1988 Icelandic presidential election
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| | | Candidate | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | Sigrún Þorsteinsdóttir | Party | Independent | Humanist | Popular vote | 117,292 | 6,712 | Percentage | 94.59% | 5.41% | |
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Presidential elections were held in Iceland on 25 June 1988.[1] The result was a victory for the incumbent president Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, who received 94.6% of the vote.[2] The election marked the first time a sitting president was challenged after running for re-election.[3]
Results
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | 117,292 | 94.59 |
Sigrún Þorsteinsdóttir | 6,712 | 5.41 |
Total | 124,004 | 100.00 |
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Valid votes | 124,004 | 98.00 |
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Invalid/blank votes | 2,531 | 2.00 |
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Total votes | 126,535 | 100.00 |
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Registered voters/turnout | 173,829 | 72.79 |
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Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 9783832956097
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p980
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p981