The presidential election in Lithuania was held in two rounds, December 22, 2002 and January 5, 2003 .
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| Presidential elections in Lithuania | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| December 22, 2002 and January 5, 2003 | |||
| Voter turnout | 53.92% (first round); 52.65% (second round) | ||
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| Candidate | Rolandas Paxas | Valdas Adamkus | |
| The consignment | Liberal Democratic Party | non-partisan | |
| Votes in the first round | 284,559 (19.66%) | 514 154 (35.53%) | |
| Votes in the second round | 777 769 (54.71%) | 643,870 (45.29%) | |
| Other candidates | see below | ||
| Election result | President of Lithuania elected Rolandas Paksas | ||
Content
- 1 Candidates for participation
- 2 Election Participants
- 3 Election Campaign
- 4 Results
- 5 notes
- 6 Sources
Candidates for participation
The desire to participate in the elections was expressed by twenty-three candidates. Failed to register six:
- Vytautas Kundrotas, publicist (independent candidate);
- Antanas Miscavičius, MD , associate professor at the Lithuanian Academy of Medical Sciences (independent candidate);
- Yaroslavas Banevičius, journalist, editor, publisher (independent candidate);
- Algimantas Reiciunas (independent candidate);
- Stanislovas Bushkevicius, deputy of the Sejm (“Young Lithuania”);
- Kazimieras Walka, politician (National Democratic Party).
Election Participants
To participate in the elections 17 candidates were registered [1] :
- Valdas Adamkus , current president (independent candidate);
- Eugenius Gentvilas , deputy of the Klaipeda City Council ( Lithuanian Liberal Union );
- Algimantas Matulyavichyus, deputy of the Sejm (independent candidate);
- Vityanis Povilas Andryukaitis , deputy of the Sejm ( Social Democratic Party of Lithuania );
- Arturas Paulauskas , Chairman of the Sejm ( New Union (Social Liberals) );
- Vytautas Bernatonis, president of Bervis ir Co (independent candidate);
- Kazis Bobialis, deputy of the Sejm (Lithuanian Christian Democrats);
- Kestutis Glavackas, deputy of the Sejm (Lithuanian Centrist Union);
- Vytautas Sherenas, TV presenter (independent candidate);
- Vytautas Shustauskas, deputy of the Sejm (Lithuanian Freedom Union);
- Rimantas Dagis, teacher at Vilnius Pedagogical University (Social Democracy 2000);
- Antanas Vytautas Matulevičius, journalist and TV presenter (independent candidate);
- Casimir Danute Prunskene , deputy of the Sejm (Union of Peasant Parties and New Democracy);
- Juozas Petraitis, entrepreneur (independent candidate);
- Algirdas Pilvalis, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Lietuvos Aydas (independent candidate);
- Rolandas Paksas , deputy of the Sejm ( Liberal Democratic Party of Lithuania ;
- Julius Vesyalka, deputy of the Sejm (People's Union “For the Reclamation of Lithuania”).
Campaign
The main struggle unfolded between the current President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus, an independent candidate, and Rolandas Paksas, the former Prime Minister and Mayor of Vilnius . Adamkus was supported by conservatives . Paksas led a vibrant election campaign, during which he used the image of a professional pilot (in the past he was the USSR champion in aerobatics). So, on campaign trips, he flew in a helicopter, which he personally controlled, and once flew in a sports plane under an 8.5-meter bridge on the Nyaris River . According to the results of the first round of elections held on December 22, Adamkus gained more than a third of the votes, outstripping Paksas who took second place by more than 15%. Surveys of sociologists on the eve of the second round portended a landslide victory for Adamkus, but Paksas unexpectedly won. [2] During the election campaign, the new president emphasized the fight against bureaucracy and corruption, reducing unemployment and the outflow of youth caused by it, and solving the problems of depreciated deposits. [2]
Results
| No. | Candidate | The consignment | 1st round [3] | % | 2nd round [4] | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Rolandas Paxas | Liberal Democratic Party of Lithuania | 284,559 | 19.66 | 777 769 | 54.71 |
| 2 | Valdas Adamkus | independent | 514 154 | 35.53 | 643,870 | 45.29 |
| 3 | Arturas Paulauskas | New Union (Social Liberals) | 120,238 | 8.31 | - | - |
| four | Vytautas Sherenas | independent | 112 215 | 7.75 | - | - |
| 5 | Vityanis Andryukaitis | Lithuanian Social Democratic Party | 105 584 | 7.30 | - | - |
| 6 | Casimir Prunskene | Union of Peasant Parties and New Democracy | 72 925 | 5.04 | - | - |
| 7 | Juozas Petraitis | independent | 54 139 | 3.74 | - | - |
| 8 | Eugenius Gentvilas | Lithuanian Liberal Union | 44 562 | 3.08 | - | - |
| 9 | Julius Vesyalka | People's Union “For Reclaiming Lithuania” | 32,293 | 2.23 | - | - |
| 10 | Algimantas Matulevičius | independent | 32 137 | 2.22 | - | - |
| eleven | Kazis Bobialis | Lithuanian Christian Democrats | 27,613 | 1.91 | - | - |
| 12 | Vytautas Matulevičius | independent | 26,888 | 1.85 | - | - |
| 13 | Kestutis Glavackas | Lithuanian Centrist Union | 7 554 | 0.52 | - | - |
| fourteen | Vytautas Shustauskas | Lithuanian Freedom Union | 5,372 | 0.37 | - | - |
| fifteen | Vytautas Bernatonis | independent | 3 546 | 0.25 | - | - |
| 16 | Algirdas Pilvalis | independent | 2,074 | 0.14 | - | - |
| 17 | Rimantas Dagis | Social Democracy 2000 | 1,264 | 0.09 | - | - |
| Invalid votes | 19,419 | 1.32 | 14,683 | 0.5 | ||
| Participated | 1 466 536 | 53.92 | 1 436 322 | 52.65 | ||
Notes
- ↑ Kandidatai į Respublikos Prezidentus Archived January 24, 2010 on the Wayback Machine (lit.)
- ↑ 1 2 Vladimir Vodo: “The pilot overtook the president . ” Kommersant , No. 1 (2604), 01/09/2003
- ↑ 1-ojo rinkimų turo balsavimo rezultatai Archived January 12, 2010. (lit.)
- ↑ 2-ojo rinkimų turo balsavimo rezultatai Archived January 16, 2010 on the Wayback Machine (lit.)
Sources
- Lietuvos Respublikos Prezidento rinkimai 2002 (lit.)
- Lentapedia: Paxas, Rolandas