Presidential election in Iceland 2020

Winner of the election Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (2017)

The 2020 presidential election in Iceland officially took place on June 27, 2020, but was staggered from May 25, 2020. The Icelandic head of state was elected for a period of four years. The candidates were the incumbent Guðni Th. Jóhannesson and Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson . The election was won with a turnout of 66.9 percent nationwide with 92.2 percent of the votes by Guðni Th. Jóhannesson.

Candidates

Confirmed candidates

Guðni Th. Jóhannesson , President of Iceland since August 1, 2016, ran for re-election. The only rival candidate confirmed was Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson , businessman and former chairman of the right-wing Green People's Party, which existed from 2010 to 2016 . Other people who had announced their candidacy had withdrawn it or did not reach the minimum number of 1,500 supporters required by the Icelandic constitution .

Survey results

According to an Icelandic Gallup survey on June 3, 2020, 90.4% of Icelandic voters would have elected Guðni Th. Jóhannesson for a second term. 9.6% were in favor of Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson.

execution

Voting in person in polling stations was also possible in 2020, but did not take place exclusively on the official election date of June 27th, but staggered from May 25th in various locations , in the capital area in particular in the Smáralind shopping center .

Results

Results in graphical representation

After the Southwest Constituency result was available, the official nationwide result was announced. The election winner in all parts of the country was by a large majority Guðni Th. Jóhannesson.

Official end result

Constituency	Guðni Th. Jóhannesson		Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson		Ballot			Participation
	be right	percent	be right	percent	Empty	Invalid	All in all
Suðurkjördæmi (Southern constituency)	21,098	90.3%	2,276	9.7%	656	191	24,221	64.7%
Suðvesturkjördæmi (Southwest Constituency)	44,630	92.8%	3,461	7.2%	1,083	286	49,460	68.0%
Norðausturkjördæmi (Northeast Constituency)	18,535	93.4%	1.317	6.6%	549	113	20,514	69.1%
Reykjavik Constituency North (constituency Reykjavík North)	26,800	92.2%	2,259	7.8%	678	213	46,047	65.0%
Norðvesturkjördæmi (Northwest Constituency)	13,301	92.0%	1,150	8.0%	382	55	14,888	69.2%
Reykjavíkurkjördæmi suður (Reykjavík South constituency)	26,549	91.9%	2,334	8.1%	695	210	29,788	66.5%
Iceland as a whole	150.913	92.2%	12,797	7.8%	4.043	1,068	168,821	66.9%

Web links

• Forsetakosningar 27. júní 2020 (official website for the election)
• Website of the public service broadcaster RÚV to choose from

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Frambjóðendur til kjörs forseta Íslands 2020 ( Icelandic ) Dómsmálaráðuneytið. May 27, 2020. Accessed June 5, 2020.
2. ↑ Constitution of the Republic of Iceland ( English ) Retrieved on 5 June 2020th
3. ↑ Forsetakosningar 2020 - Þjóðarpúls Gallup ( Icelandic ) Gallup. June 3, 2020. Accessed June 5, 2020.
4. ↑ Larissa Kyzer: Absentee Voting for President Starts Monday ( English ) In: Iceland Review . May 24, 2020. Accessed June 5, 2020.
5. ↑ ^{a b} FORSETAKOSNINGAR 2020. RÚV, accessed on June 28, 2020 (Icelandic).