2024 Lithuanian presidential election
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Gitanas Nausėda
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Presidential elections are due to be held in Lithuania in May 2024, with a second round due to be held two weeks after the first, should any candidate fail to receive an absolute majority of the vote.[1]

Electoral system

The elections will be held using the two-round system. To win in the first round, a candidate requires an absolute majority of the vote and either voter turnout to be above 50% or for their vote share to be equivalent to at least one-third of the number of registered voters. If no candidate wins in the first round, a second round is required, featuring the top two candidates. All candidates for president are independent. While some candidates belong to and/or are supported by a political party, the office of the president is formally non-partisan.[2]

Citizens of Lithuania whose at least one parent was also a citizen (natural-born-citizen clause), who have lived in Lithuania for at least three years prior, are not serving a prison sentence, are not on active duty in the Lithuanian Armed Forces, are not bound to any other country by an oath and have never been impeached, are allowed to run for President. Each candidate must collect at least 20 thousand signatures by Lithuanian citizens to be able to run for election.[3]

Declared candidates

All potential candidates for President must gather 20 thousand signatures physically or online in order to be registered.[4] This list includes politicians who have declared their intention to register for the election.

Name Born Experience Party endorsements Ref.

Giedrimas Jeglinskas 		April 22, 1979
(age 45)
 Vice-Minister of National Defence (2014-2019)
Deputy Secretary General of NATO (2019-2022)
 Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" [5]

Antanas Kandrotas-Celofanas 		December 28, 1980
(age 43)
Kaunas 		Convicted fraudster, anti-LGBT activist
 None [6]

Ingrida Šimonytė 		November 15, 1974
(age 49)
Vilnius 		Prime Minister of Lithuania (2020–present)
Member of the Seimas (2016–present)
Deputy Chairwoman of the Board and Member of Board of the Bank of Lithuania (2013–2016)
Minister of Finance (2009–2012)
 Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (member of party) [7]

Eduardas Vaitkus 		October 3, 1956
(age 67)
Kaunas 		Professor at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (2002–present)
Advisor to the Minister of Health (2005-2006) 		None [8]

Mantas Varaška [lt] 		May 26, 1979
(age 45)
Kazlų Rūda 		Mayor of Kazlų Rūda Municipality (2019–present)
Member of the Seimas (2008-2012)
 Lithuanian Regions Party [9]

Aurelijus Veryga 		August 8, 1976
(age 47)
Užventis, Kelmė District Municipality 		Member of the Seimas (2016–present)
Minister of Health (2016–2020)
 Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (member of party) [10]

Valdas Tutkus 		December 27, 1960
(age 63)
Vilnius 		Political commentator
Chief of Defence (2004-2009)
Commander of the Lithuanian Land Forces (2001-2004) 		None [11]

Dainius Žalimas 		May 22, 1973
(age 51)
 President of Constitutional Court of Lithuania (2014-2021)
Dean of the Faculty of the Law of Vytautas Magnus University (2021-present)
 Freedom Party [12]

Potential candidates

These individuals have either considered a presidential bid or have been proposed as potential candidates during the campaign.

Political parties

Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats

All TS-LKD candidates withdrew after Šimonytė announced her bid.[13]

Social Democratic Party of Lithuania

Union of Democrats "For Lithuania"

Labour Party

Independents

Declined candidates

Opinion polls

Names in italic indicate politicians who have been added to presidential election opinion polls despite not considering a bid.

First round

Date Vilija Blinkevičiūtė Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen Gitanas Nausėda Saulius Skvernelis Ingrida Šimonytė Andrius Tapinas Valdas Tutkus Aurelijus Veryga Ignas Vėgėlė Remigijus Žemaitaitis Other Don't Know Will Not Vote
November 2023[20] 7.0% 3.0% 19.3% 2.8% 10.1% 3.5% 2.2% 2.1% 8.8% 3.6% 11.1% 18.1% 8.4%

References

  1. ^ "The forthcoming elections". Supreme Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  2. ^ "Lithuania: Election for President". IFES Election Guide.
  3. ^ "Lietuvos Respublikos Prezidentas". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian).
  4. ^ Jurčenkaitė, Indrė (2019-02-20). "L.Matjošaitytė: parašų rinkimas prezidento rinkimuose gerina rekordus". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian).
  5. ^ Gaučaitė-Znutienė, Modesta (2023-11-11). "Demokratų sąjungos „Vardan Lietuvos" kandidatas į prezidentus – Giedrimas Jeglinskas". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian).
  6. ^ Povilaitis, Nerijus (2023-10-05). "Prezidento posto sieksiantis Kandrotas-Celofanas jau skelbia, ką ketina nuveikti netrukus". Delfi (in Lithuanian).
  7. ^ Pankūnė, Dainora (2023-10-04). "TS-LKD Šimonytę pasitiko plojimais: teigia, kad demokratijos šventė jau atšvęsta". Delfi (in Lithuanian).
  8. ^ Vaitkus, Eduardas (2023-09-06). "Įstatymo diktatūra – vienintelis Lietuvos sėkmės raktas". Baltic News Service (in Lithuanian).
  9. ^ Alonderytė-Kazlauskė, Erika (2023-09-24). "Kazlų Rūdos meras Varaška kandidatuos prezidento rinkimuose". LRT (in Lithuanian).
  10. ^ "„Valstiečiai" į prezidentus kelia Aurelijų Verygą: nebijo būti pirmuoju partiniu kandidatu". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). 2023-08-01.
  11. ^ "Buvęs Lietuvos kariuomenės vadas Tutkus sieks prezidento posto". Delfi (in Lithuanian). 2023-10-05.
  12. ^ https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/lietuvoje/2/2124339/dainius-zalimas-paskelbe-dalyvausiantis-prezidento-rinkimuose-su-laisves-partija. ((cite web)): Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ^ Skėrytė, Jūratė (2023-10-04). "Nelikus konkurentų Šimonytė tapo TS-LKD kandidate į prezidentus". LRT (in Lithuanian).
  14. ^ a b c d e f Lyberytė, Augustė (2023-09-25). "Dauguma TS-LKD skyrių prezidento rinkimuose siūlo dalyvauti Šimonytei, Landsbergiui, Navickienei". LRT (in Lithuanian).
  15. ^ a b c d e Černiauskaitė, Agnė (2023-09-22). "Aiškėja LSDP kandidatai į prezidentus: vienas juokėsi, dalis nustebo, o kitas jau galvoja apie pergalę". Lrytas (in Lithuanian).
  16. ^ a b "DEMOKRATAI RENGIASI KELTI KANDIDATUS Į PREZIDENTUS: S. SKVERNELIS NENORI KARTOTI ISTORIJOS". Kauno diena (in Lithuanian). 2023-10-06.
  17. ^ a b Jaruševičiūtė-Mockuvienė, Gailė (2023-10-01). "Darbo partijos skyriai į prezidentus siūlo Mazuronį ir Bukauską". LRT (in Lithuanian).
  18. ^ a b "Prezidento rinkimų kampanijos startas: oficialus tik vienas kandidatas, bet po kilimu jau verda kovos". LRT (in Lithuanian). 2023-09-08.
  19. ^ "Viešas prašymas Grybauskaitei – renka parašus ir ragina dalyvauti rinkimuose, bet prezidentės biuras gesina aistras". LRT (in Lithuanian). 2023-08-21.
  20. ^ Voveriūnaitė, Simona (2023-11-14). "Prezidentinių reitingų intriga: fiksuojami reikšmingi poslinkiai". Delfi (in Lithuanian).
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