1968 Icelandic presidential election

← 1964 30 June 1968 1972 →

Nominee Kristján Eldjárn Gunnar Thoroddsen Popular vote 67,544 35,428 Percentage 65.59% 34.41%

President before election Ásgeir Ásgeirsson Elected President Kristján Eldjárn

Politics of Iceland
Government Constitution of Iceland Law Taxation Constitutional reform
Legislature Althing Speaker Birgir Ármannsson (D) Members of Parliament Constituencies
Executive President of Iceland Halla Tómasdóttir (I) Prime Minister of Iceland Bjarni Benediktsson (D) Cabinet
Judiciary Supreme Court of Iceland President Benedikt Bogason Justices of the Court
Elections Presidential Parliamentary 2012 referendum
Political parties List of political parties
Administrative divisions Regions (Landshlutar) Municipalities (Sveitarfélög) Localities (Kaupstaðir)
Foreign relations Diplomatic missions of Iceland in Iceland Iceland and the European Union Cod Wars (1950s / 1970s)
Iceland portal Other countries
v t e

Presidential elections were held in Iceland on 30 June 1968.^[1] The result was a victory for Kristján Eldjárn, who received 66% of the vote.^[2]

The President of Iceland is elected in one round by first-past-the-post voting.

This Icelandic elections-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e