Presidential elections were held in Iceland on 27 June 2020.[1] Absentee voting opened on 25 May 2020.[2] Incumbent president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson was re-elected with 92% of the vote.
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Electoral system
editThe President of Iceland is elected by first-past-the-post voting,[3] with a simple plurality of votes needed to win.
Candidates
editIncumbent president of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson announced in his new year's address on 1 January 2020 that he would seek re-election.[4]
Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson, a businessman and activist, announced that he would run for the office of president in a Facebook-live video on 22 April.[5]
Several other persons announced their interest in running for the office, including Axel Pétur Axelsson, a self described social engineer, who was quoted as saying that his first matter of business as president would be to dismiss all members of the Icelandic government.[6] Only the incumbent president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson and challenger Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson gathered the required number of signatures to get on the ballot.[7]
Results
edit| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Guðni Th. Jóhannesson | 150,913 | 92.18 |
| Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson | 12,797 | 7.82 |
| Total | 163,710 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | 163,710 | 96.97 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 5,111 | 3.03 |
| Total votes | 168,821 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 252,152 | 66.95 |
| Source: Statistics Iceland | ||
References
edit- ^ Republic of Iceland: Election for President 2020 IFES
- ^ "Absentee Voting for President Starts Monday". Iceland Review. 24 May 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ Republic of Iceland: Election for President 2016 IFES
- ^ Ruv.is - Guðni gefur kost á sér til endurkjörs RÚV, 1 January 2020
- ^ Vísir - Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson býður sig fram til forseta Vísir, 23 April 2020
- ^ Axel Pétur í forsetaframboð: Fyrsta verk að reka alla ríkisstjórnina Fréttablaðið, 9 April 2020
- ^ Tveir frambjóðendur hafa skilað meðmælum í öllum kjördæmum Visir.is, 20 May 2020