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Six political parties cleared the 5 percent threshold to take part in the allocation of 70 seats in Lithuania's 141-member parliament, according to the preliminary results from all polling stations released late on Monday.

The elections have ended and we will continue to analyse the results for the next few days. Much has been said in other formats (most likely more will be), but with this entry I would like to summarise the first round of elections in the format of an awards ceremony.

People of Lithuania voted for change, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in comment of the outcome of the first round of parliamentary elections.

The Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union heads the first round of Lithuania's parliamentary elections, closely followed by the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, according to preliminary results.

The “Peasants” (LVŽS) are celebrating their second consecutive debate victory, shows a survey of experts done by LRT.lt after the social policy debate. The “Peasant’s” performance was once again voted as the best, however the lead over the Conservatives (TS-LKD) who were left in second place is only...

With the Seimas election already this weekend, the latest poll data shows that three parties are currently neck and neck in the electoral race. The Social Democrats (LSDP) have managed to maintain a lead, but it is a tenuous one with both the Peasant Greens (LVŽS) and Conservatives (TS-LKD) in close...

The ruling Social Democrats continue to top Lithuania's popularity rankings, but other parties are catching up, according to the latest opinion poll published by the Delfi news website.

Mass emigration from Lithuania has become a key topic in this year's general elections, with most political parties vowing to create more well-paid jobs to lure people back home, but laying emphasis on different aspects of achieving this goal.

With the elections less than two weeks away the Lithuanian Free Market Institute looks at some of the key points of the Labour Party electoral programme and their significance.