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In Lithuania the first round of presidential elections ended with an unexpected result

The candidate who polls predicted the victory – only the third

In Lithuania ended the first round of presidential elections.

According to preliminary data published by the Lithuanian Central election Commission in the polls to independent candidate Gitanes Nausea – 30.85% of the voters, or 15.76% of all voters.

In second place – the current Prime Minister Saulius Squirrels, received 27.64% of the vote (14.11% of the total number of voters in Lithuania).

According to the Lithuanian Central electoral Committee, the voter turnout amounted to 51.07 %.

As reported, on the eve of the vote, according to opinion polls, a second round of elections had chances three candidates. In addition to Nausea and Skordalia a great chance also had Ingrida Simonyte. And she was leading in the polls. However, the voting simonite scored only 22.19% of the votes.

Recall, the current President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite in 2015, the Institute of world politics was recognized as the best lobbyist of Ukraine in the world.

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