The possibility for the vast majority of Lithuanians to directly elect mayors would encourage participation in local elections.

This was revealed by a survey of public opinion and market research centre Vilmorus conducted on April 21-28, commissioned by the Association of Lithuanian Municipalities (LSA). According to its data, direct mayoral elections of 72.4 percent of the population would encourage or rather encourage participation in local elections. This possibility did not affect the decision of 15.9% of those surveyed to participate in the elections, while another 11.7 had no opinion. The survey also showed that 83.1% of the population believe that the mayor should be elected directly. 7.2 per cent of those surveyed believe that the mayor should be elected by members of municipal councils, another 9.7 per cent had no opinion on this issue." The parallel between citizens' ability to directly elect a mayor and their involvement in local elections in general is obvious. Residents see much greater sense in collecting a particular policy, with its vision and proposals. A directly elected mayor and residents are like a contract based on voter confidence and a politician's commitment and responsibility. In this way, citizens feel directly involved in the management of the municipality, naturally, trust in local government is also increasing," says Mindaugas Sinkevičius, President of the LSA. According to him, the overwhelming majority – both young and older, who have graduated from universities and have secondary education– are in favour of direct mayoral elections. The survey also showed that 74.9% of those surveyed participate or participate most often in the mayoral elections of their municipality. 24.98% do not participate or do not participate in the most common, and 0.2% did not. The survey was conducted by telephone surveying 1,000 residents of the country in 30 cities and over 50 villages.