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Turnout in the first round was at 59.37%, the third highest for an election in Lithuania since the 1993 and 1997 presidential elections. [123] After the first round, Šimonytė was endorsed by Žalimas, and Nausėda was endorsed by Žemaitaitis and Vėgėlė. [130] Vaitkus stated that he will spoil his ballot. [131]
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda won the most votes in a weekend presidential election, officials said Monday, but he still faces a runoff in two weeks against Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė.
In 2019, Simonyte, a former finance minister, narrowly defeated Nauseda in the first round of the presidential election. Nauseda prevailed in the run-off with 66% of the vote.
VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuanian Gitanas Nauseda announced his re-election in a presidential ballot on Sunday, following a campaign dominated by security concerns in the European Union and NATO ...
A former finance minister, Šimonytė became prime minister in 2020 after a failed presidential run in 2019, with Nausėda winning that election with 66% of the votes in the runoff. Vėgėlė gained popularity among some Lithuanians during the COVID-19 pandemic by harshly criticizing the lockdown and vaccination policies of the current government.
The pair also ran against each other in a presidential runoff in 2019, when Nausėda won with 66% of the votes. Nausėda will be sworn in for a new five-year term in July. Šimonytė said she will return to work as prime minister in Lithuania, a country of nearly 3 million people on Monday, Lithuanian television said.
Analysts had predicted that Lithuania is set to continue a historic pattern where voters tend to look a different way every four years. Šimonytė conceded, noting the pattern. “In Lithuania that's the way it is, every election we see the pendulum swinging in one direction or the other,” she told reporters. “We respect the will of the ...
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