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Presidential elections were held in Lithuania in December 2002 and January 2003. In the first round on 22 December 2002, Valdas Adamkus held a large lead over Rolandas Paksas of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). [1] However, Paksas defeated Adamkus in the second round held on 5 January 2003. [2]
Seventeen candidates contested in these elections, making it the largest field of presidential candidates in presidential elections up to date.
Adamkus was supported by the Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees.
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Valdas Adamkus | Independent | 514,154 | 35.53 | 643,870 | 45.29 | |
| Rolandas Paksas | Liberal Democratic Party | 284,559 | 19.66 | 777,769 | 54.71 | |
| Artūras Paulauskas | New Union (Social Liberals) | 120,238 | 8.31 | |||
| Vytautas Šerėnas | Independent | 112,215 | 7.75 | |||
| Vytenis Andriukaitis | Social Democratic Party | 105,584 | 7.30 | |||
| Kazimira Prunskienė | Peasants and New Democratic Party Union | 72,925 | 5.04 | |||
| Juozas Edvardas Petraitis | Independent | 54,139 | 3.74 | |||
| Eugenijus Gentvilas | Liberal Union | 44,562 | 3.08 | |||
| Julius Veselka | Lithuanian People's Union | 32,293 | 2.23 | |||
| Algimantas Matulevičius | Independent | 32,137 | 2.22 | |||
| Kazys Bobelis | Lithuanian Christian Democrats | 27,613 | 1.91 | |||
| Vytautas Matulevičius | Independent | 26,888 | 1.86 | |||
| Kęstutis Glaveckas | Lithuanian Centre Union | 7,554 | 0.52 | |||
| Vytautas Šustauskas | Lithuanian Liberty Union | 5,372 | 0.37 | |||
| Vytautas Bernatonis | Independent | 3,546 | 0.25 | |||
| Algirdas Pilvelis | Independent | 2,074 | 0.14 | |||
| Rimantas Jonas Dagys | Social Democracy 2000 | 1,264 | 0.09 | |||
| Total | 1,447,117 | 100.00 | 1,421,639 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 1,447,117 | 98.68 | 1,421,639 | 98.98 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 19,419 | 1.32 | 14,683 | 1.02 | ||
| Total votes | 1,466,536 | 100.00 | 1,436,322 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,719,608 | 53.92 | 2,727,805 | 52.65 | ||
| Source: Central Election Commission, Central Election Commission | ||||||
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