Forsetakjör - 01.11.1997, Page 8

Contents
Preface................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction.............................................................................................................. 7
1. Background to the presidential election of 1996 ..................................................................... 7
2. Suffrage and the number of voters on the electoral roll............................................................. 9
3. Participation in the election...................................................................................... 11
4. Voting at polling stations......................................................................................... 15
5. Absentee voting.................................................................................................... 16
6. Outcome of the presidential election............................................................................... 20
7. English summary.................................................................................................... 22
Summary 1. Voters on the electoral roll, votes cast and participation in elections, by sex, 1874-1996 .............. 7
Summary 2. Voters on the electoral roll with domicile in Iceland or abroad 1987-1996 ............................. 9
Summary 3. Voters on the electoral roll in the presidential election 29 June 1996 and increase on earlier
elections, by constituencies........................................................................... 12
Summary 4. Voters on the electoral roll domiciled abroad in the presidential election 29 June 1996, by sex,
age and country of domicile............................................................................ 14
Summary 5. Participation in the presidential election 29 June 1996, by constituencies.............................. 15
Summary 6. Municipalities by participation in the presidential election 29 June 1996, by constituencies....... 16
Summary 7. Polling stations and polling wards in the presidential election 29 June 1996, by constituencies.... 17
Summary 8. Absentee votes 1916-1996 and number of polling wards 1931-1996.......................................... 18
Summary 9. Absentee votes and votes cast at a polling station other than that of registration in the
presidential election 29 June 1996, by constituencies................................................... 19
Summary 10. Absentee votes cast in Iceland prior in elections 1991-1996 ............................................ 19
Summary 11. Results of presidential elections 1952-1996, by constituencies.......................................... 20
Summary 12. Blank and void ballots in elections 1908-1996 .......................................................... 21
Map Division of Iceland into constituencies................................................................. 26
Main tables
Table 1. Voters on the electoral roll and votes cast in the presidential election 29 June 1996, by sex...... 28
Table 2. Voters on the electoral roll and votes cast in the presidential election 29 June 1996,
by domicile in Iceland or abroad......................................................................... 33
Table 3. Results of the presidential election 29 June 1996, by constituencies.................................... 37
Reports on elections...................................................................................................... 38
The series Statistics of Iceland.......................................................................................... 39