Presidential elections are due to be held in Lithuania in May 2024, with a second round due to be held two weeks after the first, should any candidate fail to receive an absolute majority of the vote.
Electoral system
The elections will be held using the two-round system. To win in the first round, a candidate requires an absolute majority of the vote and either voter turnout to be above 50% or for their vote share to be equivalent to at least one-third of the number of registered voters. If no candidate wins in the first round, a second round is required, featuring the top two candidates. All candidates for president are independent. While some candidates belong to and/or are supported by a political party, the office of the president is formally non-partisan.
Citizens of Lithuania whose at least one parent was also a citizen (natural-born-citizen clause), who have lived in Lithuania for at least three years prior, are not serving a prison sentence, are not on active duty in the Lithuanian Armed Forces, are not bound to any other country by an oath and have never been impeached, are allowed to run for President. Each candidate must collect at least 20 thousand signatures by Lithuanian citizens to be able to run for election.
Declared candidates
All potential candidates for President must gather 20 thousand signatures physically or online in order to be registered. This list includes politicians who have declared their intention to register for the election.
Potential candidates
These individuals have either considered a presidential bid or have been proposed as potential candidates during the campaign.
Political parties
Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats
All TS-LKD candidates withdrew after Šimonytė announced her bid. Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Member of the Seimas, party chairman Monika Navickienė, Minister of Social Security and Labour, Member of the Seimas, party vice-chairwoman Paulius Saudargas, Member of the Seimas, Vice-Speaker , Member of the Seimas, chairman of the National Security Committee Arvydas Anušauskas, Minister of National Defence, Member of the Seimas
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Member of the European Parliament, party chairwoman
Gintautas Paluckas, Member of the Seimas, former party chairman
Vytenis Andriukaitis, former EU Commissioner
, Mayor of Alytus
Liutauras Gudžinskas, party vice-chairman
Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" Linas Kukuraitis, Member of the Seimas Giedrimas Jeglinskas, former Vice-Minister of National Defence
Labour Party
Andrius Mazuronis, Member of the Seimas, party chairman
, Member of the Seimas
Independents
Gitanas Nausėda, current President of Lithuania
Ignas Vėgėlė, anti-vaccine activist, lawyer
Independents who declined to run
Dalia Grybauskaitė, former President of Lithuania
Opinion polls
Opinion polls show Gitanas Nausėda as the favourite, followed by Ignas Vėgėlė and Šimonytė.