Lithuanian presidential election, 1993
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Presidential elections were held in Lithuania on 14 February 1993. This was the first presidential election under the new Constitution of Lithuania of October 1992 and since the declaration of independence in March 1990. Algirdas Brazauskas, the former first secretary of the Communist Party of Lithuania and the then-current leader of the Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (DLPL), won with over 60% of the vote. The runner up was Stasys Lozoraitis, an independent candidate endorsed by the Sąjūdis movement and other political parties.
The Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, under Brazauskas' leadership, won 73 out of 141 seats in the Seimas (the parliament) in the parliamentary election of October 1992. Based on the earlier success, Brazauskas, who as Speaker of the Seimas was also acting president, was considered a favorite in the presidential election.Vytautas Landsbergis, leader of the pro-independence Sąjūdis movement, withdrew his candidacy in support of Stasys Lozoraitis. Lozoraitis was a Lithuanian diplomat, who spent almost all his life in Italy and the United States representing the interwar independent Lithuania. Because of the Iron Curtain, his work was virtually unknown in Lithuania. No other candidates came forward as other parties, except for the Polish minority in Lithuania, declared their support to Lozoraitis as they became alarmed by the dominance of Brazauskas and his party.
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