Pirate Party Grasps for Power as Icelanders Cast Their Votes
- Some 250,000 eligible voters taking part in snap election
- Surveys point to defeat for incumbent conservative government
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Icelanders started voting in a snap election that polls show could propel the populist Pirate Party into a ruling coalition after the sitting conservative government became tainted by the Panama Papers scandal.
Braving rain, gusty winds and temperatures not far above freezing, Icelanders starting voting at 9 a.m. on Saturday across the north Atlantic island. Voting closes at 10 p.m. with final results not expected until late into the night.