* Iceland election ends, early results show centre-left win

* Prime minister says vote is historic

* Prime minister wants quick talks to enter EU, adopt euro

(Adds polls close, first results, PM quotes)

By Patrick Lannin

REYKJAVIK, April 25 (Reuters) - Iceland's centre-left parties were heading for victory in an election on Saturday after protests over the country's economic meltdown toppled the previous conservative-led government.

A projection on state television RUV from initial results of the voting, which ended at 2200 GMT, showed the Social Democrat/Left-Green caretaker government that stepped in after the old administration fell would win 35-36 seats, a majority in the 63-seat parliament.

"There is good reason to smile. If this will be the result, it is a historic victory," said Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, the 66-year-old leader of the Social Democratic Alliance.

Voters looked to have punished the centre-right Independence Party, which led the previous coalition government. That administration collapsed in January, widely blamed for last year's crisis in which Iceland's economy imploded as its banks collapsed under the weight of vast debts.