Lithuanian presidential election, 2014

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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.

Participating candidates

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

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 GrybauskaitėIndependent612,48546.64701,99959.08
Zigmantas BalčytisSocial Democratic Party of Lithuania181,65913.83486,21440.92
Artūras PaulauskasLabour Party160,13912.19
Naglis PuteikisIndependent124,3339.47
Valdemar TomaševskiElectoral Action of Poles in Lithuania109,6598.35
Artūras ZuokasYES69,6775.31
Bronis RopėLithuanian Peasant and Greens Union55,2634.21
Invalid/blank votes20,45124,161
Total1,333,6661001,212,374100
Registered voters/turnout2,553,33552.232,559,39847.37
Source: VRK, VRK

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