Cannabis October 12, 2016 thcscience_admin 1980 Icelandic presidential election ← 1976 29 June 1980 1984 → Nominee Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Guðlaugur Þorvaldsson [is] Popular vote 43,611 41,700 Percentage 33.79% 32.31% Nominee Albert Guðmundsson Pétur J. Thorsteinsson [is] Popular vote 25,599 18,139 Percentage 19.84% 14.06% President before election Kristján Eldjárn Elected President Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Presidential elections were held in Iceland on 29 June 1980.[1] The result was a victory for Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, who received 34% of the vote.[2] She became the world's first democratically elected female president.[3] Electoral system[edit] The President of Iceland is elected in one round by first-past-the-post voting. Results[edit] CandidateVotes%Vigdís Finnbogadóttir43,61133.79Guðlaugur Þorvaldsson [is]41,70032.31Albert Guðmundsson25,59919.84Pétur J. Thorsteinsson [is]18,13914.06Total129,049100.00Valid votes129,04999.58Invalid/blank votes5460.42Total votes129,595100.00Registered voters/turnout143,19690.50Source: Nohlen & Stöver References[edit] ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p962 ISBN 9783832956097 ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p980 ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p981 Elections and referendums in IcelandParliamentary elections 1844 1852 1858 1864 1869 1874 1880 1886 1892 1894 1900 1902 1903 1908 1911 1914 1916 (Aug) 1916 (Oct) 1919 1922 1923 1926 1927 1930 1931 1933 1934 1937 1942 (Jul) 1942 (Oct) 1946 1949 1953 1956 1959 (Jun) 1959 (Oct) 1963 1967 1971 1974 1978 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2009 2013 2016 2017 2021 Next Presidential elections 1944 1945 1949 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Municipal elections 1930 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 Referendums 1908 1916 1918 1933 1944 2010 2011 2012 Constitutional Assembly 2010