Elections of the President of the Republic of Lithuania

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Preliminary Results of the Voting Round No. 1

Total number of electoral districts - 2039, data received from 2039.
 
Data received from electoral districts with 2624312 voters on the voter list, turnout 1875148 ( 71.45%).
Invalid ballot-papers - 22680 ( 1.21%), valid ballot-papers - 1852468 ( 98.79%).

 
The number of votes cast for each candidate (sorted according to the number of cast votes):
 

  Candidate     Number of cast votes   
  in electoral districts     by post     total     percentage  
  from valid  
  ballot-papers
  
 Arturas Paulauskas  806166 32653  838819  45.28 % 
 Valdas Adamkus  491832 24966  516798  27.90 % 
 Vytautas Landsbergis  271961 22920  294881  15.92 % 
 Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis  101734 4182  105916  5.72 % 
 Kazys Bobelis  70329 2958  73287  3.96 % 
 Rolandas Pavilionis  15210 860  16070  0.87 % 
 Rimantas Smetona  5904 793  6697  0.36 % 
Total:   1763136  89332 1852468 100% 
 
Having selected a candidate you will receive information about the votes cast only for this candidate in towns and regions.
 

From Article 70 of the Law on Presidential Elections of the Republic of Lithuania:

"A candidate to the office of President of the Republic shall be considered elected if during voting for the first time in which at least half of all voters participate, he or she receives more than half of the votes of all voters participating in the elections. If less than half of all voters participated in the elections, a candidate shall be considered elected when he or she receives the most, but no less than one-third of votes of all voters.
If during the first voting round none of the candidates get the required majority vote, a repeat vote shall be held within 2 weeks of the election day in the procedure established by this Law between the two candidates who received the most votes in the first voting round. In this case, the candidate who gets the majority of votes shall be considered elected."

 
Voting Results in Towns and Regions

On the map, towns and regions are marked with the colour of the candidate who received the biggest number of votes in that town or region.
The candidates chose their colours by drawing the lots.
 



 

Having selected a town or district, you will receive information about the votes cast for every candidate.
There are number of districts from which data was received and total number of districts in town or region in brackets.

1. Vilnius City  (164/164)   2. Alytus Town (24/24)   3. Birstonas Town (1/1)   4. Druskininkai Town (7/7)   5. Kaunas City (124/124)   6. Klaipeda City (57/57)   7. Marijampole Town (15/15)   8. Neringa Town (3/3)   9. Palanga Town (7/7)   10. Panevezys City (29/29)   11. Siauliai City (43/43)   12. Visaginas Town (6/6)   13. Akmene Region (19/19)   14. Alytus Region (50/50)   15. Anyksciai Region (37/37)   16. Birzai Region (32/32)   17. Ignalina Region (27/27)   18. Jonava Region (27/27)   19. Joniskis Region (26/26)   20. Jurbarkas Region (31/31)   21. Kaisiadorys Region (30/30)   22. Kaunas Region (40/40)   23. Kedainiai Region (54/54)   24. Kelme Region (41/41)   25. Klaipeda Region (31/31)   26. Kretinga Region (38/38)   27. Kupiskis Region (24/24)   28. Lazdijai Region (33/33)   29. Marijampole Region (54/54)   30. Mazeikiai Region (35/35)   31. Moletai Region (24/24)   32. Pakruojis Region (38/38)   33. Panevezys Region (44/44)   34. Pasvalys Region (35/35)   35. Plunge Region (35/35)   36. Prienai Region (34/34)   37. Radviliskis Region (44/44)   38. Raseiniai Region (42/42)   39. Rokiskis Region (42/42)   40. Skuodas Region (24/24)   41. Sakiai Region (38/38)   42. Salcininkai Region (33/33)   43. Siauliai Region (40/40)   44. Silale Region (24/24)   45. Silute Region (39/39)   46. Sirvintos Region (24/24)   47. Svencionys Region (29/29)   48. Taurage Region (33/33)   49. Telsiai Region (33/33)   50. Trakai Region (44/44)   51. Ukmerge Region (40/40)   52. Utena Region (29/29)   53. Varena Region (39/39)   54. Vilkaviskis Region (44/44)   55. Vilnius Region (55/55)   56. Zarasai Region (24/24)  


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