Iceland Presidential Election Results 2016 Opinion Poll Schedule Candidates, Icelandic presidential election 2016,Gudni Johannesson, Halla Tómasdóttir,Vote Margin Iceland Election Winner Runner Up candidate
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Iceland Presidential Election Results 2016 Opinion Poll Schedule Candidates, Icelandic presidential election 2016,Gudni Johannesson, Halla Tómasdóttir,Vote Margin Iceland Election Winner Runner Up candidate
Presidential elections took place in Iceland on 25 June 2016.President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, elected in 1996, stepped down after serving five consecutive terms. Historian and lecturer Guðni Th. Jóhannesson was elected after receiving a plurality with 39.1% of the vote. He took office on 1 August, as the first new president of the Nordic country in twenty years.
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Guðni won the election with 39.1% of the votes
Halla received 27.9%
Andri Snær 14.3%
Davíð 13.7%
Sturla 3.5%
The turnout was 75.7%.
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| Poll | Date | Olafur Ragnar Grímsson | Guðni Th. Jóhannesson | Andri Snær Magnason | Halla Tómasdóttir | Davið Oddsson | Others |
| MMR | 22-26April | 52.6 | – | 29.4 | 8.8 | – | 9.2 |
| Fréttablaðið | 2-3 May | 45 | 38 | 11 | 3 | – | 3 |