Icelanders are electing a new parliament after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug on his coalition government and call early elections.

Voters head to the polls in Iceland to choose a new parliament in a fragmented political landscape.

Icelanders voted to elect a new parliament Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug on his coalition government and call an early election.

It is Iceland’s sixth general election since the 2008 financial crisis devastated the economy of the North Atlantic island nation.

Icelanders went to the polls after Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson ended his coalition government and called an early election. It's Iceland’s sixth general election since the 2008 financial crisis devastated its economy and ushered in a new era of political instability.

Iceland’s opposition Social Democrats won snap parliamentary elections as the ruling bloc faced voter discontent with high costs of living and housing shortages.