1996 Icelandic presidential election

1996 Icelandic presidential election

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Turnout85.94%
 
Candidate Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Pétur Hafstein Guðrún Agnarsdóttir
Popular vote 68,370 48,863 43,578
Percentage 41.38% 29.57% 26.37%

President before election

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

Elected President

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson

Presidential elections were held in Iceland on 29 June 1996.[1] The result was a victory for Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, who received 41.4% of the vote.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 9783832956097
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p980
  3. ^ Hardarson, Ólafur Th. (1997). "Iceland". European Journal of Political Research. 32 (3‐4): 391–398. doi:10.1111/1475-6765.00051. ISSN 0304-4130.
  4. ^ Kristinsson, Gunnar Helgi (1996). "The presidential election in Iceland 1996". Electoral Studies. 15 (4): 533–537. doi:10.1016/s0261-3794(96)80470-7. ISSN 0261-3794.

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