Establishment of voting results in single-member constituencies

1. Voting results in a single-member constituency shall be officially established by an electoral committee of that constituency or municipality or by the Central Electoral Commission by signing the vote counting record of the constituency electoral committee, the municipal electoral committee or the Central Electoral Commission is signed.

2. The following rules shall apply to single-member constituencies during an election to the Seimas:

1) a candidate who has received the majority of votes of the voters who participated in the poll, but no less than one-fifth of the votes of all the voters entered on the electoral roll of that constituency, shall be deemed to have been elected;

2) if more than two candidates have participated in the election and a Member of the Seimas has not been elected pursuant to paragraph (2), point (1), a run-off voting shall be held in two weeks, where the two candidates who have received the majority of votes will participate. If more than two candidates have received the largest number of votes, all the candidates who received the largest number of votes shall participate in the run-off voting. The date of the run-off voting shall be published by the Central Electoral Commission together with the election results;

3) regardless of the number of voters participating in the election, the candidate who has received more votes shall be deemed to have been elected at the run-off voting. In the event of a tie, the candidate who has received more votes in the first round shall be deemed to have been elected;

4) if both candidates have received an equal amount of votes during the initial poll, an older candidate shall become Member of the Seimas;

5) if not more than two candidates have participated in the election and a Member of the Seimas has not been elected pursuant to paragraph (2), point (1), the Seimas election shall be deemed not to have been held and a rerun election shall be organised.

3. The following rules shall apply to single-member constituencies during a presidential election:

1) the candidate who has received more than half of the votes cast in the first round with more than a half of all the voters participating in the election shall be deemed to have been elected;

2) if less than a half of all the voters have turned out for the poll, the candidate who has received the majority of voters, but not less than one-third of the votes of all the voters, shall be deemed to have been elected;

3) if during the first round none of the candidates have received the number of votes referred to in paragraph (3), points (1) or (2), a run-off voting shall be held in two weeks in respect of the two candidates who have received the majority of votes. Regardless of the number of voters who have turned out for the poll, the candidate who has received more votes shall be deemed to have been elected. In the event of a tie, a candidate who has received more votes during the first round shall be deemed to have been elected. The date of a run-off voting shall be announced by the Central Electoral Commission together with the results of the first round;

4) if not more than two candidates participate in the election and neither of them gets the required number of votes, a run-off election shall be held.

4. The following rules shall apply to single-member constituencies during of a mayoral election:

1) the candidate who has received more than half of the votes of all the voters participating in the poll in the first round shall be deemed to have been elected, provided not less than 40 percent of the voters entered on the electoral roll of the constituency have turned out for the poll;

2) if less than 40 percent of the voters entered the electoral roll of that constituency have turned out for the poll, the candidate who has received the majority of votes, but not less than one- fifth of the votes of all the voters entered on the electoral roll of that constituency, shall be deemed to have been elected;

3) if none of the candidates has received the required majority of votes in the first round, a run-off voting for the two candidates who have received the majority of votes in the first round shall be held no later than in two weeks after the first round under the procedure laid down by this Code. The date of a run-off voting shall be announced by the Central Electoral Commission together with the results of the first round;

4) regardless of the number of voters who have participated in the poll, the candidate who has received more votes, shall be deemed to have been elected. In the event of a tie, the candidate who has received more votes during the first round shall be deemed to have been elected;

5) if not more than two candidates participate in the election and neither of them has received the required number of votes, a run-off voting shall be held.