Parties and Elections in Europe

LITHUANIA

Legislative elections: Seimas, 4-year term, 5% threshold (combined lists 7%), parallel voting system (70 PR + 71 FPTP; two rounds):

· President: Dalia Grybauskaite · Prime Minister: Algirdas Butkevičius (LSDP) · Government: LSDP, DP, TT, AWPL

Party				2012	Seats	2008	Seats
	Darbo Partija (DP) Labour Party	Centrism Social liberalism	2003 ALDE	19,8%	29	9,0%	10
	Lietuvos Socialdemokratų Partija (LSDP) Lithuanian Social Democratic Party	Social democracy	2001/1896'' PES SI	18,4%	38	11,8%	26
	Tėvynės Sąjunga - Lietuvos Krikščionys Demokratai (TS-LKD) Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats	Conservatism Christian democracy	1993 EPP IDU	15,1%	33	19,6%	44
	Lietuvos Respublikos Liberalų Sąjūdis (LRLS) Liberals' Movement of the Republic of Lithuania	Liberalism	2006 ALDE	8,6%	10	5,7%	11
	Drąsos Kelias (DK) Way of Courage	-	2012	8,0%	7	-	-
	Tvarka ir Teisingumas (TT) Order and Justice	National conservatism	2002 MELD	7,3%	11	12,7%	15
	Akcja Wyborcza Polaków na Litwie (AWPL) Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania	Polish minority interests Christian democracy	1994 AECR	5,8%	8	4,8%	3
	Lietuvos Valstiečių ir Žaliųjų Sąjunga (LVZS) Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (former LVLS)	Agrarianism Centrism	2005/1922''	3,9%	1	3,7%	3
	Liberalų ir Centro Sąjunga (LiCS) Liberal and Centre Union	Liberalism	2003 ALDE LI	2,1%	-	5,3%	8
	Tautos Prisikėlimo Partija (TPP) National Revival Party (merged into LiCS in 2011)	- (centre-right)	2008	-	-	15,1%	16
	Naujoji Sąjunga - Socialliberalai (NS) New Union - Social Liberals (merged into DP in 2011)	Social liberalism	1998 ALDE LI''	-	-	3,7%	1
Independents				-	3	-	4
Unfilled				-	1	-	-
Others				11,0%	-	8,6%	-
Total				-	141	-	141
Turnout (1st round)				52,9%		48,6%

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