Reykjavik - Iceland was set to get its first leftist majority government since its founding 65 years ago, latest election returns early Sunday showed.
With 82 per cent of the ballots counted, the Social Democrats and Greens had gained 52.7 per cent of the vote in Saturday's parliamentary elections.
This would give the coalition 34 seats in the 63-seat Althing parliament.
In the last elections four years ago, the Social Democrats and Greens had garnered 41.1 per cent of the vote.