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2009 Lithuanian presidential election

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Field	Value
country	Lithuania
type	presidential
previous_election	2004 Lithuanian presidential election
previous_year	2004
next_election	2014 Lithuanian presidential election
next_year	2014
election_date	17 May 2009
image_size	130x130px
turnout	51.76%
image1	Grybauskaitė.jpg
nominee1	Dalia Grybauskaitė
party1	Independent politician
popular_vote1	950,407
percentage1	69.09%
image2	Algirdas Butkevičius 2013-01-10.jpg
nominee2	Algirdas Butkevičius
party2	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
popular_vote2	162,665
percentage2	11.82%
image3	Opening CoR conference (cropped1).jpg
nominee3	Valentinas Mazuronis
party3	Order and Justice
popular_vote3	84,656
percentage3	6.15%
title	President
before_election	Valdas Adamkus
before_party	Independent politician
after_election	Dalia Grybauskaitė
after_party	Independent politician

Presidential elections were held in Lithuania on 17 May 2009. A run-off would have been held on 7 June 2009, but was not necessary as Dalia Grybauskaitė was elected with 69% of the vote, with voter turnout just over the 50% threshold for the result to be validated. Grybauskaitė took office on 12 July as the country's first female president.

This was only the second time since the restoration of independence that a Lithuanian president was elected without the need for a runoff, the first being in 1993, when Algirdas Brazauskas was elected with 61% in the first round.

Candidates

The Electoral Commission registered 14 candidates for the elections, whilst Vladimir Romanov's application was rejected. However, six candidates (Jonas Jankauskas, Vytautas Kundrotas, Algimantas Matulevičius, Algirdas Pilvelis, Vidmantas Sadauskas and Zigmas Vaišvila) failed to collect the 20,000 signatures required, and Seimas Speaker Arūnas Valinskas (National Resurrection Party) withdrew his candidacy.

Seven candidates collected enough signatures to participate in the elections:

Dalia Grybauskaitė, incumbent European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget, former Minister of Finance (2001–2004)
Valentinas Mazuronis (Order and Justice), member of the Seimas since 2004
Kazimiera Prunskienė, first Prime Minister of Lithuania (1990–1991) and former Minister of Agriculture (2004–2008)
, Brigadier General of Lithuanian Armed Forces and wrestler
Valdemar Tomaševski (Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania), member of the Seimas since 2000
Loreta Graužinienė (Labour Party), member of the Seimas since 2004
Algirdas Butkevičius (Social Democratic Party), former Minister of Finance (2004–2005) and former Minister of Transport and Communications (2006–2008)

Grybauskaitė was supported by the Homeland Union and Liberal Movement.

Opinion polls

According to the opinion polls, Grybauskaitė was the undisputed leader in the race for the Presidency.

Results

References

[http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/22340/ Usackas pulls out of presidential race] Baltic Times, 17 February 2009
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8054053.stm Lithuania gets first woman leader] BBC News, 18 May 2009
[http://lietuvosdiena.lrytas.lt/-12517244191249730907-a-valinskui-mesti-kaltinimai-d%C4%97l-para%C5%A1%C5%B3-klastojimo-sudomino-ir-generalin%C4%99-prokurat%C5%ABr%C4%85-2-video-dar-papildyta.htm A.Valinskui mesti kaltinimai dėl parašų klastojimo sudomino ir Generalinę prokuratūrą (2 video, dar papildyta)] Lrytas, 31 August 2009
[https://lietuvosdiena.lrytas.lt/aktualijos/2009/02/26/news/po-d-grybauskaites-apsisprendimo-politologai-nemato-jai-konkurencijos-video--5831825/ Po D.Grybauskaitės apsisprendimo politologai nemato jai konkurencijos] Lrytas, 26 February 2009
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