Home voting for Sunday’s presidential run-off between President Gitanas Nausėda and Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė got underway in Lithuania on Friday.
Those eligible to vote at home on Friday and Saturday include people with disabilities and their caregivers, voters aged over 70 years, and those unable to vote in polling stations due to health issues.
On Wednesday through Friday, voting is also organised in hospitals, social care establishments, military units, and prisons.
According to the Central Electoral Commission (VRK), almost 600,000 voters have the right to vote at home, while 99,000 have expressed their wish to do so.
Around 166,000 people, or almost 7 percent of all registered voters, cast their ballots during the three days of early voting, according to preliminary figures from the VRK.
Nausėda, the incumbent who is running for re-election as an independent candidate, came first in the first round on May 12 with almost 44 percent of the vote.
Šimonytė, the candidate of the ruling conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats, finished second with 20 percent.
On Sunday, election day, polling stations across Lithuania will open at 07:00 and close at 20:00.
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