After yesterday’s election, Iceland appears on track for a continuing Social Democrat/Left-Green coalition government, with the figures reflecting recent polling figures:
Iceland’s left wing parties are holding their advantage in the country’s parliamentary elections, but the Independence Party are resurgent. At 03.00 63 percent of the votes have been reported and the Social Democrats are on course for 20 MPs, the Independence Party for 15, the Left Greens for 14, the Progressives are on course for nine MPs and the Citizens’ Movement for five.
In comparison, the 2007 election saw the Independence Party win 25 seats, the Social Democratic Alliance 18 seats, Left-Green 9 seats, and Progressive 7 seats.
I’m not sure how losing government and then almost being out polled by Marxist environmentalists indicates a “resurgence”.
Ah, I think it means “resurgent” in the context of vote counting.
http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2009/04/26/over-80-percent-counted-lefts-in-the-lead/
With 80% counted it’s looking like
Independence – 16
SDA – 20
Left-Greens – 14
Progressives – 9
Citizen’s Movement – 4
Yeah, that’s what it means. Early in the count the Left-Greens were running in second place.
Do you know much about the Citizens’ Movement? I know they’re a coalition of some of the groups who protested earlier on in the year and helped bring down the government, and they support “democratic reforms” but not much detail.
I have a feeling that L-G lost a significant amount of the protest/progressive vote to the CM.