Eligibility to stand for election.

Anyone entitled to vote under Article 3 and in possession of full civil rights may stand for election to the Althingi. However, Supreme Court Justices are not eligible for election to the Althingi. 

Anyone entitled to vote in a municipality under Article 4 and in possession of full civil rights may stand for election to the municipal council.  

No one is considered to be in possession of full civil rights who has been sentenced for a criminal offence if the sentence is an unsuspended term of imprisonment, from the date of pronouncement of sentence until the sentence has been served in full. 

Eligibility to stand for election as President of Iceland is governed by Article 4 of the Constitution.