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2014 Lithuanian presidential election
Turnout	52.23% (first round); 47.37% (second round)
	Second round results by municipality; Grybauskaitė Balčytis
President before election; Dalia Grybauskaitė; Independent	Elected President ; Dalia Grybauskaitė; Independent

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Participating candidates

Initially 12 candidates were officially confirmed to participate,^[3] but only 7 fulfilled the criterion of 20,000 supporting signatures.^[4]

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, Linas Balsys [lt], Kristina Brazauskienė [lt], Vladas Lašas [lt], Jonas Lašinis and Rolandas Paulauskas.

Opinion polls

Candidate	Spinter Tyrimai 7–15 April 2014^[5]	Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas 4–9 April 2014 ^[6]	Spinter Tyrimai 15–20 March 2014^[7]	Lietuvos rytas 13–17 March 2014^[8]	Spinter Tyrimai 21–28 February 2014^[9]	Lietuvos rytas 14–23 February 2014 ^[10]	Spinter Tyrimai 16–26 January 2014^[11]	Spinter Tyrimai November 2013^[11]	Spinter Tyrimai 18–31 October 2013^[12]
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
Linas Balsys [lt]	—	—	—	3.8	2.2	4.1			0.5
Rolandas Paulauskas	—	—	—	1.1
Kristina Brazauskienė [lt]	—	—	—	0.6
Vladas Lašas [lt]	—	—	—	0.5
Jonas Lašinis	—	—	—	0.3
Rolandas Paksas	—	—	—	—	9.7	14.8	7.6	7.6	4.3
(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

Results


Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Dalia Grybauskaitė	Independent	612,485	46.64	701,999	59.08
	Zigmantas Balčytis	Social Democratic Party	181,659	13.83	486,214	40.92
	Artūras Paulauskas	Labour Party	160,139	12.19
	Naglis Puteikis	Independent	124,333	9.47
	Valdemar Tomaševski	Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania	109,659	8.35
	Artūras Zuokas	YES	69,677	5.31
	Bronis Ropė	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union	55,263	4.21
Total			1,313,215	100.00	1,188,213	100.00

Valid votes			1,313,215	98.47	1,188,213	98.01
Invalid/blank votes			20,451	1.53	24,161	1.99
Total votes			1,333,666	100.00	1,212,374	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,553,335	52.23	2,559,398	47.37
Source: Central Election Commission, Central Election Commission