2019 Lithuanian presidential election
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Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Lithuania on 12 May 2019.[1] Incumbent president Dalia Grybauskaitė is term-limited.
Candidates
Declared candidates
- Naglis Puteikis, member of the Seimas, Chairman of the Lithuanian Centre Party
- Aušra Maldeikienė, well-known economist, Member of the Seimas
- Vygaudas Ušackas, former EU Ambassador to Russia
- Valentinas Mazuronis, member of the European Parliament, former Minister of Environment
- Gitanas Nausėda, economist, lecturer
- Petras Auštrevičius, member of the European Parliament
- Arvydas Juozaitis, philosopher, former sportsman.
- Rolandas Paksas, member of the European Parliament, former impeached President of Lithuania[2]
Potential candidates
The following Lithuanians are mentioned in the media as potential candidates for the 2019 presidential election:
- Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, MEP[3] and former Minister of Social Security and Labour (2000–2008)
- Visvaldas Matijošaitis, Mayor of Kaunas[4]
- Saulius Skvernelis, Prime Minister since 2016, former Minister of Interior (2014–2016) [5]
- Valdemar Tomaševski, politician, leader of party of Poles of Lithuania.
- Artūras Zuokas, politician and former Mayor of Vilnius (2000–2007, 2011–2015) [6]
The following Lithuanians have expressed their desire to participate in the TS-LKD's presidential primaries:
- Ingrida Šimonytė, economist, MP and former Minister of Finance (2009–2012)[7]
- Vygaudas Ušackas, former EU Ambassador to Russia[7]
Declined candidates
- Žygimantas Pavilionis, member of the Seimas, former Ambassador of Lithuania to United States[8]
Opinion polls
| Candidate | 18 December 2017[9][10] |
May 2018[11] | September 2018[12] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gitanas Nausėda | 12% | 22.9% | 19.7% |
| Visvaldas Matijošaitis | 9.5% | 12.2% | 14.4% |
| Saulius Skvernelis | 12.2% | 12.8% | 10.7% |
| Vygaudas Ušackas | 5.2% | 6.9% | 8.3% |
| Ingrida Šimonytė | 7% | 5.3% | 8.0% |
| Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | 6.5% | – | 5.8% |
| Žygimantas Pavilionis | 4.2% | 2.8% | 3.9% |
| Antanas Guoga | – | 2.9% | 3.1% |
| Ramūnas Karbauskis | 4% | 2.7% | 2.5% |
| Remigijus Šimašius | – | 2.9% | 1.6% |
| Aušra Maldeikienė | 3.4% | 1.0% | 1.5% |
| Naglis Puteikis | – | 2.7% | 1.4% |
| Vytenis Andriukaitis | – | 1.2% | 0.3% |
| Valentinas Mazuronis | – | 1.6% | 0.3% |
| Linas Linkevičius | 2.8% | – | – |
| Other | – | – | 4.6% |
| Don't know | 32.6% | 10.2% | 13.9% |
| Don't vote | – | 11.9% |
References
- ^ "Seimas announced the dates for the 2019 elections". Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "Rolandas Paksas paskelbė, kad traukiasi iš partijos „Tvarka ir teisingumas"". delfi.lt (in Lithuanian).
- ^ "Apklausa: ką rinktų Lietuvos prezidentu". lrytas.lt.
- ^ "Visvaldas Matijošaitis užsiminė apie dalyvavimą prezidento rinkimuose". lrytas.lt.
- ^ "R. Valatka. Kitas premjeras ir kitas prezidentas – tas pats S. Skvernelis?". delfi.lt.
- ^ "Mayor Zuokas says he will run for president in 2019". delfi.lt.
- ^ a b "TS-LKD pirminiuose prezidento rinkimuose – Šimonytė ir Ušackas". vz.lt.
- ^ "Žygimantas Pavilionis is not going to participate in the presidential elections" (in Lithuanian). 15min.lt. 2018-09-17.
- ^ "Apklausa: Prezidento rinkimuose gyventojai palaikytų Saulių Skvernelį ir Gitaną Nausėdą". LZINIOS.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Kas bus Prezidentas? Apklausos rezultatai". Rokiškis Rabinovičius (in Lithuanian). 2017-10-17.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ "Naujausi reitingai: vieno iš kandidatų sprendimas gali situaciją pakeisti iš esmės" (in Lithuanian). delfi.lt. 2018-05-21.
- ^ "Kandidatų į prezidentus reitingai jau keičiasi: artėja didžiųjų permainų metas" (in Lithuanian). delfi.lt. 2018-09-13.
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