presidential runoff

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) on Saturday confirmed the final results in the 2024 presidential election runoff that took place on 26 May.

Ingrida Šimonytė, a runner-up in the presidential runoff, says that „the world has not turned upside down“ after she lost the election, just like five years ago. The prime minister also describes her voter support as personally motivating her.

Newly re-elected President Gitanas Nausėda says the coming term of office will not be easy either amid continuing challenges.

All the votes from 1,895 polling districts counted show that re-elected President Gitanas Nausėda secured an overwhelming win in the presidential run-off, the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) said.

Lawyer Ignas Vėgėlė, an independent candidate who ran for president but dropped out of the race after finishing third in the first round, has endorsed incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda in runoff voting. Vėgėlė previously claimed that he would not support any of the remaining candidates.

In two days of early voting in the runoff presidential election, more than 96,000 Lithuanians have cast ballots and 7,000 more have voted in special polling stations.

President Gitanas Nausėda and Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė on Tuesday took part in debates hosted by public radio LRT prior to the second round of the 2024 presidential election, which will take place on 26 May. Nausėda expressed his dissatisfaction at the composition of the Government and once a...

The Council of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) has announced that the party will endorse incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda in the runoff voting of the 2024 presidential election. On 26 May, Nausėda will face off against Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, the nominee of the Homeland Un...

President Gitanas Nausėda hopes to win additional votes as he seeks re-election in the runoff vote due on 26 May. A 75-25% ratio of the vote would be a “good” result in the race against Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, he says.

Lithuanians went to the polls on Sunday to choose their next president in a runoff between a former conservative finance minister and a political newcomer and to elect their European Parliament members.

Some 140,228 people, or 5.78 percent of all eligible voters, cast their ballots during four days of early voting in Lithuania's presidential runoff and the European Parliament election.

Early voting in Lithuania's presidential runoff and European Parliament elections continues in municipal buildings and special post offices across the country and starts at Lithuania's embassies on Thursday.

Lithuania is fortunate to have two "worthy" candidates competing with each other to be elected president in Sunday's runoff, outgoing President Dalia Grybauskaite said on Tuesday.

Early voting in the presidential runoff and the European Parliament election started in Lithuania on Monday. Voting will take place from Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Economist Gitanas Nauseda is set to face MP Ingrida Simonyte in the presidential runoff in Lithuania, interim figures show.