Centre-left wins Iceland election

[Posteritatis]

Source: BBC News

Iceland's ruling centre-left government looks set to have won a major victory in the country's early elections.

Preliminary results show the coalition has won 35 of the 63 seats available, its first ever parliamentary majority.

Iceland has been one of the countries most dramatically affected by the global economic crisis.

The conservative Independence party, which resigned in January amid widespread protests over the economy, won 15 seats and has conceded defeat.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8017927.stm

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Well, nice - both for it happening and for the defeated party being rather more civilized about it than I've seen in Canada or the US lately.