“In the 2027 election we will restore common sense in Vilnius Municipality,” Zuokas stated in a post on social platform Facebook this Thursday.
In 2023, he lost the mayoral race to conservative candidate Valdas Benkunskas. Speaking to the media afterwards, he raised doubts whether he was going to participate in another municipal election.
Zuokas was the mayor of Vilnius city in 2000-2007 and 2011-2015.
In October 2024, he was elected to parliament as a candidate of the party Freedom and Justice.
He is the party’s sole representative in the Seimas as it failed to surpass the 5% election threshold in the multi-member constituency, garnering just 0.75% of votes. Whereas he was elected in a single-member constituency.