Lithuanian presidential election, 2009
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A presidential election was held in Lithuania on 17 May 2009. A run-off election would have been held on 7 June 2009 had one been necessary.[1] European Commissioner Dalia Grybauskaitė was elected with 69 percent of the valid vote and took office on 12 July as the country's first female president.
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Candidates to participate[edit]
The Electoral Commission registered 14 candidates for participation in the presidential election. Candidates who dropped out of election before the start.
- Speaker of the Seimas Arūnas Valinskas[1] (National Resurrection Party) (refused)
- Algirdas Pilvelis (did not collect the needed minimum number of signatures)
- Algimantas Matulevičius (did not collect the minimum needed number of signatures)
- Zigmas Vaišvila (did not collect the minimum needed number of signatures)
- Vidmantas Sadauskas (did not collect the minimum needed number of signatures)
- Vytautas Kundrotas (did not collect the minimum needed number of signatures)
- Jonas Jankauskas (did not collect the minimum needed number of signatures)
- Vladimir Romanov - application rejected.
Candidates for election[edit]
Candidates confirmed for election with more than 20 thousands signatures.
- Dalia Grybauskaitė[2]
- Valentinas Mazuronis (Order and Justice)
- Kazimiera Danutė Prunskienė (Former prime minister)
- Česlovas Jazerskas
- Waldemar Tomaszewski (Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania)
- Loreta Graužinienė (Labour Party)
- Algirdas Butkevičius (Social Democratic Party of Lithuania)
Polls[edit]
According to the opinion polls Dalia Grybauskaitė was the undisputed leader in the race for the Presidency.[3][4]
Results[edit]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Dalia Grybauskaitė | Independent | 950,407 | 69.1 | |
| Algirdas Butkevičius | Social Democratic Party of Lithuania | 162,665 | 11.8 | |
| Valentinas Mazuronis | Order and Justice | 84,656 | 6.2 | |
| Valdemar Tomaševski | Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania | 65,255 | 4.7 | |
| Kazimira Prunskienė | Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union | 53,778 | 3.9 | |
| Loreta Graužinienė | Labour Party | 49,686 | 3.6 | |
| Česlovas Jezerskas | Independent | 9,191 | 0.7 | |
| Invalid votes | 17,640 | — | ||
| Total | 1,393,278 | 100 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,691,603 | 51.8 | ||
| Source: VRK | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ Usackas pulls out of presidential race. Baltictimes.com (17 February 2009). Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ D. Grybauskaitė sieks prezidento posto. Retrieved on 2009-02-26
- ^ Po D.Grybauskaitės apsisprendimo politologai nemato jai konkurencijos. Retrieved on 2009-02-26
- ^ Grybauskaite is Favourite Contender in Lithuania | Angus Reid Public Opinion. Angus-reid.com (11 March 2009). Retrieved 15 May 2012.
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