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Municipal elections took place in Iceland on 31 May 2014. 66% of eligible voters cast votes, the lowest proportion since Iceland gained independence.^[1]

As part of a pledge, Mayor Jón Gnarr's Best Party did not participate in the election and was dissolved after the election was held.^[2]

Results

Overall


Party		Seats	+/–
	Independence Party	120	+3
	Progressive Party	56	+5
	Social Democratic Alliance	35	-7
	Bright Future	11	New
	Left-Green Movement	9	-6
	Pirate Party	1	+1
	Liberal Party	0	-1
	Other party lists	178	-14
	Independents	94	0
Total		504	-8

Source: Statistics Iceland, Statistics Iceland

Results in Reykjavík


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Democratic Alliance	17,426	31.89	5	+2
	Independence Party	14,031	25.68	4	–1
	Bright Future	8,539	15.63	2	New
	Progressive Party	5,865	10.73	2	+2
	Left-Green Movement	4,553	8.33	1	0
	Pirate Party	3,238	5.93	1	New
	Dawn	774	1.42	0	New
	People's Front of Iceland	219	0.40	0	New
Total		54,645	100.00	15	0

Valid votes		54,645	96.04
Invalid/blank votes		2,251	3.96
Total votes		56,896	100.00
Source: Visir

In total, 56,896 votes were cast. Of these, 2,024 were blank and 227 were invalid.

On 11 June 2014, a coalition was announced of the Social Democrats, Bright Future, the Left-Greens, and the Pirate Party. Dagur B. Eggertsson, of the Social Democrats, became the new mayor, while the Left-Green councillor Sóley Tómasdóttir became president of the city council and Sigurður Björn Blöndal of Bright Future became the city council chairperson.^[3] The coalition did not invite Progressive Party councillors onto the city’s councils and committees, with Sóley Tómasdóttir saying that the party was not “suitable” for the jobs; this has been taken partly to relate to the councillors' opposition to the Reykjavík Mosque.^[4]

References

^ Kári Tulinius, 'So What's this City Election I Keep Hearing About?', The Reykjavík Grapevine (2014, issue 7), 8.
^ "After four years, Iceland's notorious Reykjavik comic mayor leaves politics". Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2014-07-22.
^ Paul Fontaine, 'Meet Reykjavík’s New Ruling Coalition', The Reykjavík Grapevine, June 12, 2014, http://grapevine.is/news/2014/06/12/meet-reykjaviks-new-ruling-coalition/.
^ Paul Fontaine, 'Progressives Shut Out Of City Committees', The Reykjavík Grapevine, June 16, 2014, http://grapevine.is/news/2014/06/16/progressives-shut-out-of-city-committees/.