Note on the Results: The top two candidates, Ingrida ŠIMONYTĖ and Gitanas NAUSĖDA, will head to a second round on May 26.

At Stake in this Election:

• The office of President of Lithuania

Government Structure:

• Chief of State: President Dalia GRYBAUSKAITE
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Saulius SKVERNELIS
• Assembly: Lithuania has a unicameral Parliament (Seimas) with 141 seats.

* Current President Dalia GRYBAUSKAITE is finishing her second term and is ineligible to run in this election.

Electoral System:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote to serve up to two five-year terms. If no candidate wins an absolute majority of the votes with at least 50% turnout, or receives votes equal to at least one third of all registered voters, the election goes to a second round between the top two candidates.

Candidates in this Election:* 

• Vytenis Povilas ANDRIUKAITIS
• Arvydas JUOZAITIS
• Valentinas MAZURONIS
• Gitanas NAUSĖDA
• Mindaugas PUIDOKAS
• Naglis PUTEIKIS
• Saulius SKVERNELIS
• Ingrida ŠIMONYTĖ
• Valdemar TOMAŠEVSKI

* All candidates for president are independent. While some candidates belong to and/or are supported by a political party, the office of the president is formally non-partisan.

Population and Registered Voters:

• Population: 2,864,459 (2019 est.)
• Registered Voters: 2,486,917

Gender Data:

• Female Population: 1,544,296 (2019 est.)
• Is Lithuania a signatory to CEDAW: No
• Has Lithuania ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (18 January 1994)
• Gender Quota: No
• Female candidates in this election: Yes
• Number of Female Parliamentarians: 34 (following the 2012 elections)
• Human Development Index Position: 35 (2018)
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Very Low (2019)

Disability Data:

• Is Lithuania a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)
• Has Lithuania ratified CRPD: Yes (18 August 2010)
• Population with a disability: 432,665 (est.)