Lithuanian presidential election, 1997–1998

Lithuanian presidential election, 1997-1998

21 December 1997 and 4 January 1998

Nominee Valdas Adamkus Artūras Paulauskas Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 968,031 953,775 Percentage 49.96 49.22

President before election Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas Elected President Valdas Adamkus

Presidential elections were held in Lithuania in December 1997 and January 1998. In the first round on 21 December, the independent candidate Artūras Paulauskas led the former US civil servant Valdas Adamkus. However, in the second round on 4 January 1998, Adamkus led Paulaskas and won a majority vote.

Results

Summary of the 21 December 1997 and 4 January 1998 Lithuanian presidential elections

Candidates		Nominating party	1st round		2nd round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Valdas Adamkus	Independent	516,798	27.56	968,031	49.96
	Artūras Paulauskas	Independent	838,819	44.73	953,775	49.22
	Vytautas Landsbergis	Homeland Union – Lithuanian Conservatives	294,881	15.73		—
	Vytenis Andriukaitis	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	105,916	5.65		—
	Kazys Bobelis	Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party	73,287	3.91		—
	Rolandas Pavilionis	Independent	16,070	0.86		—
	Rimantas Smetona	Lithuanian Nationalists Union	6,697	0.36		—
Invalid votes			22,680	1.21	15,980	0.82
Totals			1,875,148	100%	1,921,806	100%

External links

• Elections of the President of Lithuania '97 (English) (Lithuanian)
• 1997-1998 Presidential Election Results
• 1997-1998 Presidential Election Results