2023 Lithuanian municipal elections
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Municipal elections in Lithuania were held on 5 March 2023[1] and saw 1,498 members of the municipal councils and 60 mayors elected to office for a four-year term.
Changes in regulations
Size of cabinet in each municipality varies depending on populations. Lowest population municipalities with up to 5,000 inhabitants have 15 seats, while largest municipalities with over 500,000 inhabitants have 51 seats.[2]
During mayoral elections, a single candidate must receive over 50% in first round, otherwise the top two candidates will participate in second round. If turnout is less than 40% in specific municipality, the candidate must receive at least 20% of all registered votes to win the title.
New Lithuanian Elections Codecs came into power on 1 September 2022. With new regulations all elected mayors will no longer have a seat in the municipal council and the number of mayoral terms is now capped at a maximum of three.[3]
Mayoral elections
Vilnius Mayor
Kaunas Mayor
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visvaldas Matijošaitis | Public election committee "United Kaunas" | 77,762 | 59.66 | |
| Aurelijus Veryga | Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union | 16,639 | 12.77 | |
| Vytautas Juozapaitis | Homeland Union | 12,817 | 9.83 | |
| Ieva Budraitė | Lithuanian Green Party | 6,070 | 4.66 | |
| Nijolė Putrienė | Liberals' Movement | 3,851 | 2.95 | |
| Gintautas Labanauskas | Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" | 3,674 | 2.82 | |
| Mantas Bertulis | Freedom Party | 2,982 | 2.29 | |
| Darius Razmislevičius | Social Democratic Party of Lithuania | 2,720 | 2.09 | |
| Darius Trečiakauskas | Christian Union | 1,375 | 1.05 | |
| Marijus Velička | Labour Party | 1,356 | 1.04 | |
| Rūta Zabielienė | People and Justice Union | 596 | 0.46 | |
| Dainius Varnas | Freedom and Justice | 492 | 0.38 | |
| Total | 130,334 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 130,334 | 97.76 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,986 | 2.24 | ||
| Total votes | 133,320 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 247,958 | 53.77 | ||
| Source: VRK | ||||
Klaipėda Mayor
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Arvydas Vaitkus | Public election committee "Loyal to Klaipėda" | 12,004 | 24.00 | 30,913 | 62.56 | |
| Audrius Petrošius | Homeland Union | 10,421 | 20.84 | 18,502 | 37.44 | |
| Remigijus Žemaitaitis | Freedom and Justice | 10,212 | 20.42 | |||
| Ligita Girskienė | Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union | 5,571 | 11.14 | |||
| Vytautas Grubliauskas | Social Democratic Party of Lithuania | 3,843 | 7.68 | |||
| Saulius Budinas | Liberals' Movement | 3,681 | 7.36 | |||
| Artūras Bogdanovas | Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" | 1,164 | 2.33 | |||
| Birutė Andruškaitė | Freedom Party | 1,040 | 2.08 | |||
| Naglis Puteikis | People and Justice Union | 955 | 1.91 | |||
| Giedrius Bindza | Labour Party | 643 | 1.29 | |||
| Arvydas Ektis | Lithuanian Green Party | 476 | 0.95 | |||
| Total | 50,010 | 100.00 | 49,415 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 50,010 | 98.15 | 49,415 | 98.49 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 945 | 1.85 | 757 | 1.51 | ||
| Total votes | 50,955 | 100.00 | 50,172 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 124,879 | 40.80 | 124,954 | 40.15 | ||
| Source: VRK (first round), VRK (second round) | ||||||
