Two weeks from now, in the second round of the presidential election, as it was five years ago, the head of the country, Gitanas Nausėda, who is seeking re-election, and the conservative candidate, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, will meet.
According to the preliminary data of the Central Election Commission (CEC), after counting the ballots from all 1895 election precincts, G. Nausėda became the winner in the first round of elections, having collected 44.19 percent. voters’ votes. I. Šimonytė, who remained in second place, received 19.78 percent. voter support.
According to the preliminary data of the CEC, in third place is the lawyer Ignas Vēgėlė, who independently nominated his candidacy, who received 12.37 percent. percent voters’ votes.
9.27 percent of voters voted for ex-parliamentarian Remigijius Žemaitaitis, doctor Eduardas Vaitkus won 7.32 percent of votes. The former chairman of the Constitutional Court (KT) Dainiai Žalima was supported by 3.54 percent. of voters, 1.38 percent voted for the leader of the Labor Party, Andrii Mazuronis. voters. The last in the table of election results is Giedrim Jeglinskas, the candidate of the Democratic Union “Vardan Lietuvos”, for whom 1.36 voters voted.
On Sunday, 59.48 percent came to the ballot boxes to cast their vote in the election of the head of the country. citizens.
As ELTA reminds, if during the first voting none of the candidates receives the set number of votes, two weeks later a repeat vote is held for the two candidates who received the most votes.
The Election Code stipulates that the candidate who has received more votes is considered elected, regardless of the number of voters who participated in the election.
The CEC must announce the date of the repeat vote together with the results of the first vote.
Jadvyga Bieliavska (ELTA)
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– 2024-05-13 08:28:28
