National Awakening (Iceland)

For the Indonesian political party, see National Awakening Party.

Political party in Iceland

National Awakening

Þjóðvaki – Hreyfing Fólksins

Leader| Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Founded| 1994
Dissolved| 2000
Split from| Social Democratic Party
Merged into| Social Democratic Alliance
Ideology| Social democracy
Political position| Centre-left
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National Awakening – People's Movement (Icelandic: Þjóðvaki – Hreyfing Fólksins, ÞPM) was a social-democratic[1][2] political party in Iceland. The party was founded around Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, future Prime Minister of Iceland.[3]

## History

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The party was formed in 1994 in preparation for the 1995 parliamentary election; one of the co-founders was Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir after she lost an internal election for the leadership of the Social Democratic Party.[4] She was joined by members of the People's Alliance. In the 1995 parliamentary elections, the party won 7.2% of the vote and four seats.[3]

On 2 October 1996, its members of parliament joined the Social Democratic Party to form a unified parliamentary group. For the 1999 parliamentary elections it formed the United Front electoral alliance with the Social Democratic Party and the People's Alliance and the Women's List, winning 30% of the vote and 20 seats.[4][5] In 2000, the parties merged with to form the Social Democratic Alliance.

## Electoral results

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Election  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/–  | Position  | Government

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1995 | 11,806  | 7.2  |

4 / 63

|  4  |  5th  | Opposition

## References

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1. ^ Svanur Kristjánsson (2006). "Iceland: A Parliamentary Democracy with a Semi-presidential Constitution". In Kaare Strøm; Wolfgang C. Müller (eds.). Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies. OUP Oxford. p. 402\. ISBN 978-0-19-929160-1.
2. ^ Bale, Tim (2021). Riding the populist wave: Europe's mainstream right in crisis. Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 35\. ISBN 978-1-009-00686-6. OCLC 1256593260.
3. ^ a b Sverrir Jakobsson; Gudmundur Halfdanarson, eds. (2016). Historical Dictionary of Iceland. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 254\. ISBN 978-1-4422-6291-1.
4. ^ a b Peter Lamb (2015). Historical Dictionary of Socialism. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 219\. ISBN 978-1-4422-5827-3.
5. ^ Svanur Kristjánsson; Indridi Indridason (2011). "Iceland: Dramatic Shifts". In Torbjörn Bergman; Kaare Strøm (eds.). The Madisonian Turn: Political Parties and Parliamentary Democracy in Nordic Europe. University of Michigan Press. pp. 162, 165. ISBN 978-0-472-11747-5.

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