1996 Icelandic presidential election
29 June 1996
 
Nominee Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Pétur Hafstein Guðrún Agnarsdóttir
Popular vote 68,370

People’s Party (PP)

 48,863

Independent

 43,578

Democratic Union (DU)

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]

Prime minister Davíð Oddsson and former foreign minister Jón Baldvín Hannibalsson considered running in the election.[3] Guðrún Pétursdóttir, an academic, ran, but withdrew from the race ten days prior to the election date.[3]

Ólafur was considered a left-wing politician at the time, having been the leader of the left-wing People's Alliance from 1987 to 1995.[3] Guðrún Agnarsdóttir, a former member of parliament for the Women's List, was considered on the left as well.[3] Pétur Hafstein announced his candidacy shortly after Davíð decided not to run. Pétur was a Supreme Court judge, and was expected to appeal to voters of the conservative Independence Party.[3] Ólafur's campaign was described by political scientist Ólafur Harðarson as "Americanized", as Ólafur emphasized his personal qualities rather than his political background and views.[3]

Results

CandidateVotes%
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson68,37041.38
Pétur Hafstein48,86329.57
Guðrún Agnarsdóttir43,57826.37
Ástþór Magnússon4,4222.68
Total165,233100.00
Valid votes165,23398.74
Invalid/blank votes2,1011.26
Total votes167,334100.00
Registered voters/turnout194,70585.94
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 9783832956097
  2. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p980
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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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