The Social democrats today voted for a new deputy leader at their national conference. The prominent Reykjavik councillor and former mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson won the spot with around two-thirds of the vote.

Dagur promised to re-invigorate ties between the Party and local governments; an area he feels the party has always cared greatly about, but which needs working on.

Johanna Sigurdardottir has been elected party leader of the Icelandic Social Democrats (Samfylkingin) with nearly all votes. Dagur B. Eggertsson will be her second in charge. He got over 65 percent of votes, beating Arni Pall Arnason.

Elections for the Independence party leadership (Sjálfstæðflokkurinn) will take place tomorrow.

These early party elections are in preperation for the Icelandic parliamentary elections due April 25th this year.

The two parties in Iceland’s interim coalition government would secure 38 of parliament’s 63 seats if elections were held today, according to a new Capacent-Gallup poll. Read the full story

Johanna Sigurdardottir, Prime Minister of Iceland has confirmed that she will stand as a candidate to become the next chairman of the Social Democrats, mbl.is reports. Party members will vote for a new leader at their national convention held 27-29 March. Read the full story

A recent MMR poll asked Icelanders who they would rather have as the chairman of the Social Democrats, Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir (the current chairman), or Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson. Read the full story

Head of Iceland’s Social Democrats and former Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir has confirmed that she intends to run for parliament again at the upcoming elections in April. Read the full story

It seems unlikely Iceland’s new Social Democrat and Left Green coalition with Progressive Party support will be unveiled before the end of the weekend.

Progressive Party members are said to need more time to discuss the issues and implications of working with the SD and the Greens.

The parliamentary group of the Progressive Party met on Friday and the Left Green Party and the Social Democrats are meeting this morning. MBL.is reports that the topics of the private meetings are not being made public beforehand.