The second round of mayoral elections is taking place in 34 municipalities of the country on Sunday. On election day, 45,82 percent came to the ballot boxes. citizens, another 10,05 percent. residents declared their electoral will in advance.
Artūras Zuokas, a representative of the Freedom and Justice party, and a member of the Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) are seeking the post of mayor in Vilnius. Valdas Benkunskas.
This year, the current mayor is not participating in the mayoral elections and is not running for a third term Remigius Šimašius.
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01:00 p.m. The election of the mayor of Vilnius ended in V. Benkuskas' perkale with 52,05% of voters' votes, the data was obtained from all 156 precincts.
00:45 p.m. Vilnius district R. Duchnevič, the candidate of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, won the mayoral elections with 50,20% of the votes.
00:30 p.m. In the Vilnius city elections, there are 4 precincts from which results have not been obtained, but the victory of V. Benkunskas is only getting stronger. in Vilnius district the situation remains tense and the results of the last round are awaited.
00:15 p.m. In the Vilnius district elections, the fight between R. Duchnevič and W. Urban is tense. The difference is very small and from the known result of the rest of the neighborhood, it is assumed that R. Duchnevič will win. We are waiting for the results of the last round.
24:00 p.m. (ELTA). According to the preliminary data of the Central Election Commission (CEC), Valdas Benkunskas, the representative of the Fatherland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democratic Union, who won the Vilnius mayoral election, says that he is rejoicing in moderation and is already thinking about his future work. His first tasks included the formation of a political team and a ruling coalition in the capital.
23:50 p.m. (BNS). After conservative Valdas Benkunskas won the Vilnius mayoral elections, party leader Gabrielius Landsbergis says that the citizens appreciated his consistent work and said that the reasons for the party's results in the regions will be evaluated.
23:30 p.m. (BNS). The conservative Valdas Benkunskas, who won the Vilnius mayoral elections, says that during his term he will achieve that Vilnius will become an exceptional city in Europe. "We will make it so that in the next four years Vilnius will become unique not only in the context of Lithuania, but also in the context of Europe," he told reporters at the headquarters on Sunday evening V. Benkunskas.
23:15 p.m. After Valdas Benkunskas, a representative of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), stormed ahead in the Vilnius mayoral elections, the current mayor of Vilnius, Remigijus Šimašius, hastened to congratulate him on his future victory in the elections of the head of the capital.
23:00 p.m. (ELTA). After the conservative candidate Valdus Benkunskas stormed ahead in the mayoral elections of the capital and surpassed his competitor Artūras Zuokas, the interim chairman of the "Freedom and Justice" party Artūras Paulauskas assures that he does not emphasize the turning point in the election table. Therefore, the politician is in no hurry to announce either victory or defeat in the Vilnius mayoral elections.
22:45 p.m. After receiving the results of 117 election precincts, V. Benkunskas is leading
22:30 p.m. The calculation of the results of the Vilnius city surroundings is already halfway done. The results of 99 precincts were obtained, according to the latest data, A. Zuokas is still in the lead, but the difference is extremely small. In the Vilnius region, with 15 precincts remaining, W. Urban wins, although the difference has decreased, but it remains as high as 59.10%. For R. Duchnevič 40.03%.
22:15 p.m. The election results in Vilnius are changing, A. Zuoka's lead is decreasing. There is no data yet from Konstitucija, Taurakalnis and other surroundings. W. Urban wins in the Vilnius district
21:50 p.m. After receiving the results of 41 election precincts, A. Zuokas is still in the lead, the results from the larger precincts are awaited
21:30 p.m. (ELTA). After counting the votes of the first election precincts in Vilnius, Artūras Zuokas, the representative of the "Freedom and Justice" party, came out ahead, but Andrius Vyšniauskas, the head of the conservative election headquarters, assures that the result will change when the results of the large precinct elections are revealed.
The head of the election staff of TS-LKD, A. Vyšniauskas, told journalists on Sunday evening that these first results are related to the support of the voters of the Lithuanian Polish Election Campaign-Christian Families Union for A. Zuokas.
21:15 p.m. After receiving the results of 15 election precincts, A. Zuokas is still in the lead, but the percentage decreases with the results of each precinct.
21:10 p.m. (ELTA). The Chairman of the Lithuanian Supreme Council-Restorative Seimas Vytautas Landsbergis says that the second round of the Vilnius district municipal elections is a sign that the long-standing dominance of the Lithuanian Polish Election Action-Union of Christian Families (LLRA-KŠS) in this municipality is slowly waning.
21:00 p.m. According to the latest results, A. Zuokas is still in the lead in Vilnius, but the gap has narrowed. Data is currently available from only 9 districts.
20:56 p.m. Artūras Zuokas, the candidate for mayor of the capital, is angry with the decision of the Central Election Commission (CEC) regarding the election observers delegated by the "Freedom and Justice" party. The CEC revoked the certificates of a dozen volunteers and the right to observe the counting of votes. According to the politician, such decisions are "difficult to understand", because the CEC canceled the certificates of not only former candidates, but also observers who do not belong to the party. Therefore, the party appealed the recent decision of the CEC, continued A. Zuokas.
20:45 p.m. When the data of the first district came, A. Zuokas took the lead
