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President: Gitanas Nauseda · Prime Minister: Gintautas Paluckas (LSDP) · Governing parties: LSDP, NA, DSVL
Legislative elections: Seimas, 4-year term, 141 seats, 5% threshold (combined lists 7%), parallel voting (70 PR + 71 FPTP; TRS):

  2024 2020 2016 2012
Party Ideology % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
Lietuvos Socialdemokratų Partija (LSDP)
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Social democracy  19,4 52 9,3 13 14,4 17 18,4 39
Tėvynės Sąjunga-Lietuvos Krikščionys Demokratai (TS-LKD)
Homeland Union-Christian Democrats of Lithuania
Conservatism
Christian democracy
 18,0 28 24,8 50 21,7 31 15,1 33
Politine Partija "Nemuno Aušra" (NA)
Political Party "Dawn of Nemunas"
  
   
15,0 20 - - - - - -
Demokratu Sajunga "Vardan Lietuvos" (DSVL)
Union of Democrats "For Lithuania"
Centrism
Green politics 
9,2 14 - - - - - -
Liberalų Sąjūdis (LS)
Liberal Movement (a)
Liberalism  7,7 12 6,8 13 9,0 14 8,6 10
Lietuvos Valstiečių ir Žaliųjų Sąjunga (LVŽS)
Peasant and Greens Union of Lithuania
Centrism
Agrarianism 
7,0 8 17,5 32 21,5 54 3,9 1
Laisves Partija (LP)
Freedom Party
Liberalism 
Social liberalism
4,5 - 9,0 11 - - - -
Lietuvos Lenku Rinkimu Akcija (LLRA)
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania
Minority interests (Polish)   
Christian democracy 
3,9 3 4,8 3 5,5 8 5,8 8
Nacionalinis Susivienijimas (NS)
National Alliance
National conservatism    2,9 1 2,2 - - - - -
Darbo Partija (DP)
Labour Party (b)
Centrism    2,2 - 9,5 10 4,7 2 19,8 29
Lietuvos Regionu Partija (LRP)
Party of Regions of Lithuania (c)
Social democracy  1,9 - 3,2 3 - - - -
Lietuvos Žaliuju Partija (LŽP)
Green Party of Lithuania
Green politics
Centrism
 1,7 -  1,6 1 1,9 1 - -
Tautos ir Teisingumo Sajunga (Centristai, Tautininkai) (TTS)
People and Justice Union (Centrists, Nationalists) (d)
National conservatism 1,4 - 2,3 - 6,3 1 0,9 -
Partija Laisve ir Teisingumas (LT)
Freedom and Justice Party (e)
Conservative liberalism  0,8 1 2,0 1 2,1 - 2,1 -
Politine Partija "Drasos Kelias" (DK)
Political Party "Way of Courage"
Anti-corruption politics   - - 1,2 - 0,3 - 8,0 7
Tvarka ir Teisingumas (TT)
Order and Justice
National conservatism
Conservative lberalism 
- - - - 5,3 8 7,3 11
Lietuvos Sąrašas (LS)
List of Lithuania
Anti-corruption politics  - - - - 1,8 1 - -
Independents - 2 - 4 -  4 - 3
Others 3,4 - 5,8 - 5,3 - 10,1 -
Total - 141 - 141 - 141 - 141
Turnout (1st round) 52,1 47,5 50,6 52,9

© 2024 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Vyriausioji Rinkimu Komisija (www.vrk.lt).  For full coverage, click here (1990-present). Notes: (a) 2012/2016/2020: Liberal Movement of the Republic of Lithuania (LRLS); (b) 2024: Peace Coalition (TK); (c) 2020: Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (LSDDP); (d) 2012: For Lithuania in Lithuania (ULL); 2016: Anti-corruption Coalition (AK); 2020: Centre Party-Nationalists (CPT); (e) 2012: Liberal and Centre Union (LiCS); 2016: Freedom Union of Lithuania (Liberals) (LLS).