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Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir: The left-green politician was punished in the parliamentary elections
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The left-green Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, has been punished by the voters.
Your three-party coalition still has a parliamentary majority, but according to the projections, the balance of power among the alliance partners is shifting quite significantly.
According to the preliminary figures, Jakobsdóttir's left-green movement will only become the third strongest force with around 12.6 percent.
It is overtaken by the Progressive Party, which after strong gains comes to around 17.3 percent and is thus the undisputed election winner.
The strongest force remains the conservative independence party of finance minister and ex-head of government Bjarni Benediktsson (24.4 percent).
As far as the sexes are concerned, the balance of power in the Icelandic parliament changed over the weekend: Iceland is now the first country in Europe with a predominantly female parliament.
According to projections, 33 of the 63 seats in the Althing are women.
This corresponds to 52 percent.
First majority female parliament in Europe
In no other European country does the proportion of women in parliament exceed 50 percent.
Sweden comes closest with 47 percent.
According to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, there are only five other countries in the world with at least half of their parliaments being women: Rwanda (61 percent), Cuba (53 percent), Nicaragua (51 percent) as well as Mexico and the United Arab Emirates (50 percent each ).
There is no statutory quota for women in parliament in Iceland.
The island nation has long been a pioneer in matters of equality and women's rights: Iceland was the first country to elect a woman as president in 1980;
the first law on equal pay dates from 1961.
Löw / dpa / AFP