2002–03 Lithuanian presidential election

2002–03 Lithuanian presidential election

22 December 2002 (first round) 5 January 2003 (second round)

Nominee Rolandas Paksas Valdas Adamkus Party LDP Independent Popular vote 777,769 643,870 Percentage 54.71% 45.29%

President before election Valdas Adamkus Independent Elected President Rolandas Paksas LDP

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). However, Paksas defeated Adamkus in the second round held on 5 January 2003.

Seventeen candidates contested in these elections, making it the largest field of presidential candidates in presidential elections up to date.

Results

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

External links

• 2002–03 Lithuanian presidential elections VRK (in Lithuanian)