Northeast ( is, Norðaustur) is one of the six multi-member constituencies of the

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, the national

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. The constituency was established as Northeastern ( is, Norðurland eystra) in 1959 following the nationwide extension of

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for elections to the Althing. It was renamed Northeast in 2003 when most of the Eastern constituency was merged into the Northeastern constituency following the re-organisation of constituencies across Iceland. Northeast consists of the regions of Eastern and

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. The constituency currently elects nine of the 63 members of the Althing using the

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. At the 2021 parliamentary election it had 29,847 registered electors.

Electoral system

Northeast currently elects nine of the 63 members of the Althing using the

. Constituency seats are allocated using the

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s (equalisation seas) are calculated based on the national vote and are allocated using the D'Hondt method at the constituency level. Only parties that reach the 5% national

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compete for compensatory seats.

Election results

Summary

(Excludes compensatory seats.)

Detailed

2020s

=2021

= Results of the 2021 parliamentary election held on 25 September 2021: The following candidates were elected:

Berglind Ósk Guðmundsdóttir Berglind may refer to: * Berglind (given name), an Icelandic feminine given name * Berglind (surname), a Swedish surname {{dab ...

(D), 3,263.75 votes;

Bjarkey Gunnarsdóttir Bjarkey Gunnarsdóttir is an Icelandic politician. She has served as a member of the Parliament of Iceland The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Icelandic, , anglicised as ' or ') is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is one ...

(V), 3,013.50 votes; Ingibjörg Ólöf Isaksen (B), 5,981.33 votes; Jakob Frímann Magnússon (F), 2,004.00 votes; Jódís Skúladóttir (V), 2,284.50 votes;

Líneik Anna Sævarsdóttir Líneik Anna Sævarsdóttir (born 3 November 1964) is an Icelandic politician who is a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for the Northeast Constituency Northeast ( is, Norðaustur) is one of the six multi-member constituencies of t ...

(B), 4,998.67 votes;

Logi Már Einarsson Logi Már Einarsson (born 21 August 1964, in Akureyri) is an Icelandic politician and architect. Early life and education Logi grew up in Akureyri and took stúdentspróf from Menntaskólinn á Akureyri in 1985. He studied architecture at the ...

(S), 2,454.33 votes;

Njáll Trausti Friðbertsson Njáll Trausti Friðbertsson (born 31 December 1969) is an Icelandic Independence Party (Iceland), Independence Party politician. He was elected to the Althing in 2016 Icelandic parliamentary election, 2016, by the Northeast (Althing constituency) ...

(D), 4,291.75 votes;

Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (; born 12 March 1975) is an Icelandic politician who was the prime minister of Iceland from May 2013 until April 2016. He was also chairman of the Progressive Party from 2009 to October 2016. He was elected to th ...

(M), 2,080.33 votes; and Þórarinn Ingi Pétursson (B), 4,016.33 votes.

2010s

=2017

= Results of the 2017 parliamentary election held on 28 October 2017: The following candidates were elected:

Albertína Friðbjörg Elíasdóttir Albertína Friðbjörg Elíasdóttir (born 17 February 1980 in Ísafjörður) is an Icelandic politician from the Social Democratic Alliance. She was a member of the Icelandic Parliament (Althing) from 2017 to 2021. Life Albertína Friðbjörg E ...

(S), 2,454.75 votes;

Anna Kolbrún Árnadóttir Anna Kolbrún Árnadóttir (16 April 1970 – 9 May 2023) was an Icelandic politician. She was a member of Alþingi from 2017 to 2021 as a member of the Centre Party. She served as a deputy member from 2021 until her death. Before becoming a m ...

(M), 3,292.50 votes;

(V), 3,582.50 votes;

Kristján Þór Júlíusson Kristján Þór Júlíusson (15 July 1957 in Dalvík) is an Icelandic politician, a member of Alþingi and the current Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture.http://www.althingi.is/cv_en.php4?ksfaerslunr=110 Official page at the Alþingi He com ...

(D), 4,736.25 votes;

(B), 2,530.25 votes;

(S), 3,268.00 votes;

(D), 3,585.25 votes;

(M), 4,368.00 votes;

Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Steingrímur Jóhann Sigfússon (born 4 August 1955) is an Icelandic politician. He has been a member of the Althing (Icelandic parliament) since 1983 and was the founding chairman of the Left-Green Movement (''Vinstri hreyfingin – grænt fram ...

(V), 4,450.00 votes; and

Þórunn Egilsdóttir Þórunn Egilsdóttir (; 23 November 1964 – 9 July 2021) was an Icelandic politician who was a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for the Northeast Constituency from 2013 until her death, and she also served as chairman of the parli ...

(B), 3,369.50 votes.

=2016

= Results of the 2016 parliamentary election held on 29 October 2016: The following candidates were elected:

Benedikt Jóhannesson Benedikt Jóhannesson (born 4 May 1955) is an Icelandic publisher, businessman and politician. He is the founder and former chairman of Viðreisn and served as Iceland's Minister of Finance from 11 January 2017 to 30 November 2017. Benedikt is ...

(C), 1,467.33 votes;

(V), 3,433.50 votes;

Einar Aðalsteinn Brynjólfsson Einar is a Scandinavian given name deriving from the Old Norse name Einarr, which according to Guðbrandur Vigfússon is directly connected with the concept of the einherjar, warriors who died in battle and ascended to Valhalla in Norse mythology ...

(P), 2,258.67 votes;

(D), 5,958.83 votes;

(S), 1,800.67 votes;

(D), 4,997.00 votes;

(B), 3,729.50 votes;

(V), 4,392.00 votes;

Valgerður Gunnarsdóttir Valgerður Gunnarsdóttir is an Icelandic politician, a member of parliament, member of Alþingi, the Icelandic parliament, and the former headmaster of Laugar Junior College. She was a member of Húsavík town council from 1986 to 1998 and serv ...

(D), 4,006.83 votes; and

(B), 3,564.25 votes.

=2013

= Results of the 2013 parliamentary election held on 27 April 2013: The following candidates were elected:

(V), 2,795.0 votes; Brynhildur Pétursdóttir (A), 1,536.0 votes;

Höskuldur Þórhallsson Höskuldur Þórhallsson (born 8 March 1973) is an Icelandic politician and a former member of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. He is a member of the Progressive Party. He served as President of the Nordic Council The Nordic Counc ...

(B), 7,119.1 votes;

Kristján L. Möller Kristján Lúðvík Möller (born 26 June 1953) is an Icelandic politician. He has been Iceland's Minister of Communications from 2007 to 2010, and a member of the Althing The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Icelandic, , anglicised as ' ...

(S), 2,484.7 votes;

(D), 5,295.5 votes;

(B), 6,133.3 votes;

(B), 8,129.6 votes;

(V), 3,716.8 votes;

(D), 3,996.3 votes; and

(B), 5,116.9 votes.

2000s

=2009

= Results of the 2009 parliamentary election held on 25 April 2009: The following candidates were elected: Birkir Jón Jónsson (B), 5,600.2 votes;

Björn Valur Gíslason Björn Valur Gíslason (born 20 September 1959) is a former member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament (2009–2013). He is a member of the Left-Green Movement. He has been a member of the Icelandic Delegation to the OSCE Parl ...

(V), 4,615.5 votes;

(B), 4,495.0 votes;

Jónína Rós Guðmundsdóttir Jonina Ros Guomundsdottir (born 6 July 1958) is a member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. She is a member of the Social Democratic Alliance. She has been a member of the Icelandic Delegation to the EFTA The Europe ...

(S), 3,557.3 votes;

(S), 5,066.5 votes;

(D), 3,763.5 votes;

Sigmundur Ernir Rúnarsson Sigmundur Ernir Rúnarsson (born 6 March 1961) is a member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. He is a member of the Social Democratic Alliance The Social Democratic Alliance ( is, Samfylkingin - jafnaðarflokkur Íslands) ...

(S), 4,331.2 votes;

(V), 6,925.5 votes;

Tryggvi Þór Herbertsson Tryggvi Þór Herbertsson (born 17 January 1963) is the chairman and founder of Taurus SLF, an independent corporate and investment advisory and was a member of the Icelandic Parliament 2009-2013. Education and academic work Tryggvi Thor Herbert ...

(D), 3,017.5 votes; and

Þuríður Backman Þuríður Backman (born 8 January 1948) is a member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. She is a member of the Left-Green Movement The Left-Green Movement ( is, Vinstrihreyfingin – grænt framboð), officially the Lef ...

(V), 5,675.0 votes.

=2007

= Results of the 2007 parliamentary election held on 12 May 2007: The following candidates were elected: Arnbjörg Sveinsdóttir (D), 5,412.0 votes; Birkir Jón Jónsson (B), 4,760.8 votes;

Einar Már Sigurðarson Einar Már Sigurðarson (born 29 October 1951) is an Icelandic politician. He served as a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) from 1999 to 2009 for the Social Democratic Alliance, first as an MP for the Eastern constituency (1999–2003) ...

(S), 3,621.0 votes;

(B), 3,833.3 votes;

(S), 4,798.7 votes;

(D), 6,432.7 votes;

Ólöf Nordal Ólöf Nordal (3 December 1966 – 8 February 2017) was an Icelandic politician who was the Minister of the Interior of Iceland from 4 December 2014 to 11 January 2017. She died on 8 February 2017. She was a member of the Independence Party. ...

(D), 4,358.5 votes;

(V), 4,552.7 votes;

Valgerður Sverrisdóttir Valgerður Sverrisdóttir (born 23 March 1950) is an Icelandic politician. She was a member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for the Progressive Party for the Northeast constituency starting in 1987 and was Chairman of the Progressive Party ...

(B), 5,628.2 votes; and

(V), 3,401.5 votes.

=2003

= Results of the 2003 parliamentary election held on 10 May 2003: The following candidates were elected: Birkir Jón Jónsson (B), 4,823.5 votes; Dagný Jónsdóttir (B), 5,792.9 votes;

(S), 4,121.2 votes;

Halldór Blöndal Halldór Blöndal (born 24 August 1938, Reykjavík, Iceland) is a politician of the Independence Party (Iceland). He is the son of Kristjana Benediktsdóttir, Bjarni Benediktsson's sister. He worked as a teacher and a journalist from 1959 until ...

(D), 5,325.5 votes;

Jón Kristjánsson Jón Kristjánsson (17 May 1920 – 16 February 1996) was an Icelandic cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It ...

(B), 6,737.0 votes;

(S), 5,462.2 votes;

(U), 3,329.0 votes;

Tómas Ingi Olrich Tómas Ingi Olrich (born 13 February 1943) is an Icelandic politician and former Minister (government), minister and ambassador. Early life and education Tómas was born in Akureyri and educated at the University of Iceland, where he studied ...

(D), 4,036.0 votes;

(B), 7,646.0 votes; and

(U), 2,492.0 votes.

1990s

=1999

= Results of the 1999 parliamentary election held on 8 May 1999: The following candidates were elected:

Árni Steinar Jóhannsson Árni is an Icelandic given name of Old Norse () origin. Notable people with the name include: * Árni Gautur Arason (born 1975), Icelandic football goalkeeper * Árni Már Árnason (born 1987), Icelandic Olympic swimmer * Árni Páll Árnason ( ...

(U), 3,476 votes;

(D), 4,669 votes;

(U), 3,480 votes; Svanfríður Jónasdóttir (S), 2,596 votes;

(D), 4,691 votes; and

(B), 4,458 votes.

=1995

= Results of the 1995 parliamentary election held on 8 April 1995: The following candidates were elected: Guðmundur Kristján Bjarnason (B), 5,965 votes;

(D), 4,587 votes;

(G), 2,715 votes; Svanfríður Jónasdóttir (J), 1,408 votes;

(D), 4,568 votes; and

(B), 5,962 votes.

=1991

= Results of the 1991 parliamentary election held on 20 April 1991: The following candidates were elected: Guðmundur Kristján Bjarnason (B), 5,354 votes;

(D), 3,232 votes;

Jóhannes Geir Sigurgeirsson Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Yeh ...

(B), 5,328 votes; Sigbjörn Gunnarsson (A), 1,475 votes;

(G), 2,788 votes;

(D), 3,700 votes; and

(B), 5,340 votes.

1980s

=1987

= Results of the 1987 parliamentary election held on 25 April 1987: The following candidates were elected:

Árni Gunnarsson Árni Gunnarsson (14 April 1940 – 1 July 2022) was an Icelandic journalist and politician. He was a journalist at Alþýðublaðið and later a news director from 1959 to 1965. He was also a journalist and news director at Ríkisútvarpið and ...

(A), 2,211 votes; Guðmundur Kristján Bjarnason (B), 3,874 votes;

(D), 3,182 votes; Málfríður Sigurðardóttir (V), 986 votes;

Stefán Valgeirsson Stefán is a common first name in Iceland. According to Icelandic custom, people are generally referred to by first and middle names and patronyms are used if disambiguation is required. ''Stefán'' is the Icelandic version of the Greek name Step ...

(J), 1,889 votes;

(G), 2,049 votes; and

(B), 3,874 votes.

=1983

= Results of the 1983 parliamentary election held on 23 April 1983: The following candidates were elected: Guðmundur Kristján Bjarnason (B), 3,971 votes;

(D), 3,412 votes;

Ingvar Gíslason Ingvar Gíslason (28 March 1926 – 17 August 2022) was an Icelandic politician, the minister of education, science and culture from 1980 to 1983 and a speaker of the lower house of the Althing The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Iceland ...

(B), 4,620 votes; Kolbrún Jónsdóttir (C), 623 votes;

Lárus Jónsson Lárus Jónsson (born 28 November 1978) is an Icelandic basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Þór Þorlákshöfn. As a player, he played several seasons in the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla and was a me ...

(D), 3,723 votes;

(B), 4,341 votes; and

(G), 2,308 votes.

1970s

=1979

= Results of the 1979 parliamentary election held on 2 and 3 December 1979: The following candidates were elected:

(A), 1,784 votes; Guðmundur Kristján Bjarnason (B), 4,916 votes;

(D), 2,527 votes;

(B), 5,878 votes;

(D), 2,757 votes; Stefán Jónsson (G), 2,136 votes; and

(B), 5,394 votes.

=1978

= Results of the 1978 parliamentary election held on 25 June 1978: The following candidates were elected:

(A), 2,635 votes;

Bragi Sigurjónsson Bragi Sigurjónsson (9 November 1910 – 29 October 1995) was an Icelandic politician and former minister. External links Non auto-biography of Bragi Sigurjónsson on the parliament website {{DEFAULTSORT:Bragi Sigurjonsson 1910 births 1 ...

(A), 2,857 votes;

(B), 4,146 votes;

Jón G. Sólnes Jón is an Old Norse common name still widely used in Iceland and the Faroes. According to Icelandic custom, people named Jón are generally referred to by first and middle names and those without a middle name are referred to with both first nam ...

(D), 2,901 votes;

(D), 2,695 votes; Stefán Jónsson (G), 2,573 votes; and

(B), 3,803 votes.

=1974

= Results of the 1974 parliamentary election held on 30 June 1974: The following candidates were elected: Ingi Tryggvason (B), 3,974 votes;

(B), 4,802 votes;

(D), 3,656 votes;

(D), 3,354 votes; Stefán Jónsson (G), 1,727 votes; and

(B), 4,409 votes.

=1971

= Results of the 1971 parliamentary election held on 13 June 1971: The following candidates were elected: Björn Jónsson (F), 1,388 votes;

Gísli Guðmundsson Gísli () is an Icelandic and Faroese masculine given name. Gisle is the Norwegian variant of the name. Notable people with the name include: * Gisli Sursson, the protagonist of ''Gísla saga'' * Gisli (contemporary musician), Icelandic solo mu ...

(B), 4,660 votes;

(B), 4,280 votes;

(D), 2,690 votes;

Magnús Jónsson Magnús Jónsson or Magnús prúði (c. 1530 – 1591) was an Icelandic official and poet. He was born to a well-off family and received his education in Iceland and Germany, probably Hamburg. Given his career, the curriculum must have inc ...

(D), 2,937 votes; and

(B), 3,887 votes.

1960s

=1967

= Results of the 1967 parliamentary election held on 11 June 1967: The following candidates were elected: Bjartmar Guðmundsson (D), 1,000 votes; Björn Jónsson (G), 1,568 votes;

(A), 1,357 votes;

(B), 4,524 votes;

(B), 4,145 votes; Jónas G. Rafnar (D), 2,993 votes;

(D), 2,748 votes; and

(B), 3,752 votes.

=1963

= Results of the 1963 parliamentary election held on 9 June 1963: The following candidates were elected: Bjartmar Guðmundsson (D), 952 votes; Björn Jónsson (G), 1,620 votes;

(B), 4,152 votes;

(B), 3,770 votes; Jónas G. Rafnar (D), 2,820 votes;

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(B), 4,526 votes; and

(D), 2,586 votes.

1950s

=October 1959

= Results of the October 1959 parliamentary election held on 25 and 26 October 1959: The following candidates were elected: Bjartmar Guðmundsson (D), 882 votes; Björn Jónsson (G), 1,371 votes;

Friðjón Skarphéðinsson Friðjón Skarphéðinsson (15 April 1909 – 31 March 1996) was an Icelandic politician and former minister for social affairs from December 1958 to November 1959. He served as speaker of the Althing The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in I ...

(A), 1,045 votes;

Garðar Halldórsson Garðar (; ; also spelled Gardar) is an Old Norse word meaning "strongholds", "enclosures" or "settlements". It may refer to: also means Garðar in Icelandic Places and jurisdictions In the meaning "strongholds": * Garðaríki, modern territory o ...

(B), 3,456 votes;

(B), 3,816 votes; Jónas G. Rafnar (D), 2,644 votes;

(B), 4,160 votes; and

(D), 2,424 votes.

References

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