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2014 Lithuanian presidential election

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Field	Value
country	Lithuania
type	presidential
previous_election	2009 Lithuanian presidential election
previous_year	2009
next_election	2019 Lithuanian presidential election
next_year	2019
election_date	11 May 2014 (first round)
25 May 2014 (second round)
turnout	52.23% (first round)
47.37% (second round)
image1	Dalia Grybauskaitė 2013-11-17.jpg
nominee1	Dalia Grybauskaitė
party1	Independent politician
popular_vote1	701,999
percentage1	59.08%
image2	Zigmantas Balčytis.jpg
nominee2	Zigmantas Balčytis
party2	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
popular_vote2	486,214
percentage2	40.92%
title	President
before_election	Dalia Grybauskaitė
before_party	Independent politician
after_election	Dalia Grybauskaitė
after_party	Independent politician
map_image	Results of Lithuanian presidential election (second round), 2014.png
map_caption	Second round results by municipality
Grybauskaitė Balčytis

25 May 2014 (second round) 47.37% (second round) Grybauskaitė Balčytis

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. 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 Tyrimai
7–15 April 2014	author=Baltic News Service	url=http://en.delfi.lt/66983/grybauskaite-still-frontrunner-in-presidential-race-201466983/	title=Grybauskaitė still frontrunner in presidential race	publisher=En.delfi.lt	date=18 April 2014	accessdate=28 May 2014	url-status=dead	archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140418112723/http://en.delfi.lt/66983/grybauskaite-still-frontrunner-in-presidential-race-201466983/	archivedate=18 April 2014}}	Spinter Tyrimai
15–20 March 2014	date=21 March 2014	title=Poll: Grybauskaitė is still the presidential frontrunner	url=http://en.delfi.lt/65528/poll-grybauskaite-is-still-the-presidential-frontrunner-201465528/	url-status=dead	archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140322112211/http://en.delfi.lt/65528/poll-grybauskaite-is-still-the-presidential-frontrunner-201465528/	archivedate=22 March 2014	accessdate=28 May 2014	website=The Lithuania Tribune	publisher=En.delfi.lt}}	Spinter Tyrimai
21–28 February 2014	author=Baltic News Service	title=Grybauskaitė would lead Lithuanian presidential race, followed by Paksas	url=http://en.delfi.lt/64302/grybauskaite-would-lead-lithuanian-presidential-race-followed-by-paksas-201464302/	url-status=dead	archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140322112301/http://en.delfi.lt/64302/grybauskaite-would-lead-lithuanian-presidential-race-followed-by-paksas-201464302/	archivedate=22 March 2014	accessdate=28 May 2014	website=The Lithuania Tribune	publisher=En.delfi.lt}}	url=http://www.spinter.lt/site/lt/vidinis/menutop/9/home/publish/NTgzOzk7OzA=	title=Prezidento rinkimai: aiškėja du favoritai	publisher=Spinter.lt	date=3 February 2014	accessdate=28 May 2014}}	Spinter Tyrimai
November 2013	Spinter Tyrimai
18–31 October 2013	(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
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

Results

References

[http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2388/ Lithuania] IFES
"Lietuvoje organizuojami rinkimai - Renkuosi Lietuvą".
ELTA. (1 March 2014). "Candidates". Delfi.lt.
(4 April 2014). "Prezidentas bus renkamas iš septynių kandidatų". Vz.lt.
(28 April 2014). "Kriterijus, kuris nulems prezidento rinkimų baigtį". Spinter.lt.
[[Baltic News Service]]. (18 April 2014). "Grybauskaitė still frontrunner in presidential race". En.delfi.lt.
"Visuomenės nuomonės tyrimas dėl prezidento rinkimų". Sprinter Tyrimai.
(21 March 2014). "Poll: Grybauskaitė is still the presidential frontrunner". En.delfi.lt.
(12 March 2014). "Prezidento rinkimai: naujos grumtynės dėl antrosios vietos". Spinter.lt.
[[Baltic News Service]]. "Grybauskaitė would lead Lithuanian presidential race, followed by Paksas". En.delfi.lt.
(3 February 2014). "Prezidento rinkimai: aiškėja du favoritai". Spinter.lt.
(12 November 2013). "Prezidento rinkimai: kokį vertinimą rinkėjai rašytų D. Grybauskaitei?". Spinter.lt.

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