Lithuanian presidential election, 2004

13 June and 27 June 2004



Nominee	Valdas Adamkus	Kazimiera Danutė Prunskienė
Party	Independent	LVŽS
Popular vote	723,891	651,024
Percentage	52.6%	47.4%

President before election

Artūras Paulauskas
Independent

Elected President

Valdas Adamkus
Independent

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Presidential elections were held in Lithuania in June 2004. In the first round on 13 June, the former President, Valdas Adamkus, led the vote tally over the former Prime Minister Kazimira Prunskienė. Adamkus defeated Prunskienė in the second round on 27 June.

The elections were held following the impeachment of President Rolandas Paksas, who was elected in January 2003. Paksas was impeached for allegedly leaking classified material, and granting citizenship for Russian businessman Jurij Borisov in exchange for financial support. The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania ruled that Paksas could not seek re-election as president.

The candidates for the presidency were Adamkus, who had been President from 1998 to 2003 and who was running as an independent, Prunskienė of the Peasants and New Democratic Party Union (NDP), Vilija Blinkevičiutė of the New Union Party (NS), Petras Auštrevičius (independent), and Česlovas Juršėnas of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP).

The election coincided with the 2004 European Parliament election.

Results

Summary of the 13 June 2004 Lithuanian presidential election results^[1]

Candidates		Nominating party	1st round		2nd round
Candidates		Nominating party	Votes	%	Votes	%
	Valdas Adamkus	Independent	387,837	30.18	723,891	51.89
	Kazimiera Prunskienė	Peasants and New Democratic Party Union	264,681	20.60	651,024	46.66
	Petras Auštrevičius	Independent	240,413	18.71		—
	Vilija Blinkevičiūtė	New Union Social Liberals	204,819	15.94		—
	Česlovas Juršėnas	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	147,610	11.49		—
Invalid votes			39,707	3.09	20,188	1.45
Totals			1,245,360	100%	1,374,915	100%
Registered voters/turnout			2,655,309	48.40	2,659,211	52.46

References

^ Central Election Committee, Central Election Committee

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See also: Elections in the Klaipėda Region • Election in the Vilnius Region • Elections in the Lithuanian SSR

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