Voting in the presidential elections and the referendum on the preservation of citizenship have ended. In the first round of elections for the head of the country, citizens participated more actively than five years ago – a total of 59.37 percent expressed their electoral will. voters, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announces.
As Chairman of the CEC Lina Petronienė told Eltai, more specific election results should be expected after midnight.
According to the data of the CEC at 20:00, 47.78 percent came to the ballot boxes on Sunday. citizens. Another 11.59 percent. participated in the population elections in advance.
Five years ago, the turnout in the first round of the presidential election was 56.45 percent. In turn, 53.16 percent participated in the referendum on preserving citizenship. voters, but the initiative lacked “in favor”. Constitutional amendments were then supported by 73.92 percent. of voters who participated. However, in order for the changes to be accepted, it is necessary that the proposal be supported by more than half of the population with the right to vote – essentially as many as participated in the referendum in general that time.
The most active voters are in Birštonas municipality
The municipality of Birštonas was the most active in the elections held this year, where 70.76 percent voted. voters. The most passive is the municipality of Visaginas. There, only slightly more than two fifths cast their vote – 40.90 percent. – residents with the right to vote.
Voting in the polling stations took place from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. There were 2 million people on the voter list. 385 thousand 234 citizens.
8 candidates competed for the post of the head of the country.
Gitanas Nausėda sought a second term, the conservatives nominated Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, the “Vardan Lietuvos” Democratic Union – Giedrim Jeglinskas, the Freedom Party – the former chairman of the Constitutional Court (KT) Dainių Žalim, the Labor Party – its leader Andriių Mazuronis.
Lawyer Ignas Vēgėlė, doctor Eduardas Vaitkus and the founder of the party “Nemunos ausra” Remigijus Žemaitaitis ran independently.
In the referendum ballot, it was proposed to abandon the sentence currently included in the Constitution: “except for individual cases provided for by law, no one can be a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania and another state at the same time”. This provision does not allow the preservation of Lithuanian citizenship after acquiring the citizenship of another state.
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– 2024-05-12 18:05:18
