Vytautas Simelis won the election of the mayor of the Radviliškis district municipality



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5,851 voters from the Radviliškis district municipality voted for this candidate, it was announced in the CEC press release.

His rival Jolanta Margaitienė, nominated by the Union of the Fatherland, the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party, received 3,917 votes in favor.

We recall that during the first round of elections Mr. Jolantas Margaitienė was elected by 3336 voters, and for Mr. Vytautas Simelis – 2426 voters.

According to the CEC, 9,768 voters or 32 percent of the total number of voters in this municipality participated in the re-election of the Radviliškis district municipal council elections.

In this election of a member of the Radviliškis District Municipal Council, the mayor, 30,878 voters had the right to vote.

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 continue, 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 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 Head 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.”

V. Simelis raised 59.24 percent in the second round of the mayoral elections on Sunday. voters and defeated Jolantas Margaitienė, a representative of the Christian Democratic Party of the Homeland-Lithuanian Union, director of the municipal administration, who received 39.66 votes.

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.

The final results of the elections will be approved by the CEC after examining all complaints received. According to the Municipal Council Elections Law, the election results must be approved no later than 7 days after the election.

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