Central Electoral Commission

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has found that Petras Gražulis, member of the European Parliament, was bribing voters by promising to give away half of his MEP’s salary to them.

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has registered a total of 19 parties for elections to the Seimas due in October.

Lithuania has been ranked 39th in the global democracy index for 2023 with a score of 7.31 out of 10, the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) said Wednesday. The country’s position was the same as a year before.

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) earlier concluded that Petras Gražulis, who has been elected to the European Parliament, currently does not have immunity from prosecution and may stand trial for expressing contempt for LGBT individuals. Yet the court has obliged a prosecutor to address the Eu...

Early voting opened at polling stations at 7 a.m. Tuesday to elect Lithuania’s next president and decide on the retention of citizenship in a mandatory referendum.

Lawyer Ignas Vėgėlė, one of eight candidates in the 2024 presidential election, has refused financial donations offered by the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens party (LVŽS).

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) announces it has registered Gitanas Nausėda, Ingrida Šimonytė and Dainius Žalimas as presidential candidates after ruling that they met the requirements set out in the electoral code.

Lawyer Ignas Vėgėlė, one of presidential candidates in 2024 election, has complained to the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) over incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda’s visits to regional areas ahead of the race in May.

On Friday, 12 January, the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) registered incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda as an independent participant of the political campaign for the 2024 presidential election.

The Central Electoral Commission of Lithuania (VRK) for the second time has refused to register Antanas Kandrotas as an independent participant of the 2024 presidential election campaign due to a failure to provide the required documents.

MP Aurelijus Veryga, presidential candidate nominated by the Farmers and Greens (LVŽS), has raised the biggest sum in donations for his campaign so far, almost two months after the presidential election campaign kicked off.

MP Saulius Skvernelis, chair of the opposition Democrats For Lithuania group, is convinced that mandates of the convicted members of parliament should be annulled together with the court’s decision.

Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has refused to register Antanas Kandrotas, a controversial activist, as a presidential candidate for 2024 election.

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) announced the official start of the political campaign for the next elections to the European Parliament on Saturday, exactly six months before the European elections.

The political campaign for the presidential elections officially started on Sunday – six months before Lithuanians go to polls to elect the country's next president.

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) concluded Thursday that mayoral candidate in Pagėgiai district Kęstas Komskis grossly violated the Code on Elections by vote buying. It was found that at least 40 votes were bought in municipal elections in March 2023.

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) said on Monday it had finalised the public procurement procedure and signed a contract for a feasibility study on online voting. The aim of the study is to assess the security and reliability issues and to anticipate possible threats to online voting, the VRK s...

Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen nominates Lina Petronienė as the head the Central Electoral Commission (VRK).

Ramunas Karbauskis, leader of the opposition Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, plans to stay active in politics after the country's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) voted unanimously on Tuesday to cancel his parliamentary mandate.

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission is planning to allocate on Thursday a total of 2.751 million euros in state grants to political parties for the second half of 2020.