The presidential election in Iceland – Final numbers

Ólafur Ragnar GrimssonÓlafur Ragnar Grímsson will be staying as the president of Iceland for the next four years. Mr. Grímsson got 52.78% of the overall votes and his main competition Þóra Arnórsdóttir got 33.16%.

Other running for the Presidency got:

Ari Trausti Guðmundsson 8,64%
Herdís Þorgeirsdóttir 2,63%
Andrea Ólafsdóttir 1,8%
Hannes Bjarnason 0,98%

Voter turnout: 69.2 percentage.

More information about the Icelandic Presidency can be found here: http://english.forseti.is/