Iceland leans toward leftist government in snap election


  • World
  • Sunday, 29 Oct 2017

Left-Green Movement members and supporters react as they watch the first results of the snap parliamentary election in Reykjavik, Iceland October 28, 2017. REUTERS/Geirix

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Icelanders, angry over a string of political scandals, ousted their centre-right government in an election that could pave the way for a charismatic young opposition leader to form a left-leaning coalition, final vote counts showed on Sunday.

With the defeat of incumbent Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson's coalition government, his main opponent, the Left-Green Movement's Katrin Jakobsdottir, is likely to get a chance to form a narrow majority in parliament.

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