Editing Reykjavík (section)

===Political control===
The [[Independence Party (Iceland)|Independence Party]] was historically the city's ruling party; it had an overall majority from its establishment in 1929 until 1978, when it narrowly lost. From 1978 until 1982, there was a three-party coalition composed of the [[People's Alliance (Iceland)|People's Alliance]], the [[Social Democratic Party (Iceland)|Social Democratic Party]], and the [[Progressive Party (Iceland)|Progressive Party]]. In 1982, the Independence Party regained an overall majority, which it held for three consecutive terms. The 1994 election was won by Reykjavíkurlistinn (the R-list), an alliance of Icelandic socialist parties, led by [[Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir]]. This alliance won a majority in three consecutive elections, but was dissolved for the 2006 election when five different parties were on the ballot. The Independence Party won seven seats, and together with the one Progressive Party it were able to form a new majority in the council which took over in June 2006.

In October 2007, a new majority was formed on the council, consisting of members of the Progressive Party, the [[Social Democratic Alliance]], the [[Left-Green Movement|Left-Greens]] and the F-list (liberals and independents), after controversy regarding REI, a subsidiary of OR, the city's energy company. However, three months later the F-list formed a new majority together with the Independence Party. [[Ólafur Friðrik Magnússon|Ólafur F. Magnússon]], the leader of the F-list, was elected mayor on 24 January 2008; further, in March 2009, the Independence Party was due to appoint a new mayor. This changed once again on 14 August 2008 when the fourth coalition of the term was formed, by the Independence Party and the Social Democratic Alliance, with [[Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir]] becoming mayor.

The [[2010 Icelandic municipal elections|City Council election in May 2010]] saw a new political party, [[Besti flokkurinn|The Best Party]], win six of 15 seats, and it formed a coalition with the Social Democratic Alliance; comedian [[Jón Gnarr]] became mayor.<ref name=best>{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10194757.stm | title = Best Party wins polls in Iceland's Reykjavík | access-date = 30 May 2010 | date = 30 May 2010 | publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> At the 2014 election, the Social Democratic Alliance had its best showing yet, gaining five seats in the council, while [[Bright Future (Iceland)|Bright Future]] (successor to the Best Party) received two seats and the two parties formed a coalition with the [[Left-Green movement]] and the [[Pirate Party (Iceland)|Pirate Party]], which won one seat each. The Independence Party had its worst election ever, with only four seats.