The Establishment of Election Results in Single-member Constituencies

1. The election results shall be established by the Central Electoral Commission after having investigated all complaints and established all election results in this constituency, including of the votes cast by the voters who have voted on ships and abroad.

2. A candidate shall be considered elected in a single-member constituency, if the not less than 40 percent of the voters from the electoral roll of that constituency have participated in the elections, and the said candidate has received more than half of votes cast by the voters who have participated in the elections. If less than 40 percent of the voters from the electoral roll of that constituency have participated in the elections, the candidate who has received the majority, but not less than one-fifth of the votes of all the voters from the electoral roll of that constituency, shall be considered to have been elected.

3. If more than two candidates have participated in the elections and a Seimas member has not been elected pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article, run-off voting shall be held after two weeks, in which two candidates who have received the majority of votes shall participate in the said poll. A date of the run-off voting shall be announced by the Central Electoral Commission together with the election results. A candidate who has received more votes, regardless of the number of voters who participated in the elections, shall be considered to have been elected at the run-off voting. In the event of a tie, a candidate who received more votes during the initial poll shall be elected Seimas member. If both candidates received an equal amount of votes during the initial poll, a candidate shall become Seimas member by drawing lots.

4. If one or two candidates participated in the elections and a Seimas member has not been elected pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article, the elections shall be considered not to have been held and rerun elections shall be held.