Pirate Party fails to top vote in Iceland as PM resigns

Iceland’s anti-establishment Pirate Party has failed to make the gains predicted by opinion polls in the country’s general election.

Despite its share of the vote tripling since the last election in 2013, it was third, with 15%. But its leader, Birgitta Jonsdottir, said she was satisfied with the result.

The Pirate Party could still have a role to play in a new coalition government because no party won an overall majority.