2013-07-10 14:33

Dalia Grybauskaitė would probably triumph in presidential election, poll shows

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė stands a good chance of winning the 2014 presidential election, if she decided to run for the second term in office, shows a poll published on Wednesday.
Dalia Grybauskaitė
Dalia Grybauskaitė / Juliaus Kalinsko / 15min nuotr.

Asked to specify a presidential candidate they would support in election if it were held next Sunday, 39.2 percent said they would vote for Grybauskaitė, delfi.lt news portal reports.

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, the leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party, was the second runner-up with 16.7 percent of the vote, Conservative MP Irena Degutienė was supported by 5.9 percent and economist Gitanas Nausėda by 3.4 percent.

Public opinion and market research company Spinter Tyrimai (Spinter Surveys) interviewed 1,006 Lithuanian residents between ages of 18 and 75 on June 17-25.

The nearest presidential election is scheduled for next May. Grybauskaitė has pledged to give her decision on running for the second tenure next year.

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