Lithuania

1997 Presidential Elections

Date:  21 December 1997
Number of registered voters: 2,624,312
Turnout: 71.45%
Votes: total cast:1,874,148; valid: 1,852,468

Candidates

 Party/ Nominated by First Round Second Round
Votes % Votes
Arturas Paulauskas Independent 838,819

44.73

953,775

49.63
Valdas Adamkus Independent

516,798

27.56

 963,775

50.37
Vytautas Landsbergis TS-LK

294,881

15.73

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Vytenis Andiukaitis LSDP

105,916

5.65
Kazys Bobelis KDS

73,287

3.91
Rolandas Pavilionis Independent

16,070

0.86
Rimantas Smetona LTS

6697

0.36
TOTAL 1,852,468

98.79%

1921806

100.00

Legend

TS-LK - Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives
LSDP - Lithuanian Social Democratic Party
KDS - Christian Democratic Union
LTS - Lithuanian National Union

 

SOURCES:
Official results - Central Election Commission http://www.lrs.lt/rinkimai/pr97 
Elections Around the World database - www.agora.smt.it/elections
Algis Krupavicius and Dagne Eitutyte, "The 1997-98 Presidential Elections in Lithuania", Electoral Studies 18.1 (1999).

 

 

 

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