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Lithuania presidential poll runoff kicks off

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IANS Vilnius

The Presidential poll runoff kicked off in Lithuania Sunday.

The country's incumbent President Dalia Grybauskaite and her rival Zigmantas Balcytis were competing for presidency in the runoff Sunday.

In the first round May 11, Grybauskaite received 45.9 percent of vote, slightly falling short of the 50-percent threshold needed to win a second term.

Her challenger, Social Democrat Zigmantas Balcytis gathered 13.6 percent of vote.

 

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First Published: May 25 2014 | 1:12 PM IST

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