Information on Elections

On June 1, 2024, a presidential election was held in Iceland to elect the country's president. The results are as follows:

Election results
Halla Tómasdóttir: 73,184 votes, 34.15%
Katrín Jakobsdóttir: 53,980 votes, 25.19%
Halla Hrund Logadóttir: 33,601 votes, 15.68%
Jón Gnarr: 21,634 votes, 10.09%
Baldur Þórhallsson: 18,030 votes, 8.41%
Arnar Þór Jónsson: 10,811 votes, 5.08%

About the electoral system

The President of Iceland is directly elected on the first ballot, with a simple majority of votes required to win.

Iceland elects businesswoman Halla Tómasdóttir as president, Euronews, 02 June 2024