Jón Atli Benediktsson, newly elected rector of University of Iceland 2015

On Monday 20 April 2015, the second round of elections took place for the position of rector of the University of Iceland. The candidates were Professor Guðrún Nordal and Professor Jón Atli Benediktsson. Polling took place between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., and voting was conducted online.

Number of voters on the electoral roll and voter turnout

14,345 individuals were on the electoral roll: 1,486 members of staff and 12,859 students. A total of 1,284 members of staff (86.4% of the electoral roll) and 6,271 students (48.8%) voted. A total of 7,555 votes were cast, and the overall voter turnout was therefore 52.7%. 44 absentee votes were cast and the number of blank votes was 326 (4.3% of the total votes cast). The number of valid votes was therefore 7,229. The votes were divided as detailed below:
1. Voters on the electral roll, votes cast and turnout
___ Number of voters Male Female
Composition of electoral roll 14,345 5,089 9,256
___ Number of voters on electoral roll Male voted Female voted Total voted Turnout
On electoral roll 14,345        
Of which staff with a university degree 1,268 524 587 1,111 87.62%
Of which other staff 218 70 103 173 79.36%
Of which students 12,859 2,199 4,072 6,271 48.77%
Total voter turnout       7,555 52.67%

 

Election results

The votes of University teaching staff and other staff holding university degrees were worth 60% of the votes cast. Student votes were worth 30% of the votes cast and votes by other eligible parties were worth 10% of the votes cast. Taking into consideration the weighting of different groups of voters, the votes were divided amongst the candidates as detailed below:

 

2. Results – weighted votes
Proportion % Votes cast Weighted value
Guðrún Nordal 42.6% 43.8%
Jón Atli Benediktsson 54.8% 56.2%
Blank 2.6% -
Invalid 0.0% -
Total 100.0% 100.0%

 

The number of votes cast in the elections for rector was 7,555. Votes were divided between the candidates according to the different groups of voters as detailed below:
3. Results according to different groups of voters – numbers of votes
All votes cast Guðrún Nordal Jón Atli Benediktsson Blank Total votes
Staff holding university degrees, whole vote 400 527 13 940
Staff holding university degrees, half vote 76 93 2 171
Other staff, whole vote 76 69 5 150
Other staff, half vote 17 6 0 23
Students 2,460 3,505 306 6,271
Total 3,029 4,200 326 7,555

 

In accordance with item 7, Article 6 of the Regulation for the University of Iceland no. 569/2009, the applicant receiving the majority of votes cast in an election shall be considered to be nominated to the position of rector. Jón Atli Benediktsson received 54.8% of votes cast (56.2% of valid votes), and is therefore nominated to the position of the rector of the University of Iceland.

20 April 2015
Election board for the elections for rector 2015
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