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 LITHUANIA

President: Gitanas Nauseda · Prime Minister: Ingrida Šimonyte · Governing parties: TS-LKD, LP, LRLS
Legislative elections: Seimas, 4-year term, 141 seats, 5% threshold (combined lists 7%), parallel voting (70 PR + 71 FPTP; TRS):

Party 2020 2016
Tėvynės Sąjunga - Lietuvos Krikščionys Demokratai (TS-LKD)
Homeland Union - Christian Democrats of Lithuania
Conservatism
Christian democracy 
24,8% 50 21,7% 31
Lietuvos Valstiečių ir Žaliųjų Sąjunga (LVŽS)
Peasant and Greens Union of Lithuania
Centrism
Agrarianism 
17,5% 32 21,5% 54
Darbo Partija (DP)
Labour Party
Centrism 
   
9,5% 10 4,7% 2
Lietuvos Socialdemokratų Partija (LSDP)
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Social democracy 
 
9,3% 13 14,4% 17
Laisves Partija (LP)
Freedom Party
Liberalism 
Social liberalism
9,0% 11 - -
Lietuvos Respublikos Liberalų Sąjūdis (LRLS)
Liberal Movement of the Republic of Lithuania
Liberalism 
 
6,8% 13 9,0% 14
Lietuvos Lenku Rinkimu Akcija (LLRA)
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania
Minority interests (POL)
Christian democracy 
4,8% 3 5,5% 8
Lietuvos Socialdemokratu Darbo Partija (LSDDP)
Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania
Social democracy 
 
3,2% 3 - -
Centro Partija - Tautininkai (CPT)
Centre Party - Nationalists
[2016: AKK]
Centrism 
Euroscepticism
2,3% - 6,3% 1
Partija Laisve ir Teisingumas (LT)
Freedom and Justice Party
[2016: TT+LLS]
Conservative liberalism
 
2,0% 1 7,5% 8
Lietuvos Žaliuju Partija (LŽP)
Green Party of Lithuania
Green politics
Centrism
 1,6% 1 2,0% 1
Lietuvos Sąrašas (LS)
List of Lithuania
Anti-corruption politics
 
- - 1,8% 1
Independents - 4 -  4
Others 9,2% - 5,6% -
Total - 141 - 141
Turnout (1st) 47,5% 50,6%

  © 2020 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Vyriausioji Rinkimu Komisija (http://www.vrk.lt).

Archive: Legislative elections, 1996-2016 ( For full coverage, 1990-present, click here):

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
TS-LKD (TS) % 31,3 8,6 14,7 19,6 15,1 21,7
   S. 70 9 25 44 33 31
LVZS (LVP, ...) % 1,8 4,1 6,6 3,7 3,9 21,5
  S. 1 4 10 3 1 54
LSDP (...) % 6,9 SDK 20,7 11,8 18,4 14,4
  S. 12 (19) 31 26 39 17
LRLS % - - - 5,7 8,6 9,0
  S. - - - 11 10 14
LLRA-KSS (...) % 3,1 2,0 3,8 4,8 5,8 5,5
  S. 1 2 2 3 8 8
LCP (AKK) % - - 0,5 0,7 0,9 6,3
  S. - - - - - 1
TT (LDP) % - - 11,4 12,7 7,3 5,3
  S. - - 10 15 11 8
DP % - - 28,4 9,0 19,8 4,7
  S. - - 39 10 29 2
LLS (LiCS) % - - 9,2 5,3 2,1 2,2
  S. - - 18 8 - -
DK % - - - - 8,0 0,3
  S. - - - - 7 -
TPP % - - - 15,1 - -
  S. - - - 16 - -
NS % - 19,6 LSDP 3,7 - -
   S. - 28 (11) 1 - -
LKD (LKDP) % 10,4 3,1 1,4 - - -
   S. 16 2 - - - -
LDDP (SDK) % 10,1 31,1 - - - -
  S. 12 51 - - - -
LLS % 1,9 17,3 - - - -
   S. 1 33 - - - -
LCS % 8,7 2,9 - - - -
  S. 13 2 - - - -
Others % 25,8 11,3 3,3 7,9 10,1 9,4
  S. 15 10 6 4 3 6
Total S. 141 141 141 141 141 141
Turnout % 52,9 58,2 45,9 48,6 52,9 50,6

Abbreviations: TS-LKD: Homeland Union-Christian Democrats of Lithuania (1996-2004: Homeland Union, TS); LVZS: Peasant and Greens Union of Lithuania (1996-2000: Peasants' Party of Lithuania; 2004: Union of Peasants and New Democracy Parties, VNDS; 2008: Peasant Popular Union of Lithuania, LVLS); LSDP: Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (2004: LSDP-NS); LRLS: Liberal Movement of the Republic of Lithuania; LLRA-KSS: Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania-Christian Families Union (1996-2012: Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania; LLRA); LCP: Centre Party of Lithuania (2004: National Centre Party, NCP; 2012: For Lithuania in Lithuania, ULL; 2016: Anti-Corruption Coalition, AKK); TT: Order and Justice (2004: Liberal Democratic Party, LDP); DP: Labour Party; LLS: Freedom Union of Lithuania (Liberals) (2004-2012: Liberal and Centre Union, LiCS); DK: Way of Courage; TPP: National Revival Party; NS: New Union (Social Liberals); LKD: Christian Democrats of Lithuania (1996-2000: Christian Democratic Party of Lithuania, LKDP); LDDP: Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (2000: Social Democratic Coalition, SDK); LLS: Liberal Union of Lithuania; LCS: Centre Union of Lithuania. © 2020 Wolfram Nordsieck.