Lithuanian presidential election, 2014

Lithuanian presidential election, 2014

11 May 2014, 25 May 2014

Nominee Dalia Grybauskaitė Zigmantas Balčytis Party Independent Social Democrats Popular vote 701,999 486,214 Percentage 57.90% 40.10%

Dalia Grybauskaitė      Valdemar Tomaševski      Zigmantas Balčytis      Bronis Ropė

President before election Dalia Grybauskaitė Independent Elected President Dalia Grybauskaitė Independent

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.

Participating candidates

Initially 12 candidates were officially confirmed to participate,^[2] but only 7 fulfilled the criterion of 20,000 supporting signatures.^[3]

• Zigmantas Balčytis (b. 1953), Member of the European Parliament – Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
• Dalia Grybauskaitė (b. 1956), incumbent President of Lithuania (2009–2014) – Independent
• Artūras Paulauskas (b. 1953), member of Seimas – Labour Party
• Naglis Puteikis (b. 1964), member of Seimas, independent
• Bronis Ropė (b. 1955), Mayor of Ignalina – Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union
• Valdemar Tomaševski (b.1965), Member of the European Parliament
• Artūras Zuokas (b. 1968), Mayor of Vilnius – YES

Unsuccessful candidates include: Rolandas Paksas, Linas Balsys, Kristina Brazauskienė, Vladas Lašas, Jonas Lašinis, Rolandas Paulauskas.

Opinion polls

Candidate	Spinter Tyrimai 7–15 April 2014[4]	Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas 4–9 April 2014 [5]	Spinter Tyrimai 15–20 March 2014[6]	Lietuvos rytas 13–17 March 2014[7]	Spinter Tyrimai 21–28 February 2014[8]	Lietuvos rytas 14–23 February 2014 [9]	Spinter Tyrimai 16–26 January 2014[10]	Spinter Tyrimai November 2013[10]	Spinter Tyrimai 18–31 October 2013[11]
Grybauskaitė, Dalia	42.5	46.9	39.3	40.9	40.9	43.3	39.7	36.0	36.5
Balčytis, Zigmantas	12.4	9.9	9.7	10.3	8.9	8.3	8.6	3.0	3.3
Paulauskas, Artūras	9.9	10.5	8.9	9.6	6.6	7.3	3.6	2.3	2.1
Puteikis, Naglis	3.5	4.9
Tomaševski, Valdemar	2.9	3.7	2.8	3.4	1.8		2.0	2.4	2.2
Ropė, Bronis	2.5	3.4	2.3	4.1	2.3		2.0
Zuokas, Artūras	3.0	2.5	2.6	2.3	2.9		2.9	2.1	2.2
Balsys, Linas	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.8	2.2	4.1			0.5
Paulauskas, Rolandas	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.1
Brazauskienė, Kristina	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.6
Lašas, Vladas	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.5
Lašinis, Jonas	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.3
Paksas, Rolandas	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 of Lithuania	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
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