2014 Lithuanian Presidential Election

Presidential elections were held in Lithuania on May 11,2014, with a second round held on May 25,2014 between the top two candidates from the first round

Presidential Candidates

Initially 12 candidates were officially confirmed to participate, but only 7 fulfilled the criterion of 20,000 supporting signatures

• Zigmantas Balčytis - Member of the European Parliament – Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
• Dalia Grybauskaitė - incumbent President of Lithuania (2009–2014) – Independent
• Artūras Paulauskas - member of Seimas – Labour Party
• Naglis Puteikis       - member of Seimas, independent
• Bronis Ropė           -Mayor of Ignalina – Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union
• Valdemar Tomaševski - Member of the European Parliament
• Artūras Zuokas - Mayor of Vilnius – YES

Lithuania's incumbent President Dalia Grybauskaite has declared victory following a second round of voting in the Baltic country's presidential elections.

With nearly all votes counted she had won 58% with her Social Democrat rival Zigmantas Balcytis trailing on 42%.

The election was fought amid rising concerns in the region after Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.

Results   

  
Candidate                   Party                             First Round                         Run-Off

Dalia Grybauskaite      Independent                   612485 Votes(45.92%)         700581 Votes(57.87%)
Zigmantas Balcytis      Social Democrat             181659 Votes(13.62%)         485935 Votes(40.14%)