Municipal elections in Lithuania were held on 5 March 2023. [1]
Municipal elections in Lithuania were held on 5 March 2023. [1]
Size of cabinet in each municipality varies depending on populations. Lowest population municipalities with up to 5,000 inhabitants have 15 seats, while largest municipalities with over 500,000 inhabitants have 51 seats. [2]
During mayoral elections, a single candidate must receive over 50% in first round, otherwise the top two candidates will participate in second round. If turnout is less than 40% in specific municipality, the candidate must receive at least 20% of all registered votes to win the title.
New Lithuanian Elections Codecs came into power on 1 September 2022. With new regulations all elected mayors no longer will have a seat in the municipality cabinet and number of mayoral terms capped to maximum three. [3]
| Political party | Municipality elections | Mayoral elections | Note | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % [6] | Seats | Seats | ||||||||
| Social Democratic Party of Lithuania | 204,029 | 17.45 | 358 | 17 | |||||||
| Homeland Union | 189,396 | 16.20 | 239 | 5 | |||||||
| Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union | 107,568 | 9.20 | 185 | 8 | |||||||
| Political committees | 161,861 | 13.84 | 183 | 11 | |||||||
| Liberals' Movement | 81,262 | 6.95 | 135 | 9 | |||||||
| Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" | 78,052 | 6.68 | 124 | 5 | New | ||||||
| Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance | 62,359 | 5.33 | 57 | 1 | |||||||
| Lithuanian Regions Party | 28,927 | 2.47 | 56 | 1 | |||||||
| Freedom and Justice | 60,794 | 5.20 | 55 | 2 | |||||||
| Labour Party | 42,927 | 3.67 | 46 | 0 | |||||||
| Freedom Party | 41,522 | 3.55 | 13 | 0 | New | ||||||
| Lithuanian Green Party | 19,386 | 1.66 | 12 | 0 | |||||||
| Christian Union | 6,124 | 0.52 | 8 | 0 | |||||||
| People and Justice Union | 10,704 | 0.92 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
| National Alliance | 13,140 | 1.12 | 3 | 0 | New | ||||||
| Coalition „For Freedom to Grow“ | Liberals' Movement | 1,209 | 0.10 | 3 | – | ||||||
| Lithuanian Green Party | |||||||||||
| Young Lithuania | 1,495 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Coalition „Strong Family - Strong Kaunas“ | Christian Union | 3,049 | 0.26 | 0 | – | New | |||||
| People and Justice Union | |||||||||||
| Samogitian Party | 741 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Central Right Coalition | Homeland Union | 7,566 | 0.65 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| Liberals' Movement | |||||||||||
| Freedom Party | |||||||||||
| Coalition „Best Choice“ | Freedom and Justice | 2,060 | 0.18 | 3 | – | New | |||||
| Freedom Party | |||||||||||
| Liberals' Movement | |||||||||||
| Visaginians coalition | Homeland Union | 1,487 | 0.13 | 5 | – | New | |||||
| Liberals' Movement | |||||||||||
| Independent candidates | – | – | – | 1 | |||||||
| Void votes | 43,516 | 3.72 | – | I - 29,656 | 2.54 | ||||||
| II - 8,763 | 1.34% | ||||||||||
| Total | 1,169,174 | 100 | 1,498 | ||||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,389,342 | 48.93 | |||||||||
| Source: VRK [7] | |||||||||||
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