Candidate lists.

• Each candidate list submitted shall be accompanied by:

a. a confirmation of the registered name and the letter of the alphabet allocated to the candidate list of any new political organisation, 

b. a declaration by all persons on the list that they have authorised the inclusion of their name on the list, signed in their own hand or by a fully valid electronic signature,

c. a notification from the political organisation putting forward the list indicating which two persons are the agents for the list, who shall receive complaints of any deficiencies of the candidature.

• In addition to the documents under paragraph 1, each candidate list submitted for elections to the Althingi shall be accompanied by the following:

a. a declaration of support for the list from voters in the constituency in question, specifying the name, domicile address and personal identification number (kennitala) of each nomination subscriber; the number of nomination subscribers shall be a multiple of the number of parliamentary seats in the constituency and the figures 30 at minimum and 40 at maximum,

b. a declaration by the nomination subscribers identifying the political organisation for which the list is submitted; all lists submitted for the same political organisation shall be counted together when adjustment seats are allocated under Article 110; if such a declaration is missing, the list will be regarded as a separate candidature.

• In addition to the documents under paragraph 1, each candidate list submitted for a municipal election shall be accompanied by a declaration of support for the list from voters in the municipality in question. The name, domicile address and personal identification number (kennitala) of each nomination subscriber shall be specified. No nomination subscribers are required in municipalities with 100 residents or fewer. The maximum number of nomination subscribers shall be double the required minimum number. The minimum number of nomination subscribers shall be as follows:

a. in a municipality with 101–500 residents, 10 nomination subscribers,

b. in a municipality with 501-2000 residents, 20 nomination subscribers,

c. in a municipality with 2,001-10,000 residents, 40 nomination subscribers,

d. in a municipality with 10,001-50,000 residents, 80 nomination subscribers,

e. in a municipality with over 50,000 residents, 160 nomination subscribers.

• If the person who decides the composition of a candidate list or confirms it finally in accordance with the rules of the political organisation raises an objection against the list being put forward for that political organisation, the candidate list shall not be considered to be entered on behalf of that organisation.


• No persons may stand on more than one candidate list in the same election. No single voter may subscribe to the nomination of more than one candidate list in the same election. The candidates on a list are not permitted to be its nomination subscribers. Electoral commission members are not permitted to be nomination subscribers of a candidate list.


• Registers Iceland may, at the request of the National Electoral Commission, link data from lists of nomination subscribers with its national registry, providing that the conditions of the Act on Data Protection and the Processing of Personal Data are satisfied, and check whether a particular person has the right to vote. Registers Iceland shall also grant the National Electoral Commission and the senior electoral commissions of municipalities electronic access to the lists.