1988 Icelandic presidential election

1988 Icelandic presidential election

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Candidate Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Sigrún Þorsteinsdóttir [is]
Popular vote 117,292 6,712
Percentage 94.59% 5.41%

President before election

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

Elected President

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

Presidential elections were held in Iceland on 25 June 1988.[1] The result was a victory for the incumbent president Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, who received 95% of the vote.[2] The election marked the first time an incumbent president was challenged when running for re-election.[3]

Electoral system

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

Results

CandidateVotes%
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir117,29294.59
Sigrún Þorsteinsdóttir [is]6,7125.41
Total124,004100.00
Valid votes124,00498.00
Invalid/blank votes2,5312.00
Total votes126,535100.00
Registered voters/turnout173,82972.79
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 9783832956097
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p980
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p981