1980 Icelandic presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Iceland on 29 June 1980.[1] The result was a victory for Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, who received 33.8% of the vote.[2] She became the world's first democratically elected female President.[3]

1980 Icelandic presidential election
29 June 1980
 
Nominee Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Guðlaugur Þorvaldsson
Popular vote 43,611 41,700
Percentage 33.8 32.3%
 
Nominee Albert Guðmundsson Pétur J. Thorsteinsson
Popular vote 25,599 18,139
Percentage 19.8% 14.1%
President before election

Kristján Eldjárn

 Elected President

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

Results
Candidate Votes %
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir43,61133.8
Guðlaugur Þorvaldsson41,70032.3
Albert Guðmundsson25,59919.8
Pétur J. Thorsteinsson18,13914.1
Invalid/blank votes546–
Total129,595100
Registered voters/turnout143,19690.5
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 9783832956097
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p980
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p981


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