Iceland’s anti-establishment Pirate Party is set to make significant gains in the country’s parliamentary elections, but not as big as previously predicted. <br /><br /> Founded only four years ago by former hackers, partial results put the Pirates in third place, behind the conservative Independence Party and Left-Green movement. <br /><br /> The Pirate Party’s leader Birgitta Jonsdottir said: “It’s really incredible also to have been able to help facilitate and create a movement of young and old people that want to participate in co-creating our society.”<br /><br /> Iceland’s centre-right Independence Party appeared to be the biggest winner of the night, with early indications giving it around 30 percent of the vote. <br /><br /> Independence Party Leader Bjarni Benediktsson said: <br />“Well I think it’s too early to say but certainly based on this we hope to continue in government and form a strong new government for Iceland’s future.”<br /><br /> Early results also show Iceland could end up politically split, with no single party or coalition on course to secure an outright majority to form the next government.<br />
