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 LITHUANIA

Legislative elections: Seimas, 4-year term, 5% threshold (combined lists 7%), parallel voting system (70 PR + 71 FPTP/TRS)
           · President: Dalia Grybauskaite · Prime Minister: Andrius Kubilius (TS-LKD) · Government: TS-LKD, TPP, LRLS, LiCS

Party Ideology, Affiliation, Founding 2008 Seats 2004 Seats
Tėvynės Sąjunga - Lietuvos Krikščionys Demokratai (TS-LKD)
Homeland Union - Christian Democrats of Lithuania
(2004: TS)
Conservatism; Christian democracy
 
EPP, IDUo
1993
 19,6% 44 14,7% 25
Tautos Prisikėlimo Partija (TPP)
National Revival Party
(merged into LiCS in 2011)
TBA (center-right)
 
-
2008
15,1% 16 - -
Tvarka ir Teisingumas (TT)
Order and Justice
National conservatism
 
-
2002
12,7% 15 11,4% 10
Lietuvos Socialdemokratų Partija (LSDP)
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Social democracy
 
PES, SI
2001
(hist. 1896)
 11,8% 26 20,7% 20
Darbo Partija (DP)
Labour Party
Centrism
 
EDP
2003
9,0% 10 28,4% 39
Lietuvos Respublikos Liberalų Sąjūdis (LRLS)
Liberals' Movement of the Republic of Lithuania
Liberalism
 
ELDR
2006
5,7% 11 - -
Liberalų ir Centro Sąjunga (LiCS)
Liberal and Centre Union
Liberalism; Conservative liberalism
  
ELDR
2003
 5,3% 8 9,2% 18
Akcja Wyborcza Polaków na Litwie (AWPL)
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania
Polish minority politics; Christian democracy AECR
1994
 4,8% 3 3,8% 2
Lietuvos Valstiečių Liaudininkų Sąjunga (LVLS)
Peasant Popular Union of Lithuania
Agrarianism; Centrism
 
-
2005
(hist. 1922)
 3,7% 3 6,6% 10
Naujoji Sąjunga - Socialliberalai (NS)
New Union - Social Liberals
(merged into DP in 2011)
Social liberalism
 
ELDR, LIo
1998
 3,7% 1 LSDP 11
Independents - - - 4 - 6
Others - - 8,6% - 5,2% -
Total - -  - 141 - 141
Turnout 48,6% 45,9%

  © 2008 Wolfram Nordsieck. Source: Vyriausioji Rinkimu Komisija (http://www.vrk.lt). Archive: Elections 1990-2000.