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What does the Seimas want?
Kauno Diena asked if it was easy for Kaunas residents to choose why to vote on Sunday. Citizens also expressed their opinion on what the Seimas would like.
Opinions differed: some like the current rulers, others want changes, but only on Monday will it be clear which political forces have most attracted the electorate and will rule the country for the next four years.
Some voters who spoke said they had known for a long time why they were going to vote, others indicated that their candidate for the second round had failed, so they now had to choose between what was left but did not necessarily meet their expectations. However, most of the citizens interviewed were of the opinion that the new Seimas should pay more attention to ordinary people.
Two evils, you had to choose the smallest.
“There were doubts about why to vote, because one is young, the other is older. Both seem appropriate. Anyway, I chose experience and stability. The Seimas should be renewed and I think there will be a lot of young people in it. The basic values of the people remain the same, so you have to preserve them and let new things happen, maybe they are worth it, ”said Gintautas, who cast his vote at the J. Urbšis school.
“It was really easy to decide. The Seimas must take care of our state and our people, first of all think not of ourselves, but of us, and bark less. Then it will definitely be better, ”said Rita, who cast her vote in the Radvilėnai area.
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Better bad
Several other voters who came to vote admitted that they had decided only at the last minute. They indicated that they had read about the candidates in the venue and voted for that policy.
“I’m not too interested in politics because I’m disappointed so I have to pick a better evil, but the choice is definitely not what I really want, I’m just voting for what’s left. I knew which party I didn’t want to vote for, so I just there was one option left. Of course, I came to vote, because I never let my voice go with the wind, “said Emma.
“Both candidates are not the ones I voted for in the first round. To me, both candidates don’t seem credible. Two evils, I had to choose a smaller one,” said another Kaunas resident.
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Fluent voting
Until Sunday, the vote in Kaunas went smoothly. Both the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) and the police did not register electoral irregularities.
“Everything is fine so far, as I drive around the area and talk to observers. This time, there are observers in almost every neighborhood, so they said there is calm and there are no complaints. There were no infractions until noon. We have agreed with the observers that if something happened, they would call me and we would try to solve the problems, “said Juozas Bukelis, chairman of the Aleksotas-Vilijampolmp County CEC Commission, who was interviewed over lunch.
Observers from Kalniečiai and Centro-Žaliaklanis districts also did not comment. They only pointed out that this Sunday fewer people come to the polls than in the first round of the elections, which took place two weeks ago.
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Kaunas County Police Supervisor Kauno Diena also indicated that officers did not attend any election-related summons until noon.
Electoral participation
In the second round of the Seimas elections, Kaunas residents travel more slowly to the polls. When calculating turnout and the number of voters who arrived at noon on Sunday, no constituency in Kaunas had reached 30 percent. voters.
Until Sunday at 12 noon. voters in the Šilainiai constituency were the most active. 15.23 percent came to vote here. citizens with the right to vote. Along with the results of the early voting, almost 23 percent of the total vote was cast. voters. Jurgita Šiugždinienė, candidate of the Union of the Homeland-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), and Ligita Valalytė, representative of the Lithuanian Peasants and Greens Union (LVŽS), compete in the second round in this constituency.
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Normally, voters in the Centro-Žaliakalnis electoral district are more active, but in the second round they are still asleep. Until 12 pm 13.5 percent voted in this constituency. voters (28.3% with early voting). In this constituency, the spear was supported by TS-LKD party leader Gabrielius Landsbergis and LVŽS candidate Audronė Jankuvienė.
Similar electoral turnout is similar in the electoral districts of Kalniečiai, Petrašiūnai-Gričiupis, Panemunė and Aleksotas-Vilijampolė. Here, voter turnout fluctuated around 14.5 percent through noon.
Voters in the Volunteer District voted slowly Sunday. Until 12 pm only 12.5 percent voted. voters.
In the Kalniečiai constituency, voters can choose between Arvydas Anušauskas, representative of the TS-LKD, and Aušra Papirtienė, representative of the LVŽS.
In Panemunė, voters are drawn to TS-LKD representative Gintarė Skaistė and LVŽS representative Aurelijus Veryga.
In Aleksotas-Vilijampolė district, TS-LKD member Arvydas Juozaitis and LŽVS representative Karolina Žekaitė entered the second round.
In the Petrašiūnai-Gričiupis constituency, TS-LKD candidate Kazys Starkevičius and LŽVS member Gediminas Vasiliauskas intend to win a ticket to the Seimas.
TS-LKD member Paulius Lukševičius and the representative of the Freedom Party Marius Matijošaitis compete in the volunteer constituency.
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