Lithuanian presidential election, 2019

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Lithuanian presidential election, 2019
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President before election

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Independent

Elected President

TBD

Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Lithuania on 12 May 2019. [1] Incumbent president Dalia Grybauskaitė is term-limited.

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Candidates

Declared candidates

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Declined candidates

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Opinion polls

Candidate
18 December 2017 [5] [6] 		May 2018 [7] September 2018 [8] October 2018 [9]
Gitanas Nausėda 12%22.9%19.7%23%
Visvaldas Matijošaitis 9.5%12.2%14.4%8.9%
Saulius Skvernelis 12.2%12.8%16.6%12.8%
Vygaudas Ušackas 5.2%6.9%8.3%10.5%
Ingrida Šimonytė 7%5.3%8.0%17.5%
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė 6.5%–5.8%
Žygimantas Pavilionis 4.2%2.8%3.9%
Antanas Guoga –2.9%3.1%
Ramūnas Karbauskis 4%2.7%2.5%
Remigijus Šimašius –2.9%1.6%
Aušra Maldeikienė 3.4%1.0%1.5%2.9%
Naglis Puteikis –2.7%1.4%2.4%
Vytenis Andriukaitis –1.2%0.3%
Valentinas Mazuronis –1.6%0.3%
Linas Linkevičius 2.8%––
Arvydas Juozaitis --3.3%4.7%
Other––4.6%
Don't know32.6%10.2%13.9%
Don't vote–11.9%

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References

  1. ↑ "Seimas announced the dates for the 2019 elections". Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Visvaldas Matijošaitis užsiminė apie dalyvavimą prezidento rinkimuose". lrytas.lt.
  3. ↑ "R. Valatka. Kitas premjeras ir kitas prezidentas – tas pats S. Skvernelis?". delfi.lt.
  4. ↑ "Žygimantas Pavilionis is not going to participate in the presidential elections" (in Lithuanian). 15min.lt. 2018-09-17.
  5. ↑ "Apklausa: Prezidento rinkimuose gyventojai palaikytų Saulių Skvernelį ir Gitaną Nausėdą". LZINIOS.
  6. ↑ "Kas bus Prezidentas? Apklausos rezultatai". Rokiškis Rabinovičius (in Lithuanian). 2017-10-17.
  7. ↑ "Naujausi reitingai: vieno iš kandidatų sprendimas gali situaciją pakeisti iš esmės" (in Lithuanian). delfi.lt. 2018-05-21.
  8. ↑ "Kandidatų į prezidentus reitingai jau keičiasi: artėja didžiųjų permainų metas" (in Lithuanian). delfi.lt. 2018-09-13.
  9. ↑ http://www.diena.lt/naujienos/lietuva/politika/prezidento-rinkimai-trejetukas-keiciasi-i-prieki-verziasi-i-simonyte-885658.Missing or empty |title= (help)


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