Iceland goes to polls in general election Voters in Iceland are set to hit the polling booths to decide the next government. Social Democrat Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir leads a centre-left coalition. But her cabinet is widely expected to suffer defeat at the hands of a coalition between the conservative Independence Party and the Progressives.\nShe is retiring and many analysts are predicting a triumphant return for the centre-right on pledges to ease off deep austerity cuts. It would be a dramatic turnaround after they were ousted in the wake of Iceland's banking fiasco in 2008.\nThis would leave the Independence Party leader Bjarni Benediktsson and Progressives Party head Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson in a contest for Prime Minister.\nBut whoever wins the title