19 May 2009 2014 → 69.1% 11.8% | 950,407 162,665 Start date May 17, 2009 | |
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Winner Dalia Grybauskaitė | ||
A presidential election was held in Lithuania on 17 May 2009. A run-off election would have been held on 7 June 2009 had one been necessary. European Commissioner Dalia Grybauskaitė was elected with 69 percent of the valid vote and took office on 12 July as the country's first female president.
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Candidates to participate
The Electoral Commission registered 14 candidates for participation in the presidential election. Candidates who dropped out of election before the start.
Candidates for election
Candidates confirmed for election with more than 20 thousands signatures.
Polls
According to the opinion polls Dalia Grybauskaitė was the undisputed leader in the race for the Presidency.
References
Lithuanian presidential election, 2009 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA