The race is led jointly by Ingrida Simonyte and Gitanas Nauseda running neck-and-neck on 22% each
Lithuanian presidential candidate Ingrida Simonyte talks to journalists in Vilnius, May 12 2019. Picture: PETRAS MALUKAS / AFP
The race is led jointly by Ingrida Simonyte, 44, a former finance minister in a centre-right government, and Gitanas Nauseda, 54, a former senior economist at a top bank, running neck-and-neck on 22% each, according to a Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas poll. More than 37% of voters had cast their ballot by 2pm local time, higher than the 33% who had voted by that time in the 2014 presidential election.
Lithuania’s president has a semi-executive role with a say in the appointment of key officials such as judges, the chief prosecutor and head of the central bank. The president can veto laws and, in tandem with the government, sets foreign and security policy.
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