South () is one of the six multi-member

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of the

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, the national

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. The constituency was established in 2003 following the re-organisation of constituencies across Iceland when the Southern constituency was merged with

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of Gerðahreppur, Grindavík, Reykjanesbær, Sandgerði and Vatnsleysustrandarhreppur from the Reykjanes constituency and the municipality of Sveitarfélagið Hornafjörður from the Eastern constituency. South consists of the Southern and Southern Peninsula

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

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. At the 2024 parliamentary election it had 41,002 registered electors.

History

In September 1997

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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. The Althing passed an amendment to the

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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. 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. South was one of six constituencies () established by the "Elections to the Althing Act no. 24/2000" () passed by the Althing in May 2000. The Act initially allocated ten seats to the constituency - nine constituency seats and one compensatory seat.

Electoral system

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

. Constituency seats are allocated using the

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. Compensatory seats (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 threshold compete for compensatory seats.

Election results

Summary

(Excludes compensatory seats.)

Detailed

2020s

=2024

= Results of the 2024 parliamentary election held on 30 November 2024: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Ása Berglind Hjálmarsdóttir (S), 4,136.50 votes; Ásthildur Lóa Þórsdóttir (F), 6,339.00 votes; Guðbrandur Einarsson (C), 3,525.00 votes;

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(D), 6,207.00 votes; Halla Hrund Logadóttir (B), 3,606.00 votes; Karl Gauti Hjaltason (M), 4,174.33 votes; Sigurður Helgi Pálmason (F), 4,767.50 votes; Vilhjálmur Árnason (D), 4,677.75 votes; and Víðir Reynisson (S), 5,490.50 votes. * Compensatory seats - Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (B), 2,894.50 votes.

=2021

= Results of the 2021 parliamentary election held on 25 September 2021: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Ásmundur Friðriksson (D), 4,770.50 votes; Ásthildur Lóa Þórsdóttir (F), 3,835.67 votes; Birgir Þórarinsson (M), 2,199.67 votes;

(D), 7,275.33 votes; Hafdís Hrönn Hafsteinsdóttir (B), 4,742.67 votes; Jóhann Friðrik Friðriksson (B), 5,917.17 votes; Oddný G. Harðardóttir (S), 2,259.33 votes; Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (B), 7,096.33 votes; and Vilhjálmur Árnason (D), 6,057.17 votes. * Compensatory seats - Guðbrandur Einarsson (C), 1,835.67 votes.

2010s

=2017

= Results of the 2017 parliamentary election held on 28 October 2017: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Ari Trausti Guðmundsson (V), 3,308.00 votes; Ásmundur Friðriksson (D), 5,588.00 votes; Birgir Þórarinsson (M), 3,991.33 votes; Karl Gauti Hjaltason (F), 2,497.67 votes; Oddný G. Harðardóttir (S), 2,650.67 votes; Páll Magnússon (D), 6,917.83 votes; Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (B), 5,227.50 votes; Silja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir (B), 3,914.50 votes; Vilhjálmur Árnason (D), 4,723.17 votes. * Compensatory seats - Smári McCarthy (P), 1,959.00 votes.

=2016

= Results of the 2016 parliamentary election held on 29 October 2016: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Ari Trausti Guðmundsson (V), 2,742.00 votes; Ásmundur Friðriksson (D), 7,306.25 votes; Jóna Sólveig Elínardóttir (C), 1,978.33 votes; Páll Magnússon (D), 8,444.88 votes; Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (B), 5,104.75 votes; Silja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir (B), 3,859.25 votes; Smári McCarthy (P), 3,428.33 votes;

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(D), 5,318.25 votes; and Vilhjálmur Árnason (D), 6,390.88 votes. * Compensatory seats - Oddný G. Harðardóttir (S), 1,721.00 votes.

=2013

= Results of the 2013 parliamentary election held on 27 April 2013: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Ásmundur Friðriksson (D), 5,421.0 votes; Haraldur Einarsson (B), 5,783.6 votes; Oddný G. Harðardóttir (S), 2,714.3 votes; Páll Jóhann Pálsson (B), 6,945.6 votes;

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(D), 7,519.9 votes; Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (B), 9,256.3 votes; Silja Dögg Gunnarsdóttir (B), 8,099.8 votes;

(D), 6,605.9 votes; and Vilhjálmur Árnason (D), 4,791.9 votes. * Compensatory seats - Páll Valur Björnsson (A), 1,199.0 votes.

2000s

=2009

= Results of the 2009 parliamentary election held on 25 April 2009: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Árni Johnsen (D), 4,781.2 votes; Atli Gíslason (V), 4,579.7 votes; Björgvin G. Sigurðsson (S), 6,925.3 votes; Eygló Harðardóttir (B), 3,993.7 votes; Oddný G. Harðardóttir (S), 6,344.0 votes;

(D), 6,903.7 votes; Róbert Marshall (S), 5,094.3 votes; Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (B), 5,363.0 votes; and

(D), 4,897.8 votes. * Compensatory seats - Margrét Tryggvadóttir (O), 1,374.0 votes.

=2007

= Results of the 2007 parliamentary election held on 12 May 2007: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Árni Johnsen (D), 6,284.1 votes; Árni Mathiesen (D), 8.904.2 votes; Atli Gíslason (V), 2,493.3 votes; Bjarni Harðarson (B), 3,554.2 votes; Björgvin G. Sigurðsson (S), 6,737.5 votes; Björk Guðjónsdóttir (D), 5,965.2 votes; Guðni Ágústsson (B), 4,700.0 votes; Kjartan Ólafsson (D), 7,054.2 votes; and Lúðvík Bergvinsson (S), 4,958.0 votes. * Compensatory seats - Grétar Mar Jónsson (F), 1,755.7 votes.

=2003

= Results of the 2003 parliamentary election held on 10 May 2003: The following candidates were elected: * Constituency seats - Árni Ragnar Árnason (D), 7,214.5 votes; Björgvin G. Sigurðsson (S), 5,569.5 votes; Drífa Hjartardóttir (D), 5,911.8 votes; Guðjón Hjörleifsson (D), 4,807.8 votes; Guðni Ágústsson (B), 5,905.2 votes; Hjálmar Árnason (B), 4,441.7 votes; Lúðvík Bergvinsson (S), 6,433.0 votes; Magnús Þór Hafsteinsson (F), 2,188.0 votes; and Margrét Frímannsdóttir (S), 7,404.6 votes. * Compensatory seats -

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(S), 4,652.5 votes.

Notes

References

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