Country: | Iceland |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1984 Icelandic presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1984 |
Next Election: | 1992 Icelandic presidential election |
Next Year: | 1992 |
Election Date: | 25 June 1988 |
Image1: | Vigdis Finnbogadottir (1985).jpg |
Candidate1: | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir |
Popular Vote1: | 117,292 |
Percentage1: | 94.59% |
Popular Vote2: | 6,712 |
Percentage2: | 5.41% |
President | |
Before Election: | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir |
After Election: | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir |
Presidential elections were held in Iceland on 25 June 1988.[1] The result was a victory for the incumbent president Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, who received 95% of the vote.[2] The election marked the first time an incumbent president was challenged when running for re-election.[3]
The President of Iceland is elected in one round by first-past-the-post voting.