Presidential elections were held in Lithuania on 11 May 2014, with a second round held on 25 May between the top two candidates from the first round.[1] In the second round, incumbent President Dalia Grybauskaitė was re-elected with 58% of the vote. Second round took place alongside the 2014 European elections.
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| Turnout | 52.23% (first round) 47.37% (second round) | ||||||||||||||||
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,_2014.png) Second round results by municipality Grybauskaitė Balčytis | |||||||||||||||||
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Electoral changes
editSince these elections all potential voters, living permanently or temporarily outside of Republic of Lithuania, had to submit documents to Central Election Commission's register.[2]
Participating candidates
editInitially 12 candidates were officially confirmed to participate,[3] but only 7 fulfilled the criterion of 20,000 supporting signatures.[4]
- Zigmantas Balčytis (Social Democratic Party), Member of the European Parliament
- Dalia Grybauskaitė, incumbent President of Lithuania (2009–2014)
- Artūras Paulauskas (Labour Party), member of Seimas
- Naglis Puteikis, member of Seimas
- Bronis Ropė (Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union), Mayor of Ignalina
- Valdemar Tomaševski, Member of the European Parliament
- Artūras Zuokas (YES), Mayor of Vilnius
Grybauskaitė was supported by the Homeland Union and Liberal Movement.
Unsuccessful candidates include: Rolandas Paksas, Linas Balsys, Kristina Brazauskienė, Vladas Lašas, Jonas Lašinis and Rolandas Paulauskas.
Opinion polls
edit| Candidate | Spinter Tyrimai 7–15 April 2014[5] |
Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas 4–9 April 2014 [6] |
Spinter Tyrimai 15–20 March 2014[7] |
Lietuvos rytas 13–17 March 2014[8] |
Spinter Tyrimai 21–28 February 2014[9] |
Lietuvos rytas 14–23 February 2014 [10] |
Spinter Tyrimai 16–26 January 2014[11] |
Spinter Tyrimai November 2013[11] |
Spinter Tyrimai 18–31 October 2013[12] |
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| Dalia Grybauskaitė | 42.5 | 46.9 | 39.3 | 40.9 | 40.9 | 43.3 | 39.7 | 36.0 | 36.5 |
| Zigmantas Balčytis | 12.4 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
| Artūras Paulauskas | 9.9 | 10.5 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 6.6 | 7.3 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Naglis Puteikis | 3.5 | 4.9 | |||||||
| Valdemar Tomaševski | 2.9 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.2 | |
| Bronis Ropė | 2.5 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 2.0 | |||
| Artūras Zuokas | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.2 | |
| Linas Balsys | — | — | — | 3.8 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 0.5 | ||
| Rolandas Paulauskas | — | — | — | 1.1 | |||||
| Kristina Brazauskienė | — | — | — | 0.6 | |||||
| Vladas Lašas | — | — | — | 0.5 | |||||
| Jonas Lašinis | — | — | — | 0.3 | |||||
| Rolandas Paksas | — | — | — | — | 9.7 | 14.8 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 4.3 |
| (Undecided) | 14.9 | 18.2 | 17.7 | 19.1 | 8.8 | 14.4 | 10.3 | 10.7 | |
| (Not planned to vote) | 8.4 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 9.5 | 11.3 | 10.9 |
Results
edit| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Dalia Grybauskaitė | Independent | 612,485 | 46.64 | 701,999 | 59.08 | |
| Zigmantas Balčytis | Social Democratic Party | 181,659 | 13.83 | 486,214 | 40.92 | |
| Artūras Paulauskas | Labour Party | 160,139 | 12.19 | |||
| Naglis Puteikis | Independent | 124,333 | 9.47 | |||
| Valdemar Tomaševski | Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania | 109,659 | 8.35 | |||
| Artūras Zuokas | YES | 69,677 | 5.31 | |||
| Bronis Ropė | Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union | 55,263 | 4.21 | |||
| Total | 1,313,215 | 100.00 | 1,188,213 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 1,313,215 | 98.47 | 1,188,213 | 98.01 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 20,451 | 1.53 | 24,161 | 1.99 | ||
| Total votes | 1,333,666 | 100.00 | 1,212,374 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,553,335 | 52.23 | 2,559,398 | 47.37 | ||
| Source: Central Election Commission, Central Election Commission | ||||||
References
edit- ^ Lithuania IFES
- ^ "Lietuvoje organizuojami rinkimai - Renkuosi Lietuvą".
- ^ ELTA (1 March 2014). "Candidates". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ "Prezidentas bus renkamas iš septynių kandidatų". Vz.lt. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ "Kriterijus, kuris nulems prezidento rinkimų baigtį". Spinter.lt. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ Baltic News Service (18 April 2014). "Grybauskaitė still frontrunner in presidential race". En.delfi.lt. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ "Visuomenės nuomonės tyrimas dėl prezidento rinkimų" (in Lithuanian). Sprinter Tyrimai.
- ^ "Poll: Grybauskaitė is still the presidential frontrunner". The Lithuania Tribune. En.delfi.lt. 21 March 2014. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ "Prezidento rinkimai: naujos grumtynės dėl antrosios vietos". Spinter.lt. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ Baltic News Service. "Grybauskaitė would lead Lithuanian presidential race, followed by Paksas". The Lithuania Tribune. En.delfi.lt. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Prezidento rinkimai: aiškėja du favoritai". Spinter.lt. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ^ "Prezidento rinkimai: kokį vertinimą rinkėjai rašytų D. Grybauskaitei?". Spinter.lt. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
External links
edit- 2014 Lithuanian presidential elections VRK (in Lithuanian)