1988 Icelandic presidential election

1988 Icelandic presidential election

25 June 1988

Candidate Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Sigrún Þorsteinsdóttir 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. The result was a victory for the incumbent president Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, who received 95% of the vote. The election marked the first time an incumbent president was challenged when running for re-election.

Electoral system

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

Results

Candidate	Votes	%
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir	117,292	94.59
Sigrún Þorsteinsdóttir	6,712	5.41
Total	124,004	100.00
Valid votes	124,004	98.00
Invalid/blank votes	2,531	2.00
Total votes	126,535	100.00
Registered voters/turnout	173,829	72.79
Source: Nohlen & Stöver