The election period is four years and regular elections to the Althingi shall take place at the end of the election period. The beginning and end of the term of office shall be based on the same day of the week in the month, counting from the end of the month.

If Althingi is dissolved, the elections for Althingi shall take place on the day when the dissolution takes effect.

Constituency is a geographical delimitation of the area in which a voter exercises the right to vote. There are six constituencies for the President of Iceland, depending on the boundaries of the municipalities, with Reykjavík being divided into two electoral districts:

• North-Western Constituency

• North-Eastern Constituency

• Southern Constituency

• South-Western Constituency

• Reykjavík South

• Reykjavík North

All Icelandic citizens who have reached the age of 18 at the time of polling and are
domiciled in Iceland are entitled to vote in elections to the Althingi.

Icelandic citizens who have reached the age of 18 and have been domiciled in Iceland are
entitled to vote for sixteen years after transferring their domicile from Iceland. After that
period, they must apply to Registers Iceland to be added to the electoral register.

A decision to add a person’s name to the electoral register shall be valid for four years as of the 1 December immediately following the submission of the application.