X-Y's Electoral Blaze of Glory

Election Update: For those of you who have been waiting with baited breath to see the results of last week's student elections.. the numbers are in. As might have been predicted, Alþýðulistinn, aka. The People's Party aka. X-Y for Yes, played a decisive role in the outcome.

(Editor's Note: MOOHAHA - kingdoms shall fall beneath us.)

But back to Reykjavík and the treacherous quagmire that is Student Politics..

In the end, the Less Healthy Party (LHP) and the More Healthy Party (MHP) won 4 seats each, meaning that the deciding vote on student council now belongs to the Down With Food-Bribery Party (aka. Háskólalistinn), a fairly marginal yet earnest party that the Duck may have forgotten to mention in her previous article. She frankly admires the Down With Food-Bribery Party for its stance on the issue of nutrition. She is happy that they at last have a little well-deserved power. If only the rest of the world would follow their example.

But back to the People's Party. In the end, they had far and above the highest ratio of existance-time vs. number of votes, with a stunning average of nearly 10 votes for each day of their existance, in all a crushing 100 votes: 3.0% of the total.

Laugh if you dare. But it appears that Alþýðulistinn has played a crucial role in deciding the outcome of the election. Despite protests from the MHP that we were likely to rob them of the votes needed to topple the LHP from Student Council power, when it came down to hard numbers, the LHP lacked a crucial 25 votes that would have given it its 5th seat (and thus, a majority) - 25 votes that the People's Party clearly gleaned away from them. It is, after all, a party for all people. Especially ones who hang out in Árnagarður over lunch discussing history and/or the irregularities of Icelandic grammar.

The People's Party: One Day, You Too Can Rule the World!