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Polling stations all through Lithuania will begin work at 7 a.m. and shut at 8 p.m.
Early voting befell from Tuesday to Thursday. Voting was organized in hospitals, social care establishments, navy models and prisons from Wednesday to Friday.
Folks with particular wants and their caregivers, in addition to different individuals who can not come to the polling station as a result of sickness, and eligible voters who’re a minimum of 70 years previous, may apply to vote at dwelling, which takes place on Friday and Saturday.
The ultimate outcomes permitted by the Central Election Fee present that within the first spherical held on Might 12, Nausėdas, who ran as an unbiased candidate, gained 43.95% of the vote, and Šimonīte, nominated by the conservative celebration “Tevzemes savienia – Lithuanian Christian Democrats”, the chief of the federal government coalition, acquired 20.05%. % voter help.
There have been eight candidates within the first spherical.
In complete, 1.439 million folks, or 59.95% of eligible Lithuanian residents, voted within the first spherical of the presidential election. Voter turnout was 2.59 share factors larger than within the first spherical of the 2019 presidential election.
Additionally 5 years in the past, within the second spherical of the elections, Nausėda and Shimonīte, who was the candidate of the opposition conservatives at the moment, competed, with the unbiased candidate economist Nausėdas successful with 66.5% of the vote. After the victory of the conservatives within the 2020 parliamentary elections, Šimonīte turned the prime minister.
The President of Lithuania is elected for a five-year time period and will maintain workplace for a most of two consecutive phrases.
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