Seimas elections
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Kristupas Krivickas, one of the leaders of the Anti-Corruption Coalition of Naglis Putekis and Kristupas Krivickas spoke at Infodiena, claiming that despite failing to exceed the 7% vote barrier needed for his coalition to enter Seimas, he is is still happy with the election results, with the coalit...
Lithuania's outgoing parliament was the one that appointed Zenonas Vaigauskas as the chairman of the Central Electoral Commission, therefore, should evaluate his performance, says Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužnienė.
Epilogue no. 2 and prologue no. 1 to the coming four years: single-mandate lottery in the second round and a coalition. Ligitas Kernagis who failed to obtain a mandate in this election once sang “Ratings, ratings, ratings everywhere, single-mandate in hand, money elsewhere”. We will not be talking a...
Tension continues to run high after the elections. The opposition parties have exerted dominance over their incumbent colleagues in single-mandate electoral districts as well where veteran politicians have had to concede to new challengers, being left in second places at best. Even fame has done lit...
The elections haven’t even concluded yet, but the “Peasants” are already promising to work on the Labour Code. Meanwhile business representatives are critical of such plans, while political analysts are sceptical, believing that this is just a continuation of the electoral campaign.
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.
The results of the first round of Lithuania's parliamentary elections could have been forged, says Waldemar Tomaszewski, the leader of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Union of Christian Families, after the party secured seven mandates in the new parliament so far.
Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives), believes that the party will be part of the future ruling coalition.
The conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats and the Peasant and Green Union, which came in shoulder-to-shoulder in multi-member voting in Lithuania's parliamentary elections, will also be the main competitors in the single-member districts, as well – almost identical numbers of ...
Lithuania needs changes in areas, such as education, however, the important thing for business is that the parties triumphant in parliamentary elections do not undertake unpredictable decisions or radical changes of laws linked with economy, says Robertas Dargis, the president of the Lithuanian Indu...