Nemunas Dawn names mayoral candidates for Kaunas and Klaipėda
Thursday 8th October 2026 on 13:30 in
Lithuania
Opposition party Nemunas Dawn has selected MP Karolis Neimantas to run for mayor of Kaunas and MP Lina Šukytė-Korsakė to run in Klaipėda in next year’s elections, LRT reported.
The party said on Facebook on Thursday that its council made the decision at a meeting on Wednesday.
Other MPs selected to run include Saulius Bucevičius in Kaunas district municipality, Kęstutis Bilius in Šiauliai, Vytautas Jucius in Šilalė district, Daiva Žebelienė in Šilutė district, Martynas Gedvilas in Telšiai district, Tadas Sadauskis in Tauragė district, Tomas Domarkas in Rietavas municipality and Mantas Poškus in Radviliškis district.
The party also confirmed candidates in more than 20 other municipalities: Dominykas Daugėla in Alytus city, Romas Černius in Alytus district, Romas Pačinskas in Anykščiai district, Darius Tadijošaitis in Elektrėnai, Gintaris Stoškus in Jurbarkas district, Andrius Stanislovaitis in Kaišiadorys district, Antanas Burinskas in Kalvarija and Darius Petrukaitis in Kazlų Rūda.
Nerijus Jakubauskas will run in Kėdainiai district, Ildefonsas Petkevičius in Kelmė district, Ina Štitilienė in Klaipėda district, Donatas Valaitis in Kretinga district, Audrius Graužys in Lazdijai district, Živilė Butkė in Mažeikiai district, Julius Limantas in Panevėžys city and Igoris Malinauskas in Pasvalys district.
Vilius Pliuškis will run in Rokiškis district, Laura Genčienė in Skuodas district, Ričardas Lekavičius in Šakiai district, Dalia Grakulskytė in Trakai district, Gediminas Jakavonis in Varėna district, Remigijus Gustaitis in Vilkaviškis district and Valdas Utka in Zarasai district.
Nemunas Dawn said it would decide on candidates in the remaining municipalities later. Direct elections for mayors and municipal council members are scheduled for March 7 next year. They will be the party’s first such elections.