2014 Lithuanian presidential election

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.

2014 Lithuanian presidential election

11 May 2014 (first round) 25 May 2014 (second round)

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

President before election Dalia Grybauskaitė Independent Elected President Dalia Grybauskaitė Independent

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 (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

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]
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	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.8	2.2	4.1			0.5
Rolandas Paulauskas	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.1
Kristina Brazauskienė	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.6
Vladas Lašas	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.5
Jonas Lašinis	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. ELTA (1 March 2014). "Candidates". Delfi.lt. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
3. "Prezidentas bus renkamas iš septynių kandidatų". Vz.lt. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
4. "Kriterijus, kuris nulems prezidento rinkimų baigtį". Spinter.lt. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
5. 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)
6. http://en.delfi.lt/66414/grybauskaite-leading-presidential-race-201466414/%5B%5D http://www.spinter.lt/site/lt/vidinis/menutop/9/home/publish/NjAwOzk7OzA=
7. 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)
8. "Prezidento rinkimai: naujos grumtynės dėl antrosios vietos". Spinter.lt. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
9. 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)
10. "Prezidento rinkimai: aiškėja du favoritai". Spinter.lt. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
11. "Prezidento rinkimai: kokį vertinimą rinkėjai rašytų D. Grybauskaitei?". Spinter.lt. 12 November 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2014.

External links

• 2014 Lithuanian presidential elections VRK (in Lithuanian)