The Electoral Commission registered 14 candidates for the elections, whilst
Vladimir Romanov's application was rejected. However, six candidates (Jonas Jankauskas, Vytautas Kundrotas, Algimantas Matulevičius, Algirdas Pilvelis, Vidmantas Sadauskas and
Zigmas Vaišvila) failed to collect the 20,000 signatures required, and
Seimas Speaker
Arūnas Valinskas (
National Resurrection Party) withdrew his candidacy. Seven candidates collected enough signatures to participate in the elections: •
Dalia Grybauskaitė, incumbent European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget, former Minister of Finance (2001–2004) •
Valentinas Mazuronis (
Order and Justice), member of the Seimas since 2004 •
Kazimiera Prunskienė, first Prime Minister of Lithuania (1990–1991) and former Minister of Agriculture (2004–2008) • ,
Brigadier General of
Lithuanian Armed Forces and wrestler •
Valdemar Tomaševski (
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania), member of the Seimas since 2000 •
Loreta Graužinienė (
Labour Party), member of the Seimas since 2004 •
Algirdas Butkevičius (
Social Democratic Party), former Minister of Finance (2004–2005) and former Minister of Transport and Communications (2006–2008) Grybauskaitė was supported by the
Homeland Union and
Liberal Movement. ==Opinion polls==