Elections in Lithuania
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Elections in Lithuania gives information on election and election results in Lithuania.
Lithuania elects on national level a head of state -- the president -- and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The parliament (Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas) has 141 members, elected to a four year term, with 71 members elected in single-seat constituencies and 70 members elected by proportional representation. Lithuania has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
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[edit] Latest elections
| Candidates | Nominating party | 1st round | 2nd round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Valdas Adamkus | Independent | 387,837 | 30.7 | 723,891 | 52.6 |
| Kazimiera Prunskienė | Peasants and New Democratic Party Union | 264,681 | 21.4 | 651,024 | 47.4 |
| Petras Auštrevičius | Independent | 240,413 | 19.3 | - | |
| Vilija Blinkevičiūtė | New Union Social Liberals | 204,819 | 16.6 | - | |
| Česlovas Juršėnas | Social Democratic Party of Lithuania | 147,610 | 11.9 | - | |
| Source: Central Electoral Committee | 1,245,360 | 100% | 1,374,915 | 100% | |
| Coalition | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party (Darbo partija) | 28.4 | 39 | ||
| Coalition of Algirdas Brazauskas and Artūras Paulauskas "Working for Lithuania" (Algirdo Brazausko ir Artūro Paulausko koalicija "Už darbą Lietuvai") |
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija) | 20.7 | 20 | |
| New Union Social Liberals (Naujoji sąjunga (socialliberalai)) | 11 | |||
| Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives) (Tėvynės sąjunga/Lietuvos konservatoriai) | 14.6 | 25 | ||
| Coalition of Rolandas Paksas "For the Order and Justice" (Rolando Pakso koalicija "Už tvarką ir teisingumą") |
Liberal Democratic Party (Liberalų demokratų partija) | 11.4 | 11 | |
| Lithuanian People's Union "For the Fair Lithuania" (Lietuvos liaudies sąjunga "Už teisingą Lietuvą") | ||||
| Liberal and Centre Union (Liberalų ir centro sąjunga) | 9.1 | 18 | ||
| Peasants and New Democratic Party Union (Valstiečių ir Naujosios demokratijos partijų sąjungos) |
Lithuanian Peasants Party (Lietuvos valstiečių partija) | 6.6 | 10 | |
| New Democratic Party (Naujosios demokratijos partija) | ||||
| Election Action of Lithuania's Poles (Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija) | 3.8 | 2 | ||
| Christian Conservative Social Union (Krikščionių konservatorių socialinė sąjunga) | 2.0 | - | ||
| Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai) | 1.4 | - | ||
| Non-partisans | . | 5 | ||
| Source: Lithuanian Election Committee | Total (turnout 46.8 %) | 141 | ||
[edit] Governing majority
29 November 2004 - 4 July 2006
- Labour Party (Darbo partija)
- Coalition of Algirdas Brazauskas and Artūras Paulauskas "Working for Lithuania"
(Social Democrats and New Union) (Algirdo Brazausko ir Artūro Paulausko koalicija "Už darbą Lietuvai")
- Peasants and New Democratic Party Union
(Valstiečių ir Naujosios demokratijos partijų sąjungos)
81 of 141 seats centre-left
4 July 2006 - today
- Social Democrats
(Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija)
- Peasants and New Democratic Party Union
(Valstiečių ir Naujosios demokratijos partijų sąjungos)
- Liberals and Center Union
(Liberalų ir centro sąjunga)
59 of 141 seats centre-left tolerated by Homeland Union (25 seats/right)
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