2024 Lithuanian presidential election
May 2024
President before election

Gitanas Nausėda
Independent

 Elected President

TBD

Presidential elections are due to be held in Lithuania in May 2024, with a second round due to be held two weeks after the first, should any candidate fail to receive an absolute majority of the vote.[1]

Electoral system

The elections will be held using the two-round system. To win in the first round, a candidate requires an absolute majority of the vote and either voter turnout to be above 50% or for their vote share to be equivalent to at least one-third of the number of registered voters. If no candidate wins in the first round, a second round is required, featuring the top two candidates. All candidates for president are independent. While some candidates belong to and/or are supported by a political party, the office of the president is formally non-partisan.[2]

Citizens of Lithuania at least 40 years of age whose at least one parent was also a citizen (natural-born-citizen clause), who have lived in Lithuania for at least three years prior, are not serving a prison sentence, are not on active duty in the Lithuanian Armed Forces, are not bound to any other country by an oath and have never been impeached, are allowed to run for President. Each candidate must collect at least 20 thousand signatures by Lithuanian citizens to be able to run for election.[3]

Declared candidates

All potential candidates for President must gather 20 thousand signatures physically or online in order to be registered.[4] This list includes politicians who have declared their intention to register for the election.

Name Born Experience Party endorsements Ref.

Giedrimas Jeglinskas		 April 22, 1979
(age 44)
Kaunas		 Vice-Minister of National Defence (2014-2019)
Assistant Secretary General of NATO for Executive Management (2019-2022)
 Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" [5]

Antanas Kandrotas-Celofanas		 December 28, 1980
(age 42)
Kaunas		 Convicted fraudster, anti-LGBT activist
 None [6]

Artūras Paulauskas		 August 23, 1953
(age 70)
Vilnius		 Member of the Seimas (2000–2008, 2012-2016)
Speaker of the Seimas (2000–2006)		 Freedom and Justice (member of party) [7]

Ingrida Šimonytė		 November 15, 1974
(age 49)
Vilnius		 Prime Minister of Lithuania (2020–present)
Member of the Seimas (2016–present)
Deputy Chairwoman of the Board and Member of Board of the Bank of Lithuania (2013–2016)
Minister of Finance (2009–2012)
 Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (member of party) [8]

Eduardas Vaitkus		 October 3, 1956
(age 67)
Kaunas		 Professor at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (2002–present)
Advisor to the Minister of Health (2005-2006)		 None [9]

Mantas Varaška		 May 26, 1979
(age 44)
Kazlų Rūda		 Mayor of Kazlų Rūda Municipality (2019–present)
Member of the Seimas (2008-2012)
 Lithuanian Regions Party [10]

Aurelijus Veryga		 August 8, 1976
(age 47)
Užventis, Kelmė District Municipality		 Member of the Seimas (2016–present)
Minister of Health (2016–2020)
 Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (member of party) [11]

Ignas Vėgėlė		 July 22, 1975
(age 48)
Vilnius		 Member of the Court of Honor of Lawyers of Lithuania (2022–present)
President of the Lithuanian Bar Association (2014–2022)
 None [12]

Valdas Tutkus		 December 27, 1960
(age 62)
Vilnius		 Chief of Defence (2004-2009)
Commander of the Lithuanian Land Forces (2001-2004)		 None [13]

Dainius Žalimas		 May 22, 1973
(age 50)
Vilnius		 Dean of the Faculty of the Law of Vytautas Magnus University (2021-present)
President of Constitutional Court of Lithuania (2014-2021)
 Freedom Party [14]

Potential candidates

These individuals have either considered a presidential bid or have been proposed as potential candidates during the campaign.

Political parties

Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats

All TS-LKD candidates withdrew after Šimonytė announced her bid.[15]

Liberal Movement

The Liberal Movement decided to not nominate a candidate for the forthcoming elections, and also against endorsing any other contender. [17]

Social Democratic Party of Lithuania

Union of Democrats "For Lithuania"

Labour Party

Independents

Declined candidates

Opinion polls

Names in italic indicate politicians who have been added to presidential election opinion polls despite not considering a bid.

First round

Dates administered Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Vilija Blinkevičiūtė Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen Gitanas Nausėda Saulius Skvernelis Ingrida Šimonytė Andrius Tapinas Valdas Tutkus Aurelijus Veryga Ignas Vėgėlė Remigijus Žemaitaitis Arvydas Anušauskas Other Don't Know Will Not Vote
October 17–28, 2023[27] 1,011± 3.1% 7.0% 3.0% 19.3% 2.8% 10.1% 3.5% 2.2% 2.1% 8.8% 3.6% — 11.1% 18.1% 8.4%
September 18–26, 2023[28] 1,013 8.3% 4.2% 23.2% 2.4% 6.6% 3.5% — 1.7% 8.5% 2.4% 2.8% 10.1% 13.6% 12.7%

Hypothetical polling

Gitanas Nausėda vs Ingrida Šimonytė

Poll source Date Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Gitanas
Nausėda		 Ingrida
Šimonytė		 Other/
Undecided
Norstat LT October 2023 1,000 46% 28% 26%
Vilmorus October 2023 1,001 53.6% 14.3% 32.1%

References

  1. ↑ "The forthcoming elections". Supreme Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2023-10-05.
  2. ↑ "Lithuania: Election for President". IFES Election Guide.
  3. ↑ "Lietuvos Respublikos Prezidentas". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian).
  4. ↑ Jurčenkaitė, Indrė (2019-02-20). "L.Matjošaitytė: parašų rinkimas prezidento rinkimuose gerina rekordus". 15min (in Lithuanian).
  5. ↑ Gaučaitė-Znutienė, Modesta (2023-11-11). "Demokratų sąjungos "Vardan Lietuvos" kandidatas į prezidentus – Giedrimas Jeglinskas". LRT (in Lithuanian).
  6. ↑ Povilaitis, Nerijus (2023-10-05). "Prezidento posto sieksiantis Kandrotas-Celofanas jau skelbia, ką ketina nuveikti netrukus". Delfi (in Lithuanian).
  7. ↑ Lyberytė, Augustė (2023-11-29). ""Laisvė ir teisingumas" kelia Paulausko kandidatūrą į šalies vadovo postą". LRT (in Lithuanian).
  8. ↑ Pankūnė, Dainora (2023-10-04). "TS-LKD Šimonytę pasitiko plojimais: teigia, kad demokratijos šventė jau atšvęsta". Delfi (in Lithuanian).
  9. ↑ Vaitkus, Eduardas (2023-09-06). "Įstatymo diktatūra – vienintelis Lietuvos sėkmės raktas". Baltic News Service (in Lithuanian).
  10. ↑ Alonderytė-Kazlauskė, Erika (2023-09-24). "Kazlų Rūdos meras Varaška kandidatuos prezidento rinkimuose". LRT (in Lithuanian).
  11. ↑ ""Valstiečiai" į prezidentus kelia Aurelijų Verygą: nebijo būti pirmuoju partiniu kandidatu". 15min (in Lithuanian). 2023-08-01.
  12. ↑ Bakaitė, Jurga (2023-11-29). "Kandidatų gretos didėja – Vėgėlė skelbia apie dalyvavimą prezidento rinkimuose". LRT (in Lithuanian).
  13. ↑ "Buvęs Lietuvos kariuomenės vadas Tutkus sieks prezidento posto". Delfi (in Lithuanian). 2023-10-05.
  14. ↑ "Dainius Žalimas paskelbė dalyvausiantis prezidento rinkimuose su Laisvės partija". 14 November 2023.
  15. ↑ Skėrytė, Jūratė (2023-10-04). "Nelikus konkurentų Šimonytė tapo TS-LKD kandidate į prezidentus". LRT (in Lithuanian).
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lyberytė, Augustė (2023-09-25). "Dauguma TS-LKD skyrių prezidento rinkimuose siūlo dalyvauti Šimonytei, Landsbergiui, Navickienei". LRT (in Lithuanian).
  17. 1 2 "Į prezidentus nekandidatuosianti Čmilytė-Nielsen: Rinkimai nebus labai įdomūs – čia gana aiškus favoritas". LRT (in Lithuanian). 28 November 2023.
  18. ↑ "Čmilytė-Nielsen sako, kad liberalų skyriai siūlo jos kandidatūrą prezidento rinkimuose". LRT (in Lithuanian). 15 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
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  20. 1 2 3 4 5 Černiauskaitė, Agnė (2023-09-22). "Aiškėja LSDP kandidatai į prezidentus: vienas juokėsi, dalis nustebo, o kitas jau galvoja apie pergalę". Lrytas (in Lithuanian).
  21. ↑ "DEMOKRATAI RENGIASI KELTI KANDIDATUS Į PREZIDENTUS: S. SKVERNELIS NENORI KARTOTI ISTORIJOS". Kauno diena (in Lithuanian). 2023-10-06.
  22. 1 2 Jaruševičiūtė-Mockuvienė, Gailė (2023-10-01). "Darbo partijos skyriai į prezidentus siūlo Mazuronį ir Bukauską". LRT (in Lithuanian).
  23. ↑ "Prezidento rinkimų kampanijos startas: oficialus tik vienas kandidatas, bet po kilimu jau verda kovos". LRT (in Lithuanian). 2023-09-08.
  24. ↑ "Viešas prašymas Grybauskaitei – renka parašus ir ragina dalyvauti rinkimuose, bet prezidentės biuras gesina aistras". 2023-08-21.
  25. ↑ ""Vardan Lietuvos" rinks kandidatą į prezidentus, TS-LKD – į europarlamentą".
  26. ↑ Jaruševičiūtė-Mockuvienė, Gailė (2023-11-27). "Tomaszewskis jau pasisakė apie Seimo ir prezidento rinkimus". Delfi (in Lithuanian).
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