Investigations of elections to the Althingi and invalidation.

• The Althingi shall make rulings on the validity of parliamentary elections, the eligibility of MPs to stand and their election, on its own initiative or on the basis of a complaint received. The Althingi shall also make rulings on the validity of disputed ballot papers.


• The National Electoral Commission submits to the Althingi a reasoned opinion on any complaints regarding the validity of polls and on the assessment of incoming MPs’ eligibility for election and the validity of disputed ballot papers. The Commission shall also provide the Althingi with all documents and information required by the Althingi for its deliberations under this Article.


• The Althingi shall invalidate the election of an MP:

a. if he or she is ineligible for election,

b. if his or her candidature or election is flawed in a manner likely to have affected the result of the election,

c. if flaws relating to his or her candidature or election may be attributed to deliberate and material irregularities for which the candidate or the candidate’s agents or nomination subscribers are responsible, even if these irregularities did not affect the result of the election; if the irregularities concern the list as a whole, the same shall apply to all MPs elected from the list,

d. if he or she stood for election on two lists in a constituency or constituencies in the same elections to the Althingi.

• In the event that the Althingi rules that the election of an entire candidate list in a constituency is invalid, a repeat election shall be held there.