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In the second round, 59.24 percent voted for V. Simelis. Jolanta Margaitienė, competitor of the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party-National Union and director of the municipal administration, received 39.66 votes.
Voter turnout in the second round of the Radviliškis district mayor elections reached 32 percent. On Sunday, 21.7 percent cast their vote at the polling stations. voters and another 10.31 percent. the voters voted in advance.
Voter turnout was slightly higher in the first round: 24.73 percent voted on Election Day. voters, and with 10.53 percent. the total participation was 35.27 percent.
J.Margaitienė also took the lead in the first round, collecting 30.66 percent. votes, and V. Simelis came in second with 22.3 percent. Voter votes. In the first round, a total of seven candidates ran for mayor two weeks ago.
Laura Matjošaitytė, head of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), noted that no reports of violations of the electoral law had been received during these elections.
“The elections went smoothly, the voters traveled to the polling stations, there were really no problems or misunderstandings, we have not registered reports of possible violations of the electoral laws and so far there is no such information. It is very gratifying and those trends must be maintained in the general elections, ”said L. Matjošaityt dijo during a press conference on Sunday evening.
The head of the CEC said that the final results of the elections are expected to be approved on Thursday.
The vacant post of the mayor of the Radviliškis district was kept when the conservative mayor Antanas Čepononis was elected a member of the Seimas last October.
V. Simelis will seek to form a new ruling majority
V. Simelis, who won the mayoral elections, will seek to form a new ruling majority.
The future mayor, after counting the votes Sunday afternoon, told BNS that he would continue with the “good work started”, but will seek changes in the council. The ruling coalition in Radviliškis is currently made up of conservatives with “peasants”.
“I have a realistic vision of the situation, the good work must be continued, it does not mean that everything is going to change radically now, for me personally the first works are the agreement, looking for a mixed team council, because the mayor is one of all 25 “. , to form a strong serious majority on the council, “said. V. Simelis.
“The necessary changes, what has been so far, did not satisfy me, that one-party system in Radviliškis really upset everyone, I think that all parties and movements will be given more freedom, I think I will bring more democracy in Radviliškis district, “V. Simelis, Acting Chief of the Heritage Protection and Tourism Branch.
When asked what he sees as his future partners on the council, he said, “so far everyone, perhaps the least conservative and Christian.”
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