Lithuanian presidential election, 1997–1998

Lithuanian presidential election, 1997-1998

21 December 1997 and 4 January 1998



Nominee	Valdas Adamkus	Artūras Paulauskas
Party	Nonpartisan	Nonpartisan
Popular vote	968,031	953,775
Percentage	49.96	49.22

President before election

Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas

Elected President

Valdas Adamkus

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Presidential elections were held in Lithuania in December 1997 and January 1998. In the first round on 21 December, the independent candidate Artūras Paulauskas led the former US civil servant Valdas Adamkus. However, in the second round on 4 January 1998, Adamkus led Paulaskas and won a majority vote.

Results

Summary of the 21 December 1997 and 4 January 1998 Lithuanian presidential elections^[1]
Candidates		Nominating party	1st round		2nd round
Candidates		Nominating party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Valdas Adamkus	Independent	516,798	27.56	968,031	49.96
	Artūras Paulauskas	Independent	838,819	44.73	953,775	49.22
	Vytautas Landsbergis	Homeland Union – Lithuanian Conservatives	294,881	15.73		—
	Vytenis Andriukaitis	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	105,916	5.65		—
	Kazys Bobelis	Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party	73,287	3.91		—
	Rolandas Pavilionis	Independent	16,070	0.86		—
	Rimantas Smetona	Lithuanian Nationalists Union	6,697	0.36		—
Invalid votes			22,680	1.21	15,980	0.82
Totals			1,875,148	100%	1,921,806	100%

References

↑ Central Electoral Committee: Round 1 and Round 2

External links

Elections of the President of Lithuania '97 (English) (Lithuanian)
1997-1998 Presidential Election Results
1997-1998 Presidential Election Results

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See also: Elections in the Klaipėda Region • Elections in Central Lithuania

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