# 2014 Lithuanian presidential election

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. 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.

## Participating candidates

Initially 12 candidates were officially confirmed to participate, but only 7 fulfilled the criterion of 20,000 supporting signatures.
* 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 | Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas 4–9 April 2014 | Spinter Tyrimai 15–20 March 2014 | Lietuvos rytas 13–17 March 2014 | Spinter Tyrimai 21–28 February 2014 | Lietuvos rytas 14–23 February 2014 | Spinter Tyrimai 16–26 January 2014 | Spinter Tyrimai November 2013 | Spinter Tyrimai 18–31 October 2013 |
| 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 | Candidate | Party | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | 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 | Total | Total | 1,313,215 | 100.00 | 1,188,213 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,313,215 | 98.47 | 1,188,213 | 98.01 |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 20,451 | 1.53 | 24,161 | 1.99 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,333,666 | 100.00 | 1,212,374 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 2,553,335 | 52.23 | 2,559,398 | 47.37 |
| Source: Central Election Commission, Central Election Commission |||||||