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.Lithuania IFES 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.
Participating candidates Initially 12 candidates were officially confirmed to participate, but only 7 fulfilled the criterion of 20,000 supporting signatures. 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, , , , Jonas Lašinis and Rolandas Paulauskas.
Opinion polls Candidate Spinter Tyrimai7–15 April 2014 Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas4–9 April 2014 Spinter Tyrimai15–20 March 2014 Lietuvos rytas13–17 March 2014 Spinter Tyrimai21–28 February 2014 Lietuvos rytas14–23 February 2014 Spinter Tyrimai16–26 January 2014 Spinter TyrimaiNovember 2013 Spinter Tyrimai18–31 October 2013 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 3.8 2.2 4.1 0.5 Rolandas Paulauskas 1.1 0.6 0.5 Jonas Lašinis 0.3 Rolandas Paksas 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
References
External links 2014 Lithuanian presidential elections VRK