Iceland misses on Europe’s earliest female-majority parliament after recount

Iceland misses on Europe’s earliest female-majority parliament after recount

Iceland quickly believed they have made history by electing European countries’s first female-majority parliament – before a recount confirmed it had just fallen brief.

Some 30 of the 63 chair (47.6%) comprise claimed by lady.

But earlier on effects have confirmed females winning 33 seats (52percent).

No European nation enjoys broken the 50% threshold, with Sweden coming closest at 47%, based on facts from Inter Parliamentary Union.

The outcome suggest a further six female currently elected to Iceland’s parliament, but males nonetheless keep a lot of chair. Continue reading “Iceland misses on Europe’s earliest female-majority parliament after recount”