1997–98 Lithuanian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Lithuania in December 1997 and January 1998.[1] In the first round on 21 December, the independent candidate Artūras Paulauskas led the former U.S. civil servant Valdas Adamkus but neither received a majority of the vote, resulting in a run-off being held on 4 January 1998, in which Adamkus defeated Paulauskas.

1997–98 Lithuanian presidential election

21 December 1997 (first round) 4 January 1998 (second round)

Nominee Valdas Adamkus Artūras Paulauskas Party Independent Independent Popular vote 968,031 953,775 Percentage 50.37 49.63

President before election Algirdas Brazauskas Democratic Labour Elected President Valdas Adamkus Independent

Results

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Artūras Paulauskas	Independent	838,819	45.28	953,775	49.63
	Valdas Adamkus	Independent	516,798	27.90	968,031	50.37
	Vytautas Landsbergis	Homeland Union – Lithuanian Conservatives	294,881	15.92
	Vytenis Andriukaitis	Social Democratic Party	105,916	5.72
	Kazys Bobelis	Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party	73,287	3.96
	Rolandas Pavilionis	Independent	16,070	0.87
	Rimantas Smetona	Independent	6,697	0.36
Invalid/blank votes			22,680	–	15,980	–
Total			1,875,148	100	1,937,786	100
Registered voters/turnout			2,624,312	71.45	2,630,681	73.66
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1201 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

External links

• 1997–98 Lithuanian presidential elections VRK (in Lithuanian)