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It is the second election in Iceland in just 12 months. (Photo: Eivind Sætre/norden.org)

Iceland set to re-elect scandal-hit prime minister

Iceland's opposition Left Green Movement (LGM) was leading in opinion polls until very recently - but now voter surveys suggest the Independence Party, historically Iceland's largest party, will remain in that role and lead a new government after Saturday's (28 October) elections.

The latest opinion poll published on Thursday by Frettabladid predicts that the leader of the Independence Party, (IP), Bjarni Benediktsson, still holds t...

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