2014 Lithuanian presidential election

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2014 Lithuanian presidential election
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  Dalia Grybauskaitė 2013-11-17.jpg Zigmantas Balčytis.jpg
Nominee Dalia Grybauskaitė Zigmantas Balčytis
Party Independent LSDP
Popular vote 701,999 486,214
Percentage 57.90% 40.10%
President before election

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Independent

Elected President

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Independent

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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.

Electoral changes[]

Since 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[]

Initially 12 candidates were officially confirmed to participate,[3] but only 7 fulfilled the criterion of 20,000 supporting signatures.[4]

Unsuccessful candidates include: Rolandas Paksas, , , , , Rolandas Paulauskas.

Opinion polls[]

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]
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
N/A N/A N/A 3.8 2.2 4.1 0.5
Rolandas Paulauskas N/A N/A N/A 1.1
N/A N/A N/A 0.6
N/A N/A N/A 0.5
N/A N/A N/A 0.3
Rolandas Paksas N/A N/A N/A N/A 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[]

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Dalia Grybauskaitė Independent 612,485 45.92 701,999 57.90
Zigmantas Balčytis Social Democratic Party 181,659 13.62 486,214 40.10
Artūras Paulauskas Labour Party 160,139 12.01
Naglis Puteikis Independent 124,333 9.32
Valdemar Tomaševski Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania 109,659 8.22
Artūras Zuokas YES 69,677 5.22
Bronis Ropė Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union 55,263 4.14
Invalid/blank votes 20,451 1.53 24,161 1.99
Total 1,333,666 100 1,212,374 100
Registered voters/turnout 2,553,335 52.23 2,559,398 47.37
Source: Central Election Commission, Central Election Commission

References[]

  1. ^ Lithuania IFES
  2. ^ "Lietuvoje organizuojami rinkimai - Renkuosi Lietuvą".
  3. ^ ELTA (1 March 2014). "Candidates". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Prezidentas bus renkamas iš septynių kandidatų". Vz.lt. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Kriterijus, kuris nulems prezidento rinkimų baigtį". Spinter.lt. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  6. ^ Editor, Managing (18 April 2014). "Grybauskaitė still frontrunner in presidential race". En.delfi.lt. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  7. ^ http://en.delfi.lt/66414/grybauskaite-leading-presidential-race-201466414/[permanent dead link] http://www.spinter.lt/site/lt/vidinis/menutop/9/home/publish/NjAwOzk7OzA=
  8. ^ editor (21 March 2014). "Poll: Grybauskaitė is still the presidential frontrunnerThe Lithuania Tribune". En.delfi.lt. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "Prezidento rinkimai: naujos grumtynės dėl antrosios vietos". Spinter.lt. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  10. ^ Editor, Managing. "Grybauskaitė would lead Lithuanian presidential race, followed by PaksasThe Lithuania Tribune". En.delfi.lt. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  11. ^ a b "Prezidento rinkimai: aiškėja du favoritai". Spinter.lt. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  12. ^ "Prezidento rinkimai: kokį vertinimą rinkėjai rašytų D. Grybauskaitei?". Spinter.lt. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2014.

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