Английская Википедия:2014 Lithuanian presidential election
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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. Second round took place alongside the 2014 European elections.
Electoral changes
Since these elections all potential voters, living permanently or temporarily outside of Republic of Lithuania, had to submit documents to Central Election Commission's register.[2]
Participating candidates
Initially 12 candidates were officially confirmed to participate,[3] but only 7 fulfilled the criterion of 20,000 supporting signatures.[4]
- 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
Grybauskaitė was supported by the Homeland Union and Liberal Movement.
Unsuccessful candidates include: Rolandas Paksas, Linas Balsys, Kristina Brazauskienė, Vladas Lašas, Jonas Lašinis, Rolandas Paulauskas.
Opinion polls
| Candidate | Spinter Tyrimai 7–15 April 2014[5] |
Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas 4–9 April 2014 [6] |
Spinter Tyrimai 15–20 March 2014[7] |
Lietuvos rytas 13–17 March 2014[8] |
Spinter Tyrimai 21–28 February 2014[9] |
Lietuvos rytas 14–23 February 2014 [10] |
Spinter Tyrimai 16–26 January 2014[11] |
Spinter Tyrimai November 2013[11] |
Spinter Tyrimai 18–31 October 2013[12] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Шаблон:N/a | Шаблон:N/a | Шаблон:N/a | 3.8 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 0.5 | ||
| Rolandas Paulauskas | Шаблон:N/a | Шаблон:N/a | Шаблон:N/a | 1.1 | |||||
| Kristina Brazauskienė | Шаблон:N/a | Шаблон:N/a | Шаблон:N/a | 0.6 | |||||
| Vladas Lašas | Шаблон:N/a | Шаблон:N/a | Шаблон:N/a | 0.5 | |||||
| Jonas Lašinis | Шаблон:N/a | Шаблон:N/a | Шаблон:N/a | 0.3 | |||||
| Rolandas Paksas | Шаблон:N/a | Шаблон:N/a | Шаблон:N/a | Шаблон: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
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