At stake in this election:

• The office of President of Lithuania

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Valdas ADAMKUS
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Andrius KUBILIUS
• Assembly: Lithuania has a unicameral Parliament (Seimas) with 141 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
• In the Parliament (Seimas), 71 members are elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 70 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.

Main Candidates in the Presidential race:

• Dalia GRYBAUSKAITE
  • Independent(s): Independent
• Algirdas BUTKEVICIUS
  • Party: Social Democratic Party of Lithuania / Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija
• Valentinas MAZURONIS
  • Party: Order and Justice / Tvarka ir teisingumas
• Valdemar TOMASEVSKI
  • Party: Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania / Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija
• Kazimira PRUNSKIENE
  • Party: Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union / Lietuvos valstie

Population and Registered Voters:

• Population: 3,162,916 (2009)
• Registered voters: 2,691,603 (2009)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 1,702,345 (2009)

·         Is Lithuania a signatory to CEDAW: N/A

·         Has Lithuania ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (18 January 1994)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 25 (following the 2008 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 37 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Lithuania a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Lithuania ratified CRPD: Yes (18 August 2010)

·         Population with a disability: 474,437 (est.)