Election watchdogs stress that they did not detect violations in the second round of mayoral elections in Vilnius district on 19 March. They suggest that the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania-Christian Families Alliance (LLRA-KŠS) should provide evidence of irregularities and file an appeal after its leader Waldemar Tomaszewski claimed that 2023 municipal and mayoral elections were unfair.

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Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, chairman of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), admits that it is the leader of a political force who bears responsibility for the party’s election results.

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First Deputy Chair of the Liberal Movement Edita Rudelienė has announced that the party addressed parliament with a request to annul mayoral election results in Anykščiai district and Visaginas.

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Former mayor of Vilnius city Artūras Zuokas, who ran for mayor once again with the party Freedom and Justice but lost to Conservative candidate Valdas Benkunskas, is unsure if he is going to participate in mayoral elections in four years.

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Valdas Benkunskas, mayor-elect of Vilnius, has revealed that the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) will engage in talks with the Freedom Party and the Social Democratic Party (LSDP) in order to form a coalition at Vilnius City Municipal Council.

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Leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), MEP Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, says the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) suffered a defeat in 2023 municipal and mayoral elections.

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Estonia’s outgoing Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Reinsalu has recapitulated Estonia's support for Moldova's constitutional order and its sovereignty, in the face of destabilisation efforts in the country, which borders Ukraine, reports public broadcaster ERR.

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MEP Waldemar Tomaszewski, leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania-Christian Families Alliance (LLRA-KŠS), claims that campaigning against the party’s candidate took place in runoff voting of mayoral elections and that is why Waldemar Urban lost the race.

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Robert Duchnevič, mayoral candidate of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), sensationally won the elections to become Vilnius district mayor with all the votes at the Vilnius district municipality counted.

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The second round of the local elections held on Sunday saw five members of parliament running for mayors, but only Arvydas Nekrošius of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) succeeded.

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Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, leader of the Liberals Movement, is very pleased with her party winning 9 mayoral seats which shows that the Liberals are “on the right track.”

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Kęstutis Tubis of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) was elected Anykščiai mayor with 51.86% of support in the second round of elections held on Sunday, the VRK said.

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Vilnius mayoral candidate Artūras Zuokas has congratulated his rival Valdas Benkunskas on winning the Vilnius mayor’s seat.

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Vilnius district mayoral candidate Waldemar Urban, of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania-Christian Families Alliance (LLRA-KŠS), says he is supported not only by the voters of Polish ethnicity, expecting to “unite everyone” in the growing district.

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Robert Duchnevič, Vilnius district mayoral candidate of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), says he hopes at least to catch up with Waldemar Urban of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania-Christian Families Alliance (LLRA-KŠS) as he says he is being “realistic” in his ambitions.

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Vilnius mayoral candidate Artūras Zuokas, of the Freedom and Justice Party, hopes for the best result in the elections as he and his team have done “everything they could”, saying he is ready to begin working even before the official inauguration if he won.

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Valdas Benkunskas, mayoral nominee of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), says he expects a victory in his quest for Vilnius mayor’s seat.

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The overall voter turnout in the second round of 2023 mayoral elections in Lithuania stood at 45.82% by 8 p.m. Sunday, when the polling stations closed, the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) said.

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The Freedom and Justice Party resents the Central Electoral Commission’s (VRK) decision to withdraw the possibility for its election observers to work at polling districts.

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NGO White Gloves (Baltosios pirštinės) says its observers have recorded more than 100 irregularities at polling districts on election day, mostly in the district of Trakai and city of Vilnius.

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