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On October 23 voters closed the door on a number of political old guard, the hopes of many who wished to keep their membership in Seimas were broken. The moods of those who failed to be re-elected vary – some intend to savour their freedom, some intend to seek work or spend time with their families....
Early voting is starting on Wednesday in municipalities and special post offices in the 2nd round of parliamentary elections of Lithuania, with two candidates competing in 68 single-member districts after securing the highest number of votes in the 1st round. Three new MPs were elected in the 1st ro...
The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has hinted at a potential removal of the Order and Justice Party from the current Seimas elections due to suspicions of buying votes, distributing the mandates the party has earned to other parties. This could turn into a harmful precedent believe political sci...
Remigijus Žemaitaitis, acting leader of the Order and Justice Party, says that people detained and questioned on suspicions of vote-buying in Šilutė, in western Lithuania, are linked not to his party, but to the Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals).
With less than two weeks remaining to the second round of Seimas elections, a number of candidates will be fighting for their survival in the political arena. It will be up to voters whether we will see Algirdas Paleckis, Naglis Puteikis, Artūras Zuokas, Aušra Maldeikienė, Virginija Bailtraitienė an...
The first round of Lithuania's parliamentary elections has shown that the public is tired of scandal-ridden political parties, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday.
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.
The conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats have a narrow lead over the Peasant and Green Union in the first round of the parliamentary elections, according to the latest preliminary results published by the Central Electoral Commission.
People of Lithuania voted for change, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in comment of the outcome of the first round of parliamentary elections.
The results of the Lithuanian parliamentary elections in multi-member voting shows fiasco for the ruling parties, Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, said in early hours of Monday.
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.
