Voters in Iceland joined a global trend of punishing incumbents in a parliamentary election, with a centre-left party winning the largest share of votes.
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00:00Iceland's Social Democrats have won the largest share of votes in Saturday's parliamentary
00:07election.
00:09With all votes tallied on Sunday, the center-left party more than doubled its total number of
00:14seats, unseating the ruling coalition of the past seven years.
00:19Its leader Kristján Fróstadóttir is among the favorites to become prime minister, vowing
00:24to tackle a cost-of-living crisis through the Nordic welfare model.
00:29Voters voted Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy
00:34forced the country's prime minister to call an early election.
00:38All the parties in the governing coalition saw their seat count decline, with the left
00:43Greens losing all eight of its parliamentary seats.
00:47While counting was delayed in some areas by snowstorms, election turnout was high by international
00:53standards, with 80 percent of registered voters casting ballots.
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