#Lithuania, national parliament election today (2nd round):

Polls are open in today’s 2nd round election for the Lithuanian national parliament (Seimas). Of the 71 single-member districts, 8 were decided in the first round. The remaining 71 districts are being contested today, with two candidates running in each.

Candidates in 2nd round

LSDP-S&D: 38
TS LKD-EPP: 32
PPNA-*: 13
DSVL-G/EFA: 10
LVŽS-ECR: 10
LS-RE: 9
LP-RE: 3
LLRA KŠS-ECR: 3
LRP→S&D: 3
LT~RE: 2
NS→ECR: 1
Independents: 2

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#Lithuania, national parliament (Seimas) election today (2nd round):

➤ Eligible voters: 2,404,421
➤ Incumbent government: Coalition government consisting of TS-LKD (EPP), LS (RE), LP (RE)
➤ Polling stations open: 6:00 AM – 7:00 PM CEST (7:00 AM - 8:00 PM local time)
➤ No. of seats: 63 (first past the post)
➤ Electoral system: mixed-member majoritarian (parallel voting, open list, 5% threshold, 7% threshold for lists), two-round
➤ Contesters: 9 parties, 2 party joint lists, 126 candidates

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#Lithuania, national parliament election today (2nd round):

With 78 seats already filled in the national parliament (Seimas), the Social Democratic Party (LSDP-S&D) and Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) have the most seats, followed closely by Dawn of Nemunas (PPNA-*) and Union of Democrats “For Lithuania” (DSVL-G/EFA).

The remaining 63 seats will be decided today, in the 2nd round. Polls open at 6:00 AM CEST.

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#Lithuania: Polls are now closed in today’s national parliament 2nd round election. We do not expect exit polls; results are set to be published shortly.

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#Lithuania, 2nd round national parliament election:

Preliminary run-off single-member constituency results (seats)

LSDP-S&D: 32 (+27)
TS LKD-EPP: 10 (-16)
DSVL-G/EFA: 6 (new)
PPNA-*: 5 (new)
LS-RE: 4 (-3)
LVŽS-ECR: 2 (-14)
NS→ECR: 1 (+1)
LLRA KŠS-ECR: 1
LT-RE: 1
Independents: 1 (-3)

+/- vs. 2020 runoff election

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#Lithuania, national parliament election (2nd round) today:

Preliminary final seat count

LSDP-S&D: 52 (+39)
TS LKD-EPP: 28 (-22)
PPNA-*: 20 (new)
DSVL-G/EFA: 14 (new)
LS-RE: 12 (-1)
LVŽS-ECR: 8 (-24)
LLRA KŠS-ECR: 3
Independents-*: 2 (-2)
LT-RE: 1
NS→ECR: 1 (+1)

+/- vs. 2020 election

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#Lithuania, national parliament election (2nd round):

Preliminary results indicate that the Freedom Party (LP-RE), a member of the governing coalition, has won 0 seats in the second round of the Lithuanian national parliament election. LP also won 0 seats in the first round, which means it will not be in the national parliament.

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#Lithuania, national parliament election (2nd round):

After 2nd round seats were allocated, the centre-left Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP-S&D) won a total of 52 seats in the Lithuanian national parliament.

This is the best performance ever for the LSDP.

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#Lithuania, national parliament election (2nd round):

Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the centre-right Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS LKD-EPP), has stepped down and endorsed outgoing Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė (TS LKD-EPP) as the party’s next leader.

Although Landsbergis won a list seat, he has announced that he will not serve in the next parliament. This seat will go to the next politician on TS LKD’s list.

The move comes after TS LKD, the largest governing coalition member, lost 22 seats in the recent national parliament election.

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#Lithuania, national parliament election (2nd round):

With all precincts counted, the right-wing Political Party "Dawn of Nemunas" (PPNA-*) is expected to enter parliament with 20 seats. It is the first national parliamentary election PPNA has contested.

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#Lithuania, national parliament election (2nd round):

With all precincts counted, the right-wing National Alliance (NS→ECR) is expected to enter parliament with 1 seat. It is the second national parliamentary election NS has contested.

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#Lithuania: the Lithuanian parliament has supported Gintautas Paluckas (LSDP-S&D) in the formation of a new government coalition, which consists of LSDP (S&D), DSVL (G/EFA), NA (*) with 88 in favour, 34 against, and 6 abstentions.

The new government has 86 seats out of 141 in total.

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#Lithuania, Vilmorus poll:

LSDP-S&D: 24% (+4)
NA-*: 21% (+6)
LS-RE: 14% (+6)
TS LKD-EPP: 12% (-6)
DSVL-G/EFA: 11% (+2)
LVŽS-ECR: 10% (+3)
NS→ECR: 3%
LLRA KŠS-ECR: 2% (-2)
LT→RE: 2% (+1)

+/- 2024 election

Fieldwork: 7-16 November 2024
Sample size: 1,000

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