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Women to Dominate Iceland's Parliament for First Time Ever, Reports Suggest
Women to Dominate Iceland's Parliament for First Time Ever, Reports Suggest
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A majority of members in Iceland's new national parliament will be women for the first time in history, final election results seen by... 26.09.2021, Sputnik International
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The tally points to a women-to-men ratio of 33 to 30, according to the Nordic country’s national broadcaster RUV. There were 24 women in the previous legislature.Iceland’s governing three-way coalition retained and consolidated its grip on power after this Saturday’s elections.The center-right Independence Party came out on top with 24.4% of the vote, which translates to 16 seats, followed by the right-wing agrarian Progressive Party at 17.3% or 13 seats, and Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir’s Left Greens at 12.6% or eight seats.
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Women to Dominate Iceland's Parliament for First Time Ever, Reports Suggest
13:11 GMT 26.09.2021 (Updated: 20:26 GMT 19.10.2022) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A majority of members in Iceland's new national parliament will be women for the first time in history, final election results seen by public media show.
The tally points to a women-to-men ratio of 33 to 30, according to the Nordic country’s national broadcaster RUV. There were 24 women in the previous legislature.
Iceland’s governing three-way coalition retained and consolidated its grip on power after this Saturday’s elections.
The center-right Independence Party came out on top with 24.4% of the vote, which translates to 16 seats, followed by the right-wing agrarian Progressive Party at 17.3% or 13 seats, and Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir’s Left Greens at 12.6% or eight seats.