First women-majority parliament in Iceland

Iceland has elected a women-majority parliament, a landmark for gender equality in the North Atlantic island nation, in a vote that saw centrist parties make the biggest gains. After all votes were counted on Sunday, women candidates held 33 seats in 63-seat parliament, the Althing. The three parties in the outgoing coalition government led by Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir won a total of 37 seats in Saturday’s vote, two more than in the last election, and appeared likely to continue in power. Experts said the gender quotas implemented by left-leaning parties for the past decade had managed to create a new norm.