Presidential elections were held for the first time in Iceland on 29 June 1952 following the death of incumbent President Sveinn Björnsson.[1] The result was a victory for Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, who received 48.3% of the vote,[2] resulting in the first contested election in the history of Iceland.
1952, icelandic, presidential, election, presidential, elections, were, held, first, time, iceland, june, 1952, following, death, incumbent, president, sveinn, björnsson, result, victory, Ásgeir, Ásgeirsson, received, vote, resulting, first, contested, electio. Presidential elections were held for the first time in Iceland on 29 June 1952 following the death of incumbent President Sveinn Bjornsson 1 The result was a victory for Asgeir Asgeirsson who received 48 3 of the vote 2 resulting in the first contested election in the history of Iceland 1952 Icelandic presidential election 1949 29 June 1952 1956 Nominee Asgeir Asgeirsson Bjarni Jonsson Gisli SveinssonPopular vote 32 924 31 045 4 255Percentage 48 26 45 50 6 24 President before electionSveinn Bjornsson Elected President Asgeir AsgeirssonResults editCandidateVotes Asgeir Asgeirsson32 92448 26Bjarni Jonsson31 04545 50Gisli Sveinsson4 2556 24Total68 224100 00Valid votes68 22496 84Invalid blank votes2 2233 16Total votes70 447100 00Registered voters turnout85 87782 03Source Nohlen amp StoverReferences edit Dieter Nohlen amp Philip Stover 2010 Elections in Europe A data handbook p961 ISBN 9783832956097 Nohlen amp Stover p979 nbsp nbsp This Icelandic elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1952 Icelandic presidential election amp oldid 1075734699, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
