The poll was commissioned by the news website delfi.lt and carried out by the public opinion and market research company Spinter tyrimai.
It has revealed that in January 23.5% of respondents would have voted for Nausėda who is looking to be re-elected for the second term in office. The current president is equally popular among all social and demographical groups. In December 2023, support for him stood at 25.8%.
His closest rivals were lawyer Ignas Vėgėlė and Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė.
In January, 12.8% of the polled stated that they would vote for Vėgėlė (12.4% in December) who came to prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic. His supporter base mostly includes people with lower and average income, lower and average education, rural residents and residents of district centres.
Šimonytė’s rating in January stood at 10.8% (10.4% in December). The nominee of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) is mostly supported by residents of major cities, people with higher income and better education.
Social Democratic leader, MEP Vilija Blinkevičiūtė ranked fourth in January with 8.6% support (6.6% in December). However, she has decided not to stand as a candidate in the presidential race.
Meanwhile, 4.1% of respondents would vote for former chairman of the Constitutional Court, Freedom Party’s nominee Dainius Žalimas (3.8% in December).
MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis is slightly behind with 3.3% (2% in December).
Whereas 2.8% of the polled in January would have voted for Aurelijus Veryga, the presidential candidate of the Farmers and Greens party (3.5% in December).
12.2% of respondents named other candidates. However, other candidates would each garner below 2% of votes. 15.7% of the polled were undecided how they would vote, whereas 6.7% do not intend to vote in the presidential election.
The poll was conducted on 19-26 January 2024. A total of 1,008 people aged 18-75 were interviewed. The margin of error is 3.1%.
The 2024 presidential election will take place on 12 May.