Elections in Lithuania: incumbent President Nausėda wins
27 May 2024 09:44
Lithuania held a second round of presidential elections. The incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda and the current Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonite were running for the post. According to preliminary voting results, Nausėda wins the election with a significant margin. This was reported by the Lithuanian Central Election Commission, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
It is stated that as of 01:15 on 27 May, the Lithuanian CEC counted votes in 1895 constituencies: Nausėda has 74.43%, Šimonite – 24.06%.
Nausėda has already declared his victory in the presidential election. In addition, the Conservative candidate, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonite, called Nausėda and congratulated him on his re-election.
This will be Nausėda’s second term in office. He became the leader of Lithuania after the 2019 elections. He won 65.68% of the vote and also beat Šimonite in the second round.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has already congratulated his Lithuanian counterpart on his victory on the social network X.
“Dear Gitanas Nausėda, I congratulate you on your re-election! You have always been with us in these most difficult years. I appreciate your sincere support for Ukraine and I am confident that by working together we will ensure freedom, peace and security in Ukraine, the Baltic States and our entire Europe,”
– zelenskyy wrote in his greetings.
It should be noted that Nausėda also won first place in the first round on 12 May, with almost 44% of the vote. He ran for re-election as an independent candidate. Šimonytė is a candidate of the ruling conservative party Union of the Fatherland – Lithuanian Christian Democrats. She won 20% of the vote in the first round.
