A Guide to the Parties in Iceland’s Nail-Biter Election

Iceland’s ruling Independence Party, which in September called a snap election amid public outrage over a pedophile scandal, is in a tight race with the Left Green Movement ahead of Saturday’s vote. After trailing for much of the campaign, the latest polls show the party of Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson now ahead by less than 2 percentage points in the nation’s third parliamentary election in four years.

There are a dozen parties competing, although no more than nine of them have a realistic chance of gaining seats in the 63-seat Althing, Iceland’s parliament. The winner of the most seats will likely be asked to form a coalition.