Elections

General elections to the Icelandic parliament, Althingi, were held on 25 April 2009 under the general elections Act from May 2000. There are now six constituencies of which two are in Reykjavík. The total number of voters on the electoral roll was 227,843 or 71.4% of the total population. Participation of voters in the general elections was 193,975 or 85.1% of the total number of voters on the electoral roll.