Lithuanian presidential election, 2004

13 June and 27 June 2004



Nominee	Valdas Adamkus	Kazimiera Danutė Prunskienė
Party	Independent	LVŽS
Popular vote	723,891	651,024
Percentage	52.6%	47.4%

President before election

Artūras Paulauskas
Independent

Elected President

Valdas Adamkus
Independent

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Presidential elections were held in Lithuania in June 2004. In the first round on 13 June, the former President, Valdas Adamkus, led the vote tally over the former Prime Minister Kazimira Prunskienė. Adamkus defeated Prunskienė in the second round on 27 June.

The elections were held following the impeachment of President Rolandas Paksas, who was elected in January 2003. Paksas was impeached for allegedly leaking classified material, and granting citizenship for Russian businessman Jurij Borisov in exchange for financial support. The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania ruled that Paksas could not seek re-election as president.

The candidates for the presidency were Adamkus, who had been President from 1998 to 2003 and who was running as an independent, Prunskienė of the Peasants and New Democratic Party Union (NDP), Vilija Blinkevičiutė of the New Union Party (NS), Petras Auštrevičius (independent), and Česlovas Juršėnas of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP).

The election coincided with the 2004 European Parliament election.

Results

Summary of the 13 June 2004 Lithuanian presidential election results^[1]
Candidates		Nominating party	1st round		2nd round
Candidates		Nominating party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Valdas Adamkus	Independent	387,837	30.18	723,891	51.89
	Kazimiera Prunskienė	Peasants and New Democratic Party Union	264,681	20.60	651,024	46.66
	Petras Auštrevičius	Independent	240,413	18.71		—
	Vilija Blinkevičiūtė	New Union Social Liberals	204,819	15.94		—
	Česlovas Juršėnas	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	147,610	11.49		—
Invalid votes			39,707	3.09	20,188	1.45
Totals			1,245,360	100%	1,374,915	100%
Registered voters/turnout			2,655,309	48.40	2,659,211	52.46

References

↑ Central Election Committee, Central Election Committee

Elections and referendums in Lithuania

Parliamentary elections	1920 1922 1923 1926 1936 1940 1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1980 1985 1990 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Presidential elections	1993 1997–98 2002–03 2004 2009 2014

European elections	2004 2009 2014

Referendums	1991 1992 (May) 1992 (Jun) 1992 (Oct) 1994 1996 (Oct) 1996 (Nov) 2003 2008 2012 2014

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

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