Iceland votes for a new parliament after coalition dissolved

A view of Hallgrimskirkja, the main church of Reykjavík (Marco Di Marco/AP)

Icelanders will elect a new parliament on 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 early elections.

It is Iceland’s sixth general election since the 2008 financial crisis devastated the economy of the North Atlantic island nation and ushered in a new era of political instability.