2024 Icelandic presidential election

2024 Icelandic presidential election

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Turnout80.78%
 
Candidate Halla Tómasdóttir Katrín Jakobsdóttir Halla Hrund Logadóttir
Popular vote 73,184 53,980 33,601
Percentage 34.15% 25.19% 15.68%
 
Candidate Jón Gnarr Baldur Þórhallsson Arnar Þór Jónsson
Popular vote 21,634 18,030 10,811
Percentage 10.09% 8.41% 5.08%

President before election

Guðni Th. Jóhannesson

Elected President

Halla Tómasdóttir

Presidential elections were held in Iceland on 1 June 2024.[1][2] Incumbent president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson announced that he would not seek a third term.[1] Entrepreneur Halla Tómasdóttir was elected as his successor[3] and took office on 1 August.[4]

  1. ^ a b "President Will Not Seek Re-election". Iceland Review. 2 January 2024. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Icelandic president will not stand for re-election". Yahoo News. 1 January 2024. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  3. ^ Adam, Darren (1 June 2024). "Presidential Election 2024: Katrín concedes to Halla T". RÚV. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  4. ^ Kirka, Danica (2 June 2024). "Iceland elects businesswoman Halla Tomasdottir as president". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.