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2009 Lithuanian presidential election

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was elected with 69% of the vote, with voter turnout just over the 50% threshold for the result to be validated. Grybauskaitė took office on 12 July as the country's first female president.
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This was only the second time since the restoration of independence that a Lithuanian president was elected without the need for a runoff, the first being in
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A.Valinskui mesti kaltinimai dėl parašų klastojimo sudomino ir Generalinę prokuratūrą (2 video, dar papildyta)
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on 17 May 2009. A run-off would have been held on 7 June 2009, but was not necessary as
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Seven candidates collected enough signatures to participate in the elections:
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The Electoral Commission registered 14 candidates for the elections, whilst
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Po D.Grybauskaitės apsisprendimo politologai nemato jai konkurencijos
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Dalia Grybauskaitė
Algirdas Butkevičius
Valentinas Mazuronis
Independent
LSDP
TT
Valdas Adamkus
Independent
Dalia Grybauskaitė
Independent
Politics of Lithuania
Coat of arms of Lithuania

Constitution
Taxation
Executive
President
Gitanas Nausėda
Prime Minister
Ingrida Šimonytė
Seimas
Seimas Palace
Speaker
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen
Constitutional Court

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