2
	Liberal Party	F	1,378	5.91%	0	0	0
	Icelandic Movement – Living Country	I	278	1.19%	0	0	0
Valid votes			23,302	100.00%	9	1	10
Blank votes			305	1.29%
Rejected votes – other			37	0.16%
Total polled			23,644	84.80%
Registered electors			27,881

The following candidates were elected:^[35]

• Constituency seats - Arnbjörg Sveinsdóttir (D), 5,412.0 votes; Birkir Jón Jónsson (B), 4,760.8 votes; Einar Már Sigurðarson (S), 3,621.0 votes; Kristján L. Möller (S), 4,798.7 votes; Kristján Þór Júlíusson (D), 6,432.7 votes; Ólöf Nordal (D), 4,358.5 votes; Steingrímur J. Sigfússon (V), 4,552.7 votes; Valgerður Sverrisdóttir (B), 5,628.2 votes; and Þuríður Backman (V), 3,401.5 votes.
• Compensatory seats - Höskuldur Þórhallsson (B), 3,833.3 votes.

2003

Results of the 2003 parliamentary election held on 10 May 2003:^[36][37][38]

Party			Votes	%	Seats
					Con.	Com.	Tot.
	Progressive Party	B	7,722	32.77%	4	0	4
	Independence Party	D	5,544	23.53%	2	0	2
	Social Democratic Alliance	S	5,503	23.35%	2	0	2
	Left-Green Movement	U	3,329	14.13%	1	1	2
	Liberal Party	F	1,329	5.64%	0	0	0
	New Force	N	136	0.58%	0	0	0
Valid votes			23,563	100.00%	9	1	10
Blank votes			256	1.07%
Rejected votes – other			58	0.24%
Total polled			23,877	87.47%
Registered electors			27,298

The following candidates were elected:^[38]

• Constituency seats - Birkir Jón Jónsson (B), 4,823.5 votes; Dagný Jónsdóttir (B), 5,792.9 votes; Einar Már Sigurðarson (S), 4,121.2 votes; Halldór Blöndal (D), 5,325.5 votes; Jón Kristjánsson (B), 6,737.0 votes; Kristján L. Möller (S), 5,462.2 votes; Steingrímur J. Sigfússon (U), 3,329.0 votes; Tómas Ingi Olrich (D), 4,036.0 votes; and Valgerður Sverrisdóttir (B), 7,646.0 votes.
• Compensatory seats - Þuríður Backman (U), 2,492.0 votes.

Notes

1. Excludes compensatory seats.