Nausėda is going for a historical record: Zelensky congratulates Lithuanian President on re-election

Lithuania's current president, Gitanas Nausėda, won the presidential election. He was competing with Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonite in the race for the presidency.

According to the Chief Election Commission of Lithuania, Nausėda received the support of more than 74% of voters. His rival received 24% of the vote.

On the evening of May 26, the Lithuanian CEC counted votes from 1853 polling stations out of 1895: Nausėda had 75.05%, Šimonytė 23.43%. After 21:00, Lithuanian Presidential Advisor Frederikas Jansonas announced that the election results were clear - Nausėda had won, Delfi wrote.

Nausėda's rival Šimonite, nominated by the Fatherland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has already conceded defeat and congratulated him on his victory, LRT reports.

"I would like to congratulate the elected president of Lithuania," she told reporters.

Šimonite added that she would return to her job as prime minister on Monday. According to her, her current position did not help her during the election campaign.

Gitanas Nausėda, in turn, announced that he had secured a second five-year term as president of Lithuania.

"The Lithuanian people have given me a great mandate of trust, and I am well aware that I will have to value this credit of trust. Now that I have five years of experience, I believe that I will be able to use this value properly, primarily to achieve the goals of prosperity for all the people of Lithuania," he told reporters in Vilnius.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated Nausėda on his victory.

"Dear Gitanas Nausėda, I congratulate you on your re-election! You have always been with us in these most difficult years. I appreciate your sincere support for Ukraine and I am confident that by working together we will ensure freedom, peace and security in Ukraine, the Baltic States and our entire Europe," he wrote on social network X.

Earlier, Lithuanian media predicted that the election results would be a record for the country's presidential election in history. Five years ago, after the ballots were counted at all polling stations, Nausėda won with 65.68% of the vote. Shimonite, who remained in second place, received 33.04%.

As OBOZ.UA reported, the first round of elections took place in Lithuania on May 12. Nausėda also won the first round with almost 44% of the vote. Then 20% of voters voted for Prime Minister Ingrid Šimonite.

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