Icelandic presidential elections

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Icelandic presidential elections determine who serves as president of Iceland for four-year terms.

It is common for there only to be one candidate declared at the time of the closure of nominations, normally the incumbent president, in which case no election is held and the incumbent is declared to be re-elected. This has happened in 1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1992, 2000 and 2008. In this regard, Iceland resembles some elective constitutional monarchies.[ citation needed ]

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