1980 Icelandic presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Iceland on 29 June 1980.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 The result was a victory for Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, who received 34% of the vote.Nohlen & Stöver, p980 She became the world's first democratically elected female president.Nohlen & Stöver, p981

Electoral system The President of Iceland is elected in one round by first-past-the-post voting.

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