Western (Icelandic: Vesturland) was one of the multi-member constituencies of the Althing, the national legislature of Iceland. The constituency was established...
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to the Althing. It was renamed Northwest in 2003 when the Western and Westfjords constituencies were merged into the Northwestern constituency following...
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Jóhann Ársælsson (category Members of the Althing 1991–1995)
politician and former member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, he represented the Western constituency from May 1991 to April 1995 and...
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Gísli S. Einarsson (category Members of the Althing 1991–1995)
politician and former member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, he represented the Western constituency from September 1993 to May 2003...
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Lúðvík Bergvinsson (category Members of the Althing 1995–1999)
Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, he represented the Southern constituency from April 1995 to May 2003 and the South constituency from...
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governed as an independent commonwealth under the native parliament, the Althing, one of the world's oldest functioning legislative assemblies. After a...
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and financial powers to the Althing and increased the number of members from 27 to 36. The 30 elected members of the Althing were elected from single or...
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could vote. The 30 elected members of the Althing were elected from single or double member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, with six members...
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September 1900. The 30 elected members of the Althing were elected from single or double member constituencies by a three-round system; in the first two rounds...
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This is a list of the members of the Iceland Althing (Parliament) from 1995 till 1999....
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October 1911. The 30 elected members of the Althing were elected from single or double member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, with six members...
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This is a list of the members of the Iceland Althing (Parliament) from 1999 till 2003. Replaced by Jónína Bjartmarz in 2000. Replaced by Sigríður Ingvarsdóttir...
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in June 1902. The 30 elected members of the Althing were elected from single or double member constituencies by a three-round system; in the first two rounds...
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in June 1903. The 30 elected members of the Althing were elected from single or double member constituencies by a three-round system; in the first two rounds...
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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (category Members of the Althing 1978–1979)
Reykjavík constituency), she was re-elected deputy speaker of the Althing. The 2007 elections, which she contested from the Reykjavík North constituency, saw...
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on 8 May 1999. The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Althing, winning 26 of the 63 seats. The coalition government of the Independence...
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September 1880. The 30 elected members of the Althing were elected from single or double member constituencies by a three-round system; in the first two rounds...
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in June 1886. The 30 elected members of the Althing were elected from single or double member constituencies by a three-round system; in the first two rounds...
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areas of Iceland that roughly follow the arrangement of parliamentary constituencies as they were between 1959 and 2003. These regions are not incorporated...
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Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 14 of the 40 seats. Breakaway from the Independence Party Dieter...
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Sturla Böðvarsson (category Speakers of the Althing)
of the Althing between 2007 and 2009. He is a member of the Independence Party and has been a member of the Althing since 1991, from the Western Constituency...
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Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 15 of the 40 seats. Breakaway from the Independence Party Dieter...
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in June 1894. The 30 elected members of the Althing were elected from single or double member constituencies by a three-round system; in the first two rounds...
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September 1892. The 30 elected members of the Althing were elected from single or double member constituencies by a three-round system; in the first two rounds...
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Guðrún Ögmundsdóttir (category Members of the Althing)
Democratic Alliance who was an elected member of the Althing representing the Reykjavík North constituency from 1999 to 2007. She also twice served on Reykjavík...
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the Progressive Party received 17.2% of the vote and 12 seats in the Althing. On 15 September 2004, Halldór Ásgrímsson of the Progressive Party took...
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Jóhanna María Sigmundsdóttir (category Members of the Althing)
1991) is an Icelandic politician. She was a member of the Althing for the Northwest Constituency from 2013 to 2016. Jóhanna completed her agricultural science...
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Independence Party won the 2007 elections, increasing their seat tally in the Althing by 3. It formed a new coalition government under Geir Haarde with the Social...
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Magnús Stefánsson (category Members of the Althing)
He has been member of the Althing (Iceland's parliament) for the Progressive Party for the Western Iceland constituency (1995–99; 2001–03) and for the...
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responsible for settling political questions, and variants included the Althing in Iceland and the Løgting in the Faeroe Islands. The veche, found in Eastern...
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