2009 Lithuanian presidential election

none March 2019 Lithuania presidential 2004 Lithuanian presidential election 2004 2014 Lithuanian presidential election 2014 17 May 2009 130x130px 51.76% Grybauskaitė.jpg Dalia Grybauskaitė Independent politician 950,407 69.09% Algirdas Butkevičius 2013-01-10.jpg Algirdas Butkevičius Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 162,665 11.82% Opening CoR conference (cropped1).jpg Valentinas Mazuronis Order and Justice 84,656 6.15% President Valdas Adamkus Independent politician Dalia Grybauskaitė Independent politician Presidential elections were held in Lithuania on 17 May 2009. A run-off would have been held on 7 June 2009,Usackas pulls out of presidential race Baltic Times, 17 February 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.Lithuania gets first woman leader BBC News, 18 May 2009 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.A.Valinskui mesti kaltinimai dėl parašų klastojimo sudomino ir Generalinę prokuratūrą (2 video, dar papildyta) Lrytas, 31 August 2009 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) Česlovas Jezerskas lt, 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.Po D.Grybauskaitės apsisprendimo politologai nemato jai konkurencijos https://web.archive.org/web/20190322235625/https://lietuvosdiena.lrytas.lt/aktualijos/2009/02/26/news/po-d-grybauskaites-apsisprendimo-politologai-nemato-jai-konkurencijos-video--5831825/ 22 March 2019 Lrytas, 26 February 2009Grybauskaite is Favourite Contender in Lithuania Angus Reid Public Opinion, 11 March 2009 Results Dalia Grybauskaitė Independent 950407 Algirdas Butkevičius Social Democratic Party 162665 Valentinas Mazuronis Order and Justice 84656 Valdemar Tomaševski Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania 65255 Kazimira Prunskienė Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union 53778 Loreta Graužinienė Labour Party 49686 Česlovas Jezerskas Independent 9191 17640 2691603 Central Election Commission References External links 2009 Lithuanian presidential elections VRK lt Lithuania Presidential election Category:Presidential elections in Lithuania