Presidential elections were held in Lithuania on 11 May 2014, with a second round held on 25 May between the top two candidates from the first round. In the second round, incumbent President Dalia Grybauskaitė was re-elected with 58% of the vote. Second round took place alongside the 2014 European elections.
Electoral changes
Since these elections all potential voters, living permanently or temporarily outside of Republic of Lithuania, had to submit documents to Central Election Commission's register.
Participating candidates
Initially 12 candidates were officially confirmed to participate, but only 7 fulfilled the criterion of 20,000 supporting signatures.
- Zigmantas Balčytis (Social Democratic Party), Member of the European Parliament
- Dalia Grybauskaitė, incumbent President of Lithuania (2009–2014)
- Artūras Paulauskas (Labour Party), member of Seimas
- Naglis Puteikis, member of Seimas
- Bronis Ropė (Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union), Mayor of Ignalina
- Valdemar Tomaševski, Member of the European Parliament
- Artūras Zuokas (YES), Mayor of Vilnius
Grybauskaitė was supported by the Homeland Union and Liberal Movement.
Unsuccessful candidates include: Rolandas Paksas, Linas Balsys, Kristina Brazauskienė, Vladas Lašas, Jonas Lašinis and Rolandas Paulauskas.