Iceland’s President on course for landslide re-election
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Golli
Iceland’s current President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson is on course for an overwhelming victory at the upcoming elections, securing a sixth consecutive term of office .
As can be seen from the graph below, over half of all respondents to a recent MMR opinion poll said they would vote for Grímsson to rule Iceland for another four years.
Andri Snær Magnason is Grímsson's nearest rival. Photo: Iceland Monitor/Eggert Jóhannesson
He is head and shoulders above his nearest rival, author and environmentalist Andri Snær Magnason (29.4%). Entrepreneur and investor Halla Tómasdóttir comes in in third place with 8.8%.
The remaining ten candidates do not even reach double figures combined.
Presidential elections in Iceland are due to take place on Saturday 25 June.
