2016 Icelandic presidential election

none August 2019 Iceland presidential 2012 Icelandic presidential election 2012 2020 Icelandic presidential election 2020 25 June 2016 75.70% Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (2017-03-30).jpg Guðni Th. Jóhannesson 71,356 39.08% Halla Tómasdóttir at Arctic Circle 2024 cropped.jpg Halla Tómasdóttir 50,995 27.93% Andri Snaer Magnason.JPG Andri Snær Magnason 26,037 14.26% Bilden ar tagen vid Nordiska radets session i Oslo, 2003.jpg Davíð Oddsson 25,108 13.75% President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Guðni Th. Jóhannesson Presidential elections were held in Iceland on 25 June 2016.1 January 2016 Ólafur Ragnar mun láta af embætti forseta í sumar http://www.visir.is/olafur-ragnar-mun-lata-af-embaetti-forseta-i-sumar/article/2016160109973 Fréttablaðið is 1 January 2016 President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, elected in 1996, stepped down after serving five consecutive terms. The history professor Guðni Th. Jóhannesson was elected after receiving a plurality of 39.1% of the vote. He took office on 1 August, as the first new president of Iceland in twenty years. Electoral system The President of Iceland is elected by plurality in a single round of voting.http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2243/ IFES Election Guide: Iceland Pres, June 2012 International Foundation for Electoral Systems 1 January 2016 Candidates must be Icelandic citizens and at least 35 years of age on election day.http://www.government.is/constitution/ Constitution | Government Offices Government.is 31 March 2016 Campaign On 1 January 2016 incumbent president Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson announced that he would not seek a sixth term in the office, wanting "to transfer the responsibilities of the president onto other shoulders".Sigurdardottir Ragnhildur Jensen Teis 1 January 2016 Iceland's president says he will not run for re-election http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-iceland-president-idUKKBN0UF21620160101 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200354/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-iceland-president-idUKKBN0UF21620160101 dead 4 March 2016 Reuters UK 1 January 20161 January 2016 Iceland's president not seeking re-election after 20 years https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/icelands-president-not-seeking-re-election-after-20-years/2016/01/01/a3b107c2-b0b7-11e5-b281-43c0b56f61fa_story.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160101195140/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/icelands-president-not-seeking-re-election-after-20-years/2016/01/01/a3b107c2-b0b7-11e5-b281-43c0b56f61fa_story.html dead 1 January 2016 The Washington Post Associated Press 1 January 2016 He later retracted and decided to run in April,18 April 2016 Ólafur Ragnar to run for re-election http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/politics_and_society/2016/04/18/olafur_ragnar_to_run_for_re_election_10/ Iceland Monitor Morgunblaðið 18 April 2016 citing political unrest after the fallout of the Panama Papers leak, which implicated Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson and forced him to resign after large anti-government protests.4 April 2016 Panama Papers: Iceland PM Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson steps down https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35966412 BBC News 18 April 2016 In the following ten days five other candidates suspended their campaigns, one of them after endorsing Ólafur Ragnar. Former Prime Minister Davíð Oddsson declared his candidacy on 8 May, and Ólafur Ragnar withdrew from the race the following day, stating that there was now a supply of qualified candidates. A poll showing Ólafur Ragnar with only 25% support had been published the same day.http://mmr.is/frettir/birtar-nieurstoeeur/543 Fylgi Ólafs Ragnars minnkar um helming is Market and Media Research 9 May 2016 28 May 2016 Davíð Oddsson attacked Guðni Th. Jóhannesson in two TV-debates for allegedly having an unpatriotic view of the Cod Wars. Guðni, a historian of the Cod Wars, dismissed these charges and explained that his take on the Cod Wars was nuanced and supported by research. Davíð has also said that Guðni supported Icelandic responsibility for Icesave and is in favor of EU membership. Guðni responded, saying that his words were taken out context in both instances, and that he as President would make sure that the public would have a say in a referendum both on the resumption of EU accession negotiations and approval of any accession treaty. Furthermore, Davíð has alleged that Guðni will "undermine the Constitution" by supporting constitutional change.Steinarsson Birgir Örn Vísir – Guðni Th. við Davíð: "Hefur þú enga sómakennd?" http://www.visir.is/gudni-th.-vid-david---hefur-thu-enga-somakennd--/article/2016160528786 Visir 28 June 2016 29 May 2016 is Halla is personally against EU membership and Andri Snær is undecided.June 2016 End-of-campaign developments Despite an initial anti-establishment feeling, interest in the campaign waned in the last days due to the performance of the Iceland national football team in the Euro 2016. Like his predecessor, Guðni is opposed to membership of the European Union. In the final debate the day before the vote, he said the result of the Brexit vote changes "much for the better for us Icelanders", implying that the European Economic Area agreement that non-EU members Norway and Iceland have with the EU could play a more important role with the United Kingdom on board. His campaign promises included vowing to "modernise political life" and give voters a chance of direct democracy initiatives.http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/political-novice-elected-iceland-president-amid-football-fever-1423480 Agence France-Presse NDTV.com Political Novice Elected Iceland President Amid Football Fever 26 June 2016 26 June 2016 Candidates Candidates had to formally declare their intention to run on or before 20 Mayhttp://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/04/29/haegt_ad_kjosa_utankjorfundar_a_morgun/ Hægt að kjósa utankjörfundar á morgun Morgunblaðið is 29 April 2016 28 May 2016 (five weeks prior to the election) and "be proposed by not less than 1500 voters". The number of candidates in previous elections had been six at most, but the announced departure of the incumbent president prompted an unprecedented number of people to consider running. A total of 21 people publicly declared their intention to run, and around ten more were reported to be seriously considering it. Finally, nine candidates fulfilled the requirements for ballot access.http://kjarninn.is/frettir/2016-05-25-stadfest-ad-niu-verda-i-forsetaframbodi/ Staðfest að núu verða í forsetaframboði Kjarninn is 25 May 2016 26 June 2016 Elected President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson – senior lecturer in history at the University of Iceland and author.http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/05/05/olafur_med_45_prosent_en_gudni_38_prosent_4/ Morgunblaðið Ólafur með 45% en Guðni 38% is 5 May 2016 28 May 2016 He was elected president in the election and served as president from August 1 2016 until August 1 2024. Main candidates Andri Snær Magnason – author and environmentalist.Erla María Markúsdóttir http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/03/21/barattan_um_bessastadi_hardnar/ Baráttan um Bessastaði harðnar Morgunblaðið 21 March 2016 is 31 March 2016 Davíð Oddsson – editor-in-chief of Morgunblaðið and former Prime Minister for the Independence Party.http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/05/08/david_bydur_sig_fram_til_forseta/ Davíð býður sig fram til forseta Morgunblaðið is 8 May 2016 28 May 2016http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/05/09/oliklegt_ad_david_taki_fylgi_af_gudna/ Ólíklegt að Davíð taki fylgi af Guðna Morgunblaðið is 9 May 2016 28 May 2016 Halla Tómasdóttir – entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of Audur Capital. She was later elected president in 2024 presidential election and is incumbent president of Iceland.http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/03/17/halla_aetlar_ad_bjoda_sig_fram/ Halla ætlar að bjóða sig fram Morgunblaðið is 17 March 2016 31 March 2016 Sturla Jónsson – truck driver, protester, former parliamentary candidate and chairman of the Sturla Jónsson party.http://www.visir.is/skodanakonnun-visis--hvern-vilt-thu-sja-sem-naesta-forseta-islands-/article/2016160109895 Skoðanakönnun Vísis: Hvern vilt þú sjá sem næsta forseta Íslands? Vísir is 2 January 2016 31 March 2016http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/04/13/sturla_bydur_sig_fram/ Sturla býður sig fram Morgunblaðið is 13 April 2016 22 May 2016 Other candidates Ástþór Magnússon – businessman and peace activist; perennial candidate, who had previously run for president three times, in 1996, 2004, and 2012.2 January 2016 http://www.ruv.is/frett/astthor-bydur-sig-fram-til-forseta Ástþór býður sig fram til forseta RÚV is 14 May 2016Oddsson Hallgrímur 12 April 2012 Ástþór: Kom með kreditkortin til Íslands http://www.vb.is/frettir/71609/ Viðskiptablaðið is 15 January 2016 29 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120629033514/http://www.vb.is/frettir/71609/ dead Fontaine Paul 3 January 2016 Ástþór Magnússon Running For President Again http://grapevine.is/news/2016/01/03/astthor-magnusson-running-for-president-again/ The Reykjavík Grapevine 15 January 2016 Ran for president one more time in 2024. Elísabet Jökulsdóttir – author and freelance journalist.1 January 2016 Tveir hafa ákveðið forsetaframboð http://www.ruv.is/frett/tveir-hafa-akvedid-forsetaframbod RÚV 14 May 2016 Guðrún Margrét Pálsdóttir – nurse and founder of ABC Barnahjálp, an aid organization focusing on children in Asia and Africa.http://www.visir.is/gudrun-margret-aetlar-i-forsetann/article/2016160329747 Guðrún Margrét ætlar í forsetann Vísir is 22 March 2016 31 March 2016 Hildur Þórðardóttir – ethnologist, author, independent publisher and healer.http://www.visir.is/hildur-gefur-kost-a-ser-til-forseta/article/2016160109846 Hildur gefur kost á sér til forseta is Vísir 3 January 2016 14 May 2016 Failed to get ballot access Two candidates failed to collect enough signatures before the deadline expired.http://www.ruv.is/frett/niu-frambjodendur-skiludu-inn-gognum Tíu frambjóðendur skiluðu inn gögnum RÚV is 21 May 2016 28 May 2016 Ásrún Brynja Ingvarsdóttirhttp://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/05/21/tiu_skiludu_inn_frambodi/ Tíu skiluðu framboði Morgunblaðið 21 May 2016 is 21 May 2016 Baldur Ágústsson – businessman, who also ran in 2004.http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2004/05/11/baldur_agustsson_tilkynnir_frambod_til_forseta_isla/ Baldur Ágústsson tilkynnir framboð til forseta Íslands Morgunblaðið 11 May 2004 28 May 2016 ishttp://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/05/01/baldur_bydur_sig_fram/ Baldur býður sig fram Morgunblaðið is 10 May 2016 28 May 2016 Did not submit before the deadline. Magnús Ingberg Jónsson – fish processing engineer and entrepreneur.http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/05/10/magnus_bydur_sig_fram/ Magnús Ingberg gefur kost á sér til forseta Morgunblaðið is 10 May 2016 28 May 2016 Made an incomplete submission and was rejected by electoral authorities.http://www.mbl.is/frettir/kosning/2016/05/24/fekk_brefid_i_morgun_og_ihugar_ad_kaera Fékk bréfið í morgun og íhugar að kæra Morgunblaðið 24 May 2016 is 25 May 2016 Suspended campaign Ari Jósepsson – entertainer and self-proclaimed "YouTube star". Declared in January and withdrew on 13 May due to lack of media coverage of minor candidates.http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/01/03/arni_bjorn_og_ari_gefa_kost_a_ser_2/ Árni Björn og Ari gefa kost á sér Morgunblaðið is 3 January 2016 31 March 2016http://www.visir.is/ari-josepsson-haettur-vid-forsetaframbod/article/2016160519425 Ari Hættir Vísir is 13 May 2016 13 May 2016 Benedikt Kristján Mewes – German-born dairy engineer and mailman, who wants to be the first gay president.is http://www.visir.is/vill-verda-fyrsti-samkynhneigdi-forsetinn/article/2016160419955 Vill verða fyrsti samkynhneigði forsetinn Jóhann Óli Eiðsson 10 April 2016 Vísir 12 April 2016 Failed to collect enough signatures and withdrew on the last day to hand them in.is http://ruv.is/frett/frambodsfrestur-ad-renna-ut-benedikt-haettir Framboðsfrestur að renna út; Benedikt hættir 20 April 2016 RÚV 20 May 2016 Bæring Ólafsson – former COO of Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines.Anna Marsibil Clausen http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/03/18/vildi_ekki_fara_gegn_olafi_ragnari_2/ Vildi ekki bjóða sig fram gegn Ólafi Ragnari Morgunblaðið 18 March 2016 is 31 March 201618 March 2016 Bæring Ólafsson býður sig fram til forseta http://www.visir.is/baering-olafsson-bydur-sig-fram-til-forseta/article/2016160318710 Vísir is 22 May 2016 Declared in March and withdrew in late April.25 April 2016 Bæring dregur framboð sitt til baka http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/04/25/baering_dregur_frambod_sitt_til_baka/ Morgunblaðið is 27 April 2016 Endorsed Andri Snær Magnason.12 May 2016 Bæring enn hættur við http://www.visir.is/baering-enn-haettur-vid/article/2016160519686 Vísir is 12 May 2016 Guðmundur Franklín Jónsson – businessman and former chairman of the Right-Greens.http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/03/20/gudmundur_franklin_bydur_sig_fram/ Guðmundur Franklín býður sig fram Morgunblaðið is 20 March 2016 31 March 2016 Announced in March and left in April. Endorsed Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson.http://www.visir.is/gudmundur-franklin-dregur-frambodid-til-baka/article/2016160418921 Guðmundur Franklín dregur framboðið til baka Vísir is 18 April 2016 18 April 2016 Ran for president in 2020. Heimir Örn Hólmarsson – electrical engineer and project manager.http://www.ruv.is/frett/heimir-orn-tilkynnir-frambod-til-forseta Heimir Örn tilkynnir framboð til forseta RÚV 4 March 2016 is 31 March 2016 Announced in March and withdrew on 19 April due to the incumbent seeking reelection.20 April 2016 Dregur framboð sitt til baka http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/04/20/dregur_frambod_sitt_til_baka/ Morgunblaðið is 27 April 2016 Hrannar Pétursson – sociologist and former Human Resource- and Marketing Director for Icelandic Vodafone.http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/03/20/ekki_fratekid_fyrir_stjornur/ Embættið ekki frátekið fyrir stjörnur Morgunblaðið 20 March 2016 is 31 March 2016 Withdrew in April.http://www.visir.is/hrannar-haettur-vid-forsetaframbod/article/2016160429058 Hrannar hættur við forsetaframboð Vísir 27 April 2016 is 28 April 2016 Magnus Ingi Magnússon – restaurateur and caterer.17 April 2016 http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/04/17/magnus_ingi_bydur_sig_fram/ Magnús Ingi býður sig fram til forseta Morgunblaðið is 18 April 2016 Declared in April, withdrew on 17 May due to lack of signatures, saying he considered running for the Althingi instead.http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/05/17/haettur_vid_bessastadi_vill_a_thing/ Hættur við Bessastaði, vill á þing Morgunblaðið is 17 May 2016 28 May 2016 Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson – Incumbent President. In January, he declared that he would not seek reelection, but decided to enter the race on 18 April after political unrest in connection with the Panama Papers leak. He subsequently withdrew on 9 May stating as his reason that other qualified candidates had now entered the race.http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/05/09/lafur_ragnar_haettur_vid_frambod/ Ólafur Ragnar hættur við framboð is Morgunblaðið 9 May 2016 28 May 2016 Vigfús Bjarni Albertsson – hospital chaplain.http://www.ruv.is/frett/vigfus-bjarni-bydur-sig-fram-til-forseta Vigfús Bjarni býður sig fram til forseta RÚV 6 March 2016 is 31 March 2016 Announced his candidacy in March but withdrew on 18 April.http://www.visir.is/vigfus-bjarni-haettur-vid-segir-olaf-ragnar-ala-a-otta/article/2016160418880 Vigfús Bjarni hættur við: Segir Ólaf Ragnar ala á ótta Vísir 18 April 2016 is 18 April 2016 Þorgrímur Þráinsson – author, motivational speaker, and former football player; announced he intended to run in November 2015,24 November 2015 "Er að fylgja mínu innsæi," segir Þorgrímur http://www.ruv.is/frett/er-ad-fylgja-minu-innsaei-segir-thorgrimur RÚV is 13 May 201624 November 2015 Þorgrímur fram: "Verð heiðarlegur og tala um hamingju og heilbrigði" http://www.visir.is/thorgrimur-fram---verd-heidarlegur-og-tala-um-hamingju-og-heilbrigdi-/article/2015151129381 Vísir is 13 May 2016http://www.visir.is/fjoldi-medmaelenda-sem-forsetaefni-thurfa-ad-skila-inn-ekki-breyst-i-64-ar/article/2016160109733 Fjöldi meðmælenda sem forsetaefni þurfa að skila inn ekki breyst í 64 ár is Vísir 4 January 2016 31 March 2016 which he confirmed on 1 January. In April however, he said he would not go forth and implied he had not made a declaration.9 April 2016 Þorgrímur hættur við forsetaframboð http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/04/09/thorgrimur_haettur_vid_frambod/ Morgunblaðið is 9 April 2016 Declined Baldur Thorhallsson – Professor of Political Science at the University of Iceland.http://www.visir.is/kanna-landid-fyrir-frambod-baldurs/article/2016160129668 Vísir – Kanna landið fyrir framboð Baldurs 23 June 2016http://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2016/01/21/baldur_og_felix_a_bessastadi/ Baldur og Felix á Bessastaði? 23 June 2016http://www.icenews.is/2016/02/16/majority-supports-a-gay-couple-at-bessastadir-according-to-poll/ Majority supports a gay couple at Bessastaðir IceNews – Daily News Hauksdóttir G. 23 June 2016 Ran for president in 2024. Jón Gnarr – comedian and former Mayor of Reykjavík15 January 2016 Jón Gnarr býður sig ekki fram til forseta http://www.visir.is/jon-gnarr-bydur-sig-ekki-fram-til-forseta/article/2016160119165 Fréttablaðið is 15 January 2016 Ran for president in 2024. Katrín Jakobsdóttir – leader of the Left-Green MovementHafstad Vala 4 January 2016 Field Open for Up to 159 Presidential Candidates http://icelandreview.com/news/2016/01/04/field-open-159-presidential-candidates Iceland Review 15 January 2016 14 January 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160114211922/http://icelandreview.com/news/2016/01/04/field-open-159-presidential-candidates dead Ran for president in 2024. Statement of intent Snorri Ásmundsson is – a conceptual artist, released a statement in which he claimed he intended to run for president of both Iceland and Mexico, joining the presidential offices of the two countries.Grettisson Valur 19 February 2016 Snorri Ásmundsson býður sig fram til forseta Íslands – og Mexíkó http://www.dv.is/frettir/2016/2/19/snorri-asmundsson-bydur-sig-fram-til-forseta-islands-og-mexiko/ DV is 22 February 2016 20 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160220095753/http://www.dv.is/frettir/2016/2/19/snorri-asmundsson-bydur-sig-fram-til-forseta-islands-og-mexiko/ dead Ásmundsson Snorri 20 February 2016 President 2016 http://www.snorriasmundsson.com/portfolio/president-2016/ snorriasmundsson.com 22 February 2016 https://archive.today/20160316082413/http://www.snorriasmundsson.com/portfolio/president-2016/ 16 March 2016 dead Timeline Opinion polls Poll Date Olafur Ragnar Grímsson Guðni Th. Jóhannesson Andri Snær Magnason Halla Tómasdóttir Davið Oddsson Others MMR 22–26 April 52.6– 29.4 8.8– 9.2 Fréttablaðið 2–3 May 45 38 11 3– 3 MMR 6–9 May 25.3 59.2 8.8 1.7 3.1Oddsonpart † † 1.9 Fréttablaðið 10 May3.2 69.0 10.7 1.0 13.7 2.4 Maskína 10–13 May– 67.2 12.1 2.9 14.8 3.0 Félagsvísindastofnun HÍ 14 May– 67.1 7.8 1.5 17.4 6.2 MMR 12–20 May– 65.6 11.0 2.2 18.1 3.0 Gallup 19–25 May– 57.2 10.9 5.4 22.0 4.6 Gallup 26 May – 3 June– 56.7 10.6 7.5 20.3 5.3 Gallup 8–15 June– 50.9 15.5 12.5 16.4 4.8 Félagsvísindastofnun HÍ 19–22 June– 45.9 15.7 16.3 16.0 6.1 Gallup 20–24 June– 44.6 16.0 18.6 16.0 4.8 Oddsonpart † † based on 27% of the poll. Results Guðni won the election with 39.1% of the votes.http://www.ruv.is/frett/lokatolur-komnar-ur-ollum-kjordaemum-0 http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20160626091249/http://www.ruv.is/frett/lokatolur-komnar-ur-ollum-kjordaemum-0 dead 26 June 2016 Lokatölur komnar úr öllum kjördæmum 26 June 2016 26 June 2016 Halla received 27.9%, Andri Snær 14.3%, Davíð 13.7% and Sturla 3.5%. The turnout was 75.7%. After voting on his birthday, Guðni said that he was satisfied he had "managed to present to the people my vision of the presidency." He said that should he win, he would first "go to France on Monday and see Iceland play England." Guðni Th. Jóhannesson 71356 Halla Tómasdóttir 50995 Andri Snær Magnason 26037 Davíð Oddsson 25108 Sturla Jónsson 6446 Elísabet Jökulsdóttir 1280 Ástþór Magnússon 615 Guðrún Margrét Pálsdóttir 477 Hildur Þórðardóttir 294 2782 244896 Statistics Iceland References Category:Presidential elections in Iceland President Iceland