With votes from all the 1,895 polling districts counted, Nausėd won the first round of election with 44.19% and Šimonytė followed with 19.78%, according to preliminary data from the Central Electoral commission (VRK).
Lawyer Ignas Vėgėlė, independent presidential contender, came third with 12.37% of votes.
Ex-MP Remigijus Žemaitaitis finished fourth with 9.27% of votes. He was followed by doctor Eduardas Vaitkus, who was supported by 7.32% of the voters.
The Freedom Party’s nominee Dainius Žalimas, former president of the Constitutional Court, ranked sixth with 3.54% of votes. The Labour Party’s leader Andrius Mazuronis secured support from 1.38% of the voters. Giedrimas Jeglinskas, presidential candidate of the Democrats For Lithuania, finished last with 1.36%.
The voter turnout in the presidential election was 59.48%.
