From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

2004 Lithuanian presidential election

none

Field	Value
country	Lithuania
flag_year	1988
type	presidential
previous_election	2002–03 Lithuanian presidential election
previous_year	2002–03
next_election	2009 Lithuanian presidential election
next_year	2009
election_date	13 June 2004 (first round)
27 June 2004 (second round)
turnout	48.40% (first round)
52.46% (second round)
image1	Julius Numavicius with Valdas Adamkus (cropped) 2004.jpg
nominee1	Valdas Adamkus
party1	Independent politician
popular_vote1	723,891
percentage1	52.65%
image2	Kazimira Prunskienė 2010.jpg
nominee2	Kazimira Prunskienė
party2	VNDS
popular_vote2	651,024
percentage2	47.35%
map_image	Results of Lithuanian presidential election, 2004 (second round).png
map_caption	Second round results by municipality
Prunskienė Adamkus
title	President
before_election	Artūras Paulauskas (acting)
before_party	New Union
after_election	Valdas Adamkus
after_party	Independent politician

27 June 2004 (second round) 52.46% (second round) Prunskienė Adamkus

Presidential elections were held in Lithuania in June 2004 alongside European elections. They were held following the impeachment of President Rolandas Paksas, who was elected in January 2003.

Background

Paksas was impeached for allegedly leaking classified material, and granting citizenship to Russian businessman Jurij Borisov in exchange for financial support. The Constitutional Court of Lithuania ruled that Paksas could not seek re-election as president. In accordance with the constitution, the speaker of parliament, Artūras Paulauskas, became acting president pending new elections.

Candidates

The candidates for the presidency were Adamkus, who had been President from 1998 to 2003 and who was running as an independent, Prunskienė of the Peasants and New Democratic Party Union (VNDS), Vilija Blinkevičiūtė of the New Union (Social Liberals) (NS), Petras Auštrevičius (independent), and Česlovas Juršėnas of the Social Democratic Party (LSDP).

Prunskienė was also supported by the Liberal Democratic Party, while Auštrevičius was supported by the Homeland Union, Lithuanian Christian Democrats, Liberal and Centre Union and Labour Party.

Results

In the first round on 13 June former president Valdas Adamkus led the vote tally over the former Prime Minister Kazimira Prunskienė. Adamkus defeated Prunskienė in the second round on 27 June.

References

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

2004-elections-in-europe 2004-in-lithuania presidential-elections-in-lithuania

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 2004 Lithuanian presidential election — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report