Municipal elections in Lithuania were held on 5 March 2023 and saw 1,498 members of the municipal councils and 60 mayors elected to office for a four-year term. Next election will be the 2027 Lithuanian Municipal Elections.
Election system Size of council in each municipality varies depending on populations. Lowest population municipalities with up to 5,000 residents have 15 seats, while largest municipalities with over 500,000 inhabitants have 51 seats.
+Size of council by population Seats Number of residents 51 More than 500,000 41 250,000–500,000 31 100,000–250,000 27 50,000–100,000 25 20,000–50,000 21 10,000–20,000 17 5,000–10,000 15 Less than 5,000
During mayoral elections, a single candidate must receive over 50% in first round, otherwise the top two candidates will participate in second round. If turnout is less than 40% in specific municipality, the candidate must receive at least 20% of all registered votes to win the title.
Changes in regulations New Lithuanian Elections Codecs came into power on 1 September 2022. With new regulations all elected mayors will no longer have a seat in the municipal council and the number of mayoral terms is now capped at a maximum of three.https://www.vrk.lt/naujienos/-/content/10180/5/pradeda-galioti-rinkimu-kodeksas Pradeda galioti
Mayoral elections MunicipalityElected mayorMeraiAkmenė District MunicipalityVitalijus MitrofanovasAlytusNerijus CesiulisAlytus District MunicipalityRasa VitkauskienėAnykščiai District MunicipalityKęstutis TubisBirštonas MunicipalityNijolė DirginčienėBiržai District MunicipalityKęstutis KnizikevičiusDruskininkai MunicipalityRičardas MalinauskasElektrėnai MunicipalityGediminas RatkevičiusIgnalina District MunicipalityLaimutis RagaišisJonava District MunicipalityMindaugas SinkevičiusJoniškis District MunicipalityVitalijus GailiusJurbarkas District MunicipalitySkirmantas MockevičiusKaišiadorys District MunicipalityŠarūnas ČėsnaKalvarija MunicipalityNerijus ŠidlauskasKaunasVisvaldas MatijošaitisKaunas District MunicipalityValerijus MakūnasKazlų Rūda MunicipalityMantas VaraškaKelmė District MunicipalityIdelfonsas PetkevičiusKėdainiai District MunicipalityValentinas TamulisKlaipėdaArvydas VaitkusKlaipėda District MunicipalityBronius MarkauskasKretinga District MunicipalityAntanas KalniusKupiškis District MunicipalityDainius BardauskasLazdijai District MunicipalityAusma MiškinienėMarijampolė MunicipalityPovilas IsodaMažeikiai District MunicipalityRūta MatulaitienėMolėtai District MunicipalitySaulius JauneikaNeringa MunicipalityDarius JasaitisPagėgiai MunicipalityVaidas BendaravičiusPakruojis District MunicipalitySaulius MargisPalangaŠarūnas VaitkusPanevėžysRytis Mykolas RačkauskasPanevėžys District MunicipalityAntanas PociusPasvalys District MunicipalityGintautas GegužinskasPlungė District MunicipalityAudrius KlišonisPrienai District MunicipalityAlvydas VaicekauskasRadviliškis District MunicipalityKazimieras RačkauskisRaseiniai District MunicipalityArvydas NekrošiusRietavas MunicipalityAntanas ČerneckisRokiškis District MunicipalityRamūnas GodeliauskasSkuodas District MunicipalityStasys GutautasŠakiai District MunicipalityRaimondas JanuševičiusŠalčininkai District MunicipalityZdzisław PalewiczŠiauliaiArtūras VisockasŠiauliai District MunicipalityČeslovas GreičiusŠilalė District MunicipalityTadas BartkusŠilutė District MunicipalityVytautas LaurinaitisŠirvintos District MunicipalityŽivilė PinskuvienėŠvenčionys District MunicipalityRimantas KlipčiusTauragė District MunicipalityDovydas KaminskasTelšiai District MunicipalityTomas KatkusTrakai District MunicipalityAndrius ŠatevičiusUkmergė District MunicipalityDarius VarnasUtena District MunicipalityMarijus KaukėnasVarėna District MunicipalityAlgis KašėtaVilkaviškis District MunicipalityAlgirdas NeiberkaVilniusValdas BenkunskasVilnius District MunicipalityRobert DuchniewiczVisaginas MunicipalityErlandas GalaguzZarasai District MunicipalityNijolė Guobienė
Vilnius Mayor
Kaunas Mayor
Klaipėda Mayor
Municipal councils' results
Vilnius City Council
Kaunas City Council
Klaipėda City Council
References
See also
Elections in Lithuania
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