Seimas
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The Seimas is the Lithuanian parliament. It has 141 members that are elected for a four-year term. About half of the members of this legislative body are elected in individual constituencies (71), and the other half (70) are elected by nationwide vote according to proportional representation. A party must receive at least 5%, and a multi-party union at least 7%, of the national vote to be represented in the Seimas.
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[edit] Latest election
| 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 | ||
The word "Seimas" is etymologically related to the Polish word Sejm, the name of the lower house of the parliament in Poland, and to the Latvian word Saeima, which is the name of the Latvian parliament.
[edit] Seimas Palace
Seimas Palace (Lithuanian: Seimo Rūmai) was designed by architects Algimantas and Vytautas Nasvytis and Robertas Stasėnas [1].
[edit] Speakers of the Seimas (1922-1927 and 1936-1940)
- Leonas Bistras November 13, 1922 - March 12, 1923
- Antanas Tumėnas May 10, 1923 - July 10, 1923
- Justinas Staugaitis July 10, 1923 - January 27, 1925
- Leonas Bistras January 27, 1925 - September 25, 1925
- Vytautas Petrulis September 25, 1925 - March 26, 1926
- Jonas Staugaitis June 7, 1926 - December 17, 1926
- Aleksandras Stulginskis December 19, 1926 - April 12, 1927
- Konstantinas Šakenis September 1, 1936 - June 27, 1940
[edit] Chairman of the Supreme Soviet (1990-1992)
[edit] Speakers of the Seimas (after 1992)
- Česlovas Juršėnas (acting) November 25, 1992 - February 25, 1993
- Česlovas Juršėnas February 25, 1993 - November 25, 1996
- Vytautas Landsbergis November 25, 1996 - October 18, 2000
- Artūras Paulauskas October 19, 2000 - April 6, 2004
- Česlovas Juršėnas (acting) April 6, 2004 - July 12, 2004
- Artūras Paulauskas July 12, 2004 - April 12, 2006
- Viktoras Muntianas April 13, 2006 - April 1, 2008
- Česlovas Juršėnas April 1, 2008 - present
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Tomas Venclova. Vilnius. R. Paknys Publishing House, Vilnius, 2002, p. 191.
[edit] See also
- Politics of Lithuania
- Sejm of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Great Seimas of Vilnius
- People's Parliament, the defunct Soviet parliament.
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