2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election

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2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election
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All 141 seats in the Seimas
71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout52.20% (Increase2.svg4.39pp)
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
LSDP Vilija Blinkevičiūtė 19.3252+39
TS–LKD Gabrielius Landsbergis 18.0028−22
PPNA Remigijus Žemaitaitis 14.9720New
DSVL Saulius Skvernelis 9.2214New
LS Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen 7.7012−1
LVŽS Ramūnas Karbauskis 7.028−24
LLRA–KŠS Waldemar Tomaszewski 3.8830
NS Vytautas Radžvilas 2.871+1
LT Artūras Zuokas 0.7710
Independents ––2−2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Ingrida Šimonytė
TS–LKD 		Gintautas Paluckas
LSDP

The 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election was held on 13 and 27 October 2024 to elect the 141 members of the Seimas. Parliament members were elected in 71 single-member constituencies using the two-round system, and the remaining 70 in a single nationwide constituency using proportional representation. The first round was held on 13 October and the second round on 27 October. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

The elections were won by the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP), [4] which secured 19.32% of the popular vote and 52 seats, up from 9.58% and 13 seats in the previous elections in 2020. The Homeland Union (TS–LKD), the largest party in the ruling centre-right coalition in the preceding Seimas, finished a distant second, securing 28 seats, down from its previous 50.

Following the first round of the election, the Social Democrats entered into coalition talks with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) and the Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" (DSVL), which had split from the latter. After the second round, the consultations were expanded to include the Liberals' Movement (LS), which had been part of the outgoing conservative-led coalition, and Dawn of Nemunas (PPNA), a new nationalist party that finished in third place overall. [5]

The LSDP eventually reached a deal with DSVL and PPNA to form a coalition government. [6] The Social Democrats' decision to include the Dawn of Nemunas party, whose founder is known for making controversial statements, prompted domestic and international backlash. [7] [8]

Background

The 2020 election was won by the Homeland Union, which formed a coalition with the Liberal Movement and Freedom Party. The Šimonytė Cabinet was appointed by President Gitanas Nausėda on 7 December 2020, after the Seimas approved Ingrida Šimonytė as Prime Minister. [9] On 11 December, the Government program was approved, thus the cabinet officially took office. [10] Major domestic and foreign events during the term include the COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania, 2020–2021 Belarusian protests and the Belarus–European Union border crisis and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The 2023 Lithuanian municipal elections were won by the opposition Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, with the Homeland Union at second place, and the Homeland Union candidate Ingrida Šimonytė was defeated by incumbent Gitanas Nausėda in the 2024 Lithuanian presidential election with the largest share of the vote in the history of presidential elections in Lithuania. However, the Homeland Union finished at first place in the 2024 European Parliament election in Lithuania, with the Social Democrats at second place. The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, which was the largest party in the Seimas prior to the 2020 parliamentary election, split, with the defectors forming the Union of Democrats "For Lithuania", and finished third in the 2023 municipal and the 2024 European Parliament elections.

Other notable changes in the political landscape since 2020 included the establishment of Dawn of Nemunas, led by presidential candidate Remigijus Žemaitaitis after his expulsion from Freedom and Justice due to his antisemitic statements, which grew in popularity after the 2024 presidential election, as well as the poor performance of the Labour Party, which failed to win a deputy in the European Parliament for the first time since its establishment in 2003, and which was subsequently abandoned by several of the party's members of parliament, which led to the collapse of the party's parliamentary group. [11]

Electoral seat allocation

There were 1740 candidates running for seats in the parliament, including 8 mayors, 4 MEPs and 128 current members of the Seimas. [12] Additionally, 700 politicians vied for seats in 71 single-mandate constituencies. [12]

Half of the seats in the 141-member parliament are allocated to party lists that will clear the 5-percent threshold. [12]

Changes to the constitution and new electoral code

After passing amendment of Constitution's article № 56 in April 2022, to be eligible for election, candidates must be at least 21 years old on the election day, not under allegiance to a foreign state and permanently reside in Lithuania, [13] while previously, candidates needed to be at least 25 years old on the election day. Persons serving or due to serve a sentence imposed by the court 65 days before the election are not eligible. Also, judges, citizens performing military service, and servicemen of professional military service and officials of statutory institutions and establishments may not run for election. [14] In addition, a person who has been removed from office through impeachment may be elected after 10 year period after impeachment. [15] [16]

The Electoral Code was adopted on 23 June 2022. The Code replaced various electoral acts and introduced several changes to the parliamentary elections. It allowed the establishment more than one overseas constituency and removed a ban of political parties' campaigning on Saturdays (e. g. one day prior to the election). [17] The Electoral Code introduced changes for members to be elected in single-member constituencies. Prior to change, leading candidates needed to obtain over 50 per cent of all votes (including invalid ballots) to be elected in the first round. After the change, leading candidates needed to obtain just over 20 per cent of votes from all registered voters in a particular single-member constituency. [18]

Impeached politicians that will be eligible for reelection

PoliticianParty at time of impeachmentImpeachment dateEligibility date for running
President of the Republic Rolandas Paksas Independent6 April 20046 April 2014
Member of Seimas Linas Karalius  [ lt ] National Resurrection Party 11 November 201011 November 2020
Member of Seimas Neringa Venckienė The Way of Courage 19 June 201419 June 2024

Boundary changes

In 2023, single-member constituencies were redrawn. Most boundary changes happened in Klaipėda, Kaunas, Vilnius and their suburbs. [19] [20]

LLRA–KŠS accused some boundary changes as being an attempt of "artificial dilution of the minority electorate". [21]

Electoral system

The Seimas has 141 members, elected to a four-year term in parallel voting, with 71 members elected in single-seat constituencies using the two-round system and 70 members elected by proportional representation. [14] The voting in the elections is open to all citizens of Lithuania who are at least 18 years old.

Parliament members in the 71 single-seat constituencies are elected in a majority vote; or per a new provision instituted in 2022, a leading candidate in a constituency is directly elected if they receive the support of one fifth of registered voters. [22] A run-off is held within 15 days, if necessary. The remaining 70 seats are allocated to the participating political parties using the largest remainder method. Parties normally need to receive at least 5% (7% for multi-party electoral lists) of the votes to be eligible for a seat. Candidates take the seats allocated to their parties based on the preference lists submitted before the election and adjusted by preference votes given by the voters. [14]

For the 2024 election, around 2.4 million people were eligible to vote. [23]

Campaign

Announcement

On 9 April 2024 the President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda, officially announced 13 October 2024 as the election date. The announcement launched the election campaign, allowing the potential participants to register for the elections, raise funds and campaign in public. [24]

Participating parties

The following is a list of parties which are registered as participants in the election by the Central Election Commission. 23 political parties were eligible to participate in the elections, having submitted their membership rolls before 10 April 2024, in compliance with legal requirements. 20 political parties registered for the elections before the deadline on 22 July 2024. [25] Three parties, Together with the Vytis, Movement for Forests – Young Lithuania and Christian Union, withdrew from the race on their own accord. [26] [27] [28] On 9 August 2024, 15 different electoral lists were registered. 1,740 candidates participated in the elections: 1,089 men and 651 women. [29]

Party representives drew their ballot numbers in a ceremony in Seimas Palace on 19 August 2024. Number of the People and Justice Union was drawn by the representative of the CEC, due to members failure to participate in the event. [30]

Nr.Party / Electoral listAbbr.LeaderIdeologySeats
PartyElectoral listLast electionIn 2024 [a]
1 People and Justice Union
Tautos ir teisingumo sąjunga		TTS Petras Gražulis Artūras Orlauskas [31] National conservatism
Euroscepticism
0 / 141
0 / 137
2 National Alliance
Nacionalinis susivienijimas		NS Vytautas Radžvilas Vytautas Sinica [32] Christian conservatism
National conservatism
0 / 141
0 / 137
3 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija		LSDP Vilija Blinkevičiūtė [33] Social democracy
13 / 141
14 / 137
4 Lithuanian Green Party
Lietuvos žaliųjų partija		LŽP Ieva Budraitė [34] Green liberalism
1 / 141
0 / 137
5 Lithuanian People's Party
Lietuvos liaudies partija		LLP Tauras Jakelaitis Eduardas Vaitkus [35] Russophilia
Hard Euroscepticism
0 / 141
0 / 137
6 Lithuanian Regions Party
Lietuvos regionų partija		LRP Jonas Pinskus [36] Social democracy
Regionalism
Social conservatism
3 / 141
9 / 137
8 Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union [b]
Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjunga		LVŽS Ramūnas Karbauskis Aurelijus Veryga [37] Agrarianism
Social conservatism
Left-wing populism
32 / 141
17 / 137
9 [c] Coalition of Peace
Taikos koalicija		 Labour Party DP Viktor Uspaskich Viktor Uspaskich [38] Populism
10 / 141
0 / 137
Lithuanian Christian Democracy Party LKDP Mindaugas Puidokas Christian right did not participate
1 / 137
Samogitian Party ŽP Irena Stražinskaitė-Glinskienė Regionalism did not participate
0 / 137
10 Freedom and Justice
Laisvė ir teisingumas		PLT Artūras Zuokas [39] Conservative liberalism
National liberalism
1 / 141
0 / 137
11 Union of Democrats "For Lithuania"
Demokratų sąjunga "Vardan Lietuvos"		DSVL Saulius Skvernelis [40] Green conservatism
Social democracy 		split from LVŽS
16 / 137
12 Dawn of Nemunas
Nemuno Aušra		PPNA Remigijus Žemaitaitis [41] Populism
Nationalism 		split from PLT
3 / 137
13 Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats
Tėvynės sąjunga – Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai		TS–LKD Gabrielius Landsbergis Ingrida Šimonytė [42] Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy
50 / 141
49 / 137
14 Liberals' Movement
Liberalų sąjūdis		LS Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen [43] Classical liberalism
13 / 141
13 / 137
16 Freedom Party
Laisvės partija		LP Aušrinė Armonaitė [44] Liberalism
11 / 141
10 / 137
17 Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance
Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija – Krikščioniškų šeimų sąjunga		LLRA-KŠS Waldemar Tomaszewski [45] Polish interests
Social conservatism
3 / 141
2 / 137
  1. ↑ Four seats were vacant.
  2. ↑ The party ran as a joint list with several politicians from the parties Young Lithuania and Lithuania - For Everyone, as well as the team of presidential candidate Ignas Vėgėlė. This electoral list will be subject to a 7% coalition barrier. [37]
  3. ↑ Number nine drawn by the Labour Party was selected; Numbers seven and fifteen, drawn by the LKDP and ŽP respectively, were discarded.

Debates

The Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT hosted six televised debate shows, organized together with the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) . According to the CEC these were to be divided into two rounds of three debate shows. [46] Each debate included five parties (or electoral lists), and was broadcast on TV and online starting at 9:00 PM. The moderators were LRT journalists Deividas Jursevičius, Rasa Tapinienė  [ lt ], and Nemira Pumprickaitė  [ lt ]. [47]

LRT TV debates
First round
23 September24 September25 September
  • Social Democrats
  • Green Party
  • Farmers and Greens Union
  • Union of Democrats
  • Liberal Movement
  • Electoral Action of Poles
  • Freedom and Justice
  • People's Party
  • Homeland Union
  • Dawn of Nemunas
  • Coalition of Peace
  • National Alliance
  • People and Justice Union
  • Regions Party
  • Freedom Party
Second round
7 October8 October9 October
  • Coalition of Peace
  • Electoral action of Poles
  • People and Justice Union
  • People's Party
  • Freedom Party
  • Social Democrats
  • Green Party
  • Farmers and Greens Union
  • Union of Democrats
  • Liberal Movement
  • National Alliance
  • Freedom and Justice
  • Regions Party
  • Homeland Union
  • Dawn of Nemunas

Seven radio debates, hosted by LRT Radijas, were organized along similar lines. Each radio debate included representatives of two or three parties, and was broadcast on FM radio and the LRT website starting at 9:05 AM. [46] [47]

LRT Radijas debates
30 September1 October2 October3 October
  • Social Democrats
  • Homeland Union
  • Coalition of Peace
  • National Alliance
  • People's Party
  • Union of Democrats
  • Freedom Party
  • Electoral Action of Poles
  • Dawn of Nemunas
4 October7 October8 October
  • Farmers and Greens Union
  • Liberal Movement
  • Green Party
  • Freedom and Justice
  • People and Justice Union
  • Regions Party

Four radio debates dedicated specifically to cultural issues were hosted by LRT Klasika starting at 11:05 AM. Representatives from three or four parties were invited to participate in each of these debates. [46] [47]

LRT Klasika debates
17 September24 September1 October8 October
  • Social Democrats
  • Homeland Union
  • Liberal Movement
  • National Alliance
  • Electoral Action of Poles
  • Freedom and Justice
  • People's Party
  • Regions Party
  • Green Party
  • Freedom and Justice
  • Dawn of Nemunas
  • Coalition of Peace
  • Farmers and Greens Union
  • Freedom Party
  • Union of Democrats

Furthermore, the youth initiative "Žinau, ką renku" (lit. 'I know who I'm voting for') hosted a live debate in cooperation with LRT, which was held on 11 October at 8:00 PM in the courtyard of Lukiškės Prison. All of the leaders of the 15 parties were invited. [47] This youth initiative also hosted individual debates for all 71 single-seat constituencies, which were broadcast on the LRT website. [47]

After the first round of voting on 13 October, 63 of the 71 single-member constituencies remained contested between the top two candidates. Prior to the run-off elections on 27 October to determine the final winners, debates between the run-off candidates were filmed for each of these 63 districts and broadcast on the 15min, TV3, Delfi and Lrytas news portals, as well as the website rinkimai2024.lt. These debates were filmed from 16 to 21 October in the studios of Delfi and Laisvės TV  [ lt ]. [48]

Politicians not running

Nine incumbent members of Seimas chose to not run in the elections: [49]

Opinion polls

LOESS curve of the polling for the 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election. 2024 Lithuanian Parliamentary Election Poll.svg
LOESS curve of the polling for the 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election.

Parliamentary election poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order. The highest percentage figure in each poll is displayed in bold, and its background is shaded in the leading party's colour. The "Lead" column shows the percentage point difference between the two parties with the highest figures.

PollsterFieldwork datesSample size TS–LKD LVŽS DP LSDP LP LS LLRA−
KŠS 		LRP TTS PLT DSVL PPNA NS Lead
Spinter tyrimai 16–25 September 2024 [a] 1,00818.010.1−24.17.09.8−−−−8.116.03.16.1
Vilmorus 13–21 September 2024 [b] 1,00013.39.12.7 [c] 26.43.37.51.94.00.71.99.516.71.19.7
Baltijos tyrimai 6–20 September 2024 [d] 1,00416.711.42.0 [e] 22.23.05.61.75.31.31.213.811.61.55.5
Baltijos tyrimai 7–9 August 2024 [f] 1,00512.511.67.721.93.45.72.64.32.02.012.811.10.99.1
Spinter tyrimai 19–29 July 20241,00716.813.33.521.55.310.7−−−−11.817.0−4.5
Vilmorus 11–21 July 20241,00015.713.84.326.44.37.11.74.8––10.29.9–10.7
Baltijos tyrimai 21 June – 7 July 2024 [g] 1,00512.310.14.623.23.47.52.85.02.51.714.39.81.48.9
Spinter tyrimai 18–28 June 20241,01315.68.83.221.36.09.1−−−−8.913.4−6.7
2024 European elections 9 June 2024 [h] 691,57221.339.131.6617.988.105.425.785.255.451.255.95−3.793.35
Spinter tyrimai 17–26 May 20241,01616.49.22.919.36.39.2−−−−9.113.02.92.9
Baltijos tyrimai 16–25 May 20241,02713.612.68.022.73.44.43.45.51.92.510.89.91.19.1
Spinter tyrimai 17–25 April 20241,01815.49.63.220.45.19.9−−−−8.47.42.95.0
Spinter tyrimai 18–28 March 20241,00913.711.33.621.17.39.6−−−−7.85.63.97.4
Baltijos tyrimai 15–25 March 20241,11511.815.47.423.22.66.52.85.2−2.812.16.5−7.8
Vilmorus 15–23 March 20241,00111.014.87.030.34.19.42.35.2−−14.3−−15.5
Baltijos tyrimai 22 February – 5 March 20241,02112.711.35.822.34.34.83.24.7−3.215.34.5−7.0
Spinter tyrimai 18–25 February 20241,01715.310.04.521.45.48.4−−−−8.06.4−6.1
Vilmorus 8–17 February 20241,00217.613.67.329.62.57.01.75.1−−13.6−−12.0
Baltijos tyrimai 19–29 January 20241,02112.013.77.422.34.85.8−5.2−4.113.72.7−8.6
Spinter tyrimai 19–26 January 20241,01215.110.82.922.95.68.2−−−−9.75.92.97.8
Baltijos tyrimai 15–30 December 20231,01714.113.47.121.04.47.93.35.02.03.917.1−3.9
Spinter tyrimai 15–23 December 20231,01215.913.83.224.03.89.12.92.9−3.88.92.28.1
Vilmorus 22 November – 2 December 20231,00012.612.55.932.74.65.91.95.13.6−12.3−20.1
Spinter tyrimai 17–29 November 20231,01515.412.7−21.95.210.53.24.1−4.06.3−6.5
Baltijos tyrimai 16–27 November 20231,01811.515.57.023.42.88.42.85.72.8−14.8−7.9
Vilmorus 9–19 November 20231,00012.612.14.432.13.09.02.03.63.74.210.6−19.5
Baltijos tyrimai 23 October – 7 November 20231,01311.914.19.725.92.89.91.44.61.43.513.6−11.8
Spinter tyrimai 17–28 October 20231,01116.310.0−24.05.411.45.23.2−3.48.5−7.7
Vilmorus 12–21 October 20231,00315.011.84.629.13.87.62.53.84.33.312.11.414.1
Spinter tyrimai 18–26 September 20231,01315.39.44.722.85.712.63.5−−5.08.9−7.5
Vilmorus 14–23 September 20231,00319.212.44.531.93.77.41.73.92.84.09.3−14.7
Baltijos tyrimai 24 August – 5 September 20231,01612.512.87.521.83.99.52.93.51.25.018.9−2.9
Spinter tyrimai 20–29 July 20231,00917.412.13.819.64.210.73.3−−3.912.4−2.2
Vilmorus 17–19 July 20231,00316.012.65.231.04.36.91.63.92.12.612.3−15.0
Spinter tyrimai 19–28 June 20231,01212.89.74.018.47.011.53.2−−5.811.4−5.6
Baltijos tyrimai 14–29 June 20231,02011.811.57.823.23.59.04.25.52.82.918.6−4.6
Baltijos tyrimai 12–29 May 20231,00911.213.06.223.24.19.54.32.70.95.019.1−4.1
Spinter tyrimai 19–26 May 20231,00913.112.55.420.75.59.73.4−−5.19.4−7.6
Vilmorus 17–21 May 20231,00013.015.46.229.83.97.01.62.61.44.413.5−14.4
Baltijos tyrimai 20 April – 5 May 20231,02613.49.79.125.83.59.73.42.31.93.217.2−8.6
Spinter tyrimai 18–27 April 20231,01416.613.72.723.53.89.8−−−3.810.1−6.7
Vilmorus 14–22 April 20231,00015.613.13.928.84.18.02.33.62.63.312.9−13.2
Spinter tyrimai 17–27 March 20231,01616.512.03.018.15.89.5−−−6.111.5−1.6
Vilmorus 9–18 March 20231,00015.114.04.328.23.97.12.02.83.24.213.4−13.1
2023 municipal elections 5 March 2023 [i] 1,169,17416.29.23.6717.453.556.955.332.472.60.926.681.121.25
Baltijos tyrimai 15–28 February 2023 [j] 1,00314.210.08.918.33.47.44.83.62.34.718.30.6Tie
Spinter tyrimai 18–27 February 20231,01216.712.35.517.25.87.8−−−3.913.9−0.5
Vilmorus 9–18 February 20231,00016.114.95.124.45.15.31.73.52.43.816.2−8.2
Baltijos tyrimai 19–31 January 2023 [k] 1,02315.79.77.919.43.67.12.82.81.43.719.80.10.4
Spinter tyrimai 18–27 January 20231,01016.413.14.617.66.88.9−−−3.017.3−0.3
Spinter tyrimai 15–24 December 20221,01019.88.83.017.84.58.6−−−3.914.5−2.0
Vilmorus 8–15 December 20221,00016.712.76.025.03.69.31.82.71.93.415.3−8.3
Baltijos tyrimai 17 November – 2 December 2022 [l] 1,02612.211.37.316.23.89.53.02.62.18.618.90.32.7
Spinter tyrimai 18–29 November 20221,01318.812.53.616.94.18.3−−−5.012.1−1.9
Vilmorus 10–19 November 20221,00017.110.55.624.32.58.12.93.41.29.513.1−7.2
Baltijos tyrimai 26 October – 8 November 2022 [m] 1,02615.712.48.017.73.77.52.63.22.28.016.1−1.6
Spinter tyrimai 18–28 October 20221,01121.510.43.617.85.48.8−−−8.011.2−3.7
Vilmorus 11–16 October 20221,00218.710.15.823.72.78.61.44.41.97.511.4−3.5
Spinter tyrimai 20–30 September 20221,01018.710.15.817.66.19.7−−−7.510.1−1.1
Baltijos tyrimai 16–27 September 2022 [n] 1,02413.410.68.320.03.67.04.23.42.48.915.7−4.3
Vilmorus 15–24 September 20221,00018.911.65.922.42.86.41.95.42.88.612.3−2.5
Spinter tyrimai 25 August – 2 September 20221,00619.110.83.612.77.89.8−−−6.414.5−4.6
Baltijos tyrimai August 2022 [o] –15.010.66.418.33.19.42.72.21.18.720.1−1.8
Baltijos tyrimai 12–28 July 20221,02115.87.46.520.02.59.93.32.21.812.716.9−3.1
Spinter tyrimai 18–28 July 20221,01316.510.93.614.86.69.4−−−7.016.5−Tie
Vilmorus 15–23 July 20221,00317.411.66.120.83.98.71.33.61.86.816.2−3.4
Spinter tyrimai 18–28 June 20221,01519.79.54.216.45.28.0−−−7.517.0−2.7
Vilmorus 9–18 June 20221,00318.111.54.722.54.27.61.14.32.28.114.7−4.4
Baltijos tyrimai 16–28 May 20221,02115.47.36.817.13.78.52.92.53.010.720.9−3.8
Spinter tyrimai 18–27 May 20221,01320.38.65.118.76.58.1–––6.812.8−1.6
Vilmorus 12–18 May 20221,00119.99.16.125.84.38.71.62.52.5–19.1−5.9
Spinter tyrimai 20–28 April 20221,00720.110.26.113.96.59.3–––6.414.8−5.3
Baltijos tyrimai 13–27 April 20221,00914.76.66.319.02.99.53.81.01.010.722.0−3.0
Open Agency/Norstat 15–22 April 2022 [p] 1,00023.411.84.516.66.57.12.51.32.05.512.4−6.8
Spinter tyrimai 17–25 March 20221,00719.39.76.215.15.58.9–––6.915.8−3.5
Baltijos tyrimai 10–24 March 20221,00013.37.57.718.04.210.75.02.10.99.818.8−0.8
Vilmorus 10–19 March 20221,00519.010.76.923.02.38.21.34.03.5–19.8−3.2
Baltijos tyrimai 22 February – 3 March 20221,01716.68.78.817.14.19.53.71.40.78.819.5−2.4
Spinter tyrimai 17–25 February 20221,01017.39.69.417.66.58.6–––5.912.5−0.3
Vilmorus 3–8 February 20221,00515.812.88.626.93.27.71.53.6––17.8−9.1
Baltijos tyrimai 24 January – 4 February 20221,02211.913.413.423.94.510.54.51.51.511.9–−13.5
Spinter tyrimai 17–29 January 20221,01016.911.28.714.97.99.6–––5.811.9−2.0
Spinter tyrimai 13–25 December 20211,01217.010.66.617.27.411.3–––5.711.3−0.2
Open Agency/Norstat 10–18 December 2021 [q] 1,00224.68.97.517.84.69.82.4–0.94.910.51.76.8
Vilmorus 10–18 December 20211,00017.513.79.932.03.810.91.25.5––−14.5
Baltijos tyrimai 16 November – 2 December 20211,00915.515.07.825.74.111.23.32.62.610.1–10.2
Spinter tyrimai 11–28 November 20211,01516.513.49.019.48.09.0–3.0–5.0–2.9
Vilmorus 18–27 November 20211,00019.317.68.727.34.79.43.24.5––−8.0
Baltijos tyrimai 17 October – 5 November 20211,00414.114.110.326.73.110.94.32.02.310.4–12.7
Spinter tyrimai 18–28 October 20211,01517.413.29.819.57.411.4–––4.4–2.1
Vilmorus 15–22 October 20211,00016.716.19.828.94.610.82.25.2–––12.2
Baltijos tyrimai 17 September – 3 October 20211,00415.515.17.825.74.111.23.42.72.710.2–10.2
Spinter tyrimai 17–26 September 20211,00918.613.89.421.28.010.1–3.0–––2.6
Vilmorus 9–16 September 20211,00321.617.49.429.63.010.12.02.5––−8.0
Spinter tyrimai 24–31 August 20211,01418.917.39.518.68.310.9–4.5–––0.3
Baltijos tyrimai 20–31 August 20211,00615.717.37.425.95.09.15.52.5–8.6–8.6
Vilmorus 29 July – 5 August 20211,00019.523.28.723.64.48.12.64.0––−0.4
Spinter tyrimai 17–28 June 20211,00320.822.86.315.38.510.92.7–––−2.0
Vilmorus 9–18 June 20211,00020.225.98.922.85.010.31.43.4––−5.7
Baltijos tyrimai 20 May – 2 June 20211,01817.322.011.920.05.412.94.9––5.1−2.0
Spinter tyrimai 18–28 May 20211,01123.022.07.610.98.612.62.7–––−1.0
Vilmorus 11–21 May 20211,00424.526.87.316.95.810.22.15.1––−2.3
Spinter tyrimai 19–28 April 20211,00623.723.17.48.29.012.53.6––––0.6
Vilmorus 8–17 April 20211,00129.226.56.711.76.99.11.07.0––−2.7
Spinter tyrimai 17–23 March 20211,01123.521.17.48.69.812.83.9––3.0–2.4
Spinter tyrimai 17–26 February 20211,01425.618.35.86.511.812.94.5––4.3–7.3
Spinter tyrimai 18–27 January 20211,01327.216.168.511.812.64.2––2.4–11.1
Spinter tyrimai 10–20 December 20201,00723.319.78.17.811.712.14.6––––3.6
Baltijos tyrimai 6–30 November 20201,00422.719.010.59.411.312.94.71.92.54.2−3.7
2020 parliamentary election 1,174,84325.7718.079.779.599.457.054.973.282.362.062.217.7
Notes
  1. ↑ Lithuanian Green Party 3.7%
  2. ↑ Lithuanian Green Party 1.1%
  3. ↑ Coalition of Peace (Labour Party, Lithuanian Christian Democracy Party, Samogitian Party)
  4. ↑ Lithuanian Green Party 2.0%
  5. ↑ Coalition of Peace (Labour Party, Lithuanian Christian Democracy Party, Samogitian Party)
  6. ↑ Lithuanian Green Party 1.4%
  7. ↑ Lithuanian Green Party 1.3%
  8. ↑ Lithuanian Green Party 4.05%, Coalition of Peace (Lithuanian Christian Democracy Party–Samogitian Party) 3.51%, Christian Union 1.37%
  9. ↑ Lithuanian Green Party 1.66%, Christian Union 0.52%, Young Lithuania 0.13%, Samogitian Party 0.06%
  10. ↑ Young Lithuania 0.9%, Christian Union 0.5%
  11. ↑ Young Lithuania 2.0%, Christian Union 0.5%
  12. ↑ Lithuanian Green Party 2.4%, Young Lithuania 1.2%, Christian Union 0.6%
  13. ↑ Lithuanian Green Party 2.4%
  14. ↑ Lithuanian Green Party 2.4%
  15. ↑ Lithuanian Green Party 1.6%
  16. ↑ Lithuanian Green Party 0.9%
  17. ↑ Lithuanian Green Party 0.9%, hypothetically parties: United Lithuania 2.9%, Second Lithuania 1.3%, Lithuanian Family Movement 1.3%

Results

The results of the first round were confirmed on 20 October 2024. [50]

Seimas2024.svg
Party or allianceProportionalConstituency
(first round)		Constituency
(second round)		Total
seats		+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 240,50319.7018225,63818.842290,41834.253252+39
Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats 224,02618.3517231,39419.321211,95825.001028–22
Dawn of Nemunas 186,30515.2614129,64110.82177,5079.14520New
Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" 114,7929.408105,3308.79064,0137.55614New
Liberals' Movement 95,8687.857108,4939.06156,4476.66412–1
Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union [a] 87,3747.166115,0839.61053,2646.2828–24
Freedom Party 56,3794.62054,3564.54021,5392.5400–11
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania 48,2883.96051,0574.26219,0422.25130
National Alliance 35,7262.93024,0802.0107,8600.9311+1
Lithuanian People's Party 32,8132.6905,2230.44000
Coalition of Peace Labour Party 27,3622.24016,0551.3400–10
Lithuanian Christian Democracy Party 07,6670.6400New
Samogitian Party 03,0800.2600New
Lithuanian Regions Party 23,5471.93040,0083.34017,2532.0300–3
Lithuanian Green Party 21,0021.72022,1821.8500–1
People and Justice Union 17,2181.41021,9141.83000
Freedom and Justice Party 9,3670.77010,4840.88011,5311.36110
Independents 26,0442.17117,0252.0112–2
Total1,220,570100.00701,197,729100.008847,857100.00631410
Valid votes1,220,57098.071,197,72996.28847,85796.39
Invalid/blank votes24,0471.9346,3213.7231,7453.61
Total votes1,244,617100.001,244,050100.00879,602100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,384,36852.202,384,36852.182,121,56241.46
Source: VRK

Turnout

Early voting was held from 8–12 October, with turnout recorded at 11.75%. [51] Final turnout following the first round was at 52.2%, an increase from the 47.2% recorded in 2020. [52] [53]

First round turnout by hour [54]
8:009:0010:0011:0012:0013:0014:0015:0016:0017:0018:0019:0020:00Total
0.53%1.82%4.61%9.01%13.84%18.32%22.40%26.10%29.47%32.69%35.78%38.61%40.31%52.20%
Second round turnout by hour [55]
8:009:0010:0011:0012:0013:0014:0015:0016:0017:0018:0019:0020:00Total
0.60%2.15%5.08%8.91%12.66%15.91%18.82%21.40%23.75%26.05%28.11%29.62%30.52%41.04%

Elected members

By constituency

ConstituencyLast electionsResult
Elected memberWinning party
1. Senamiestis–Žvėrynas Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen LS hold
2. Naujamiestis–Vilkpėdė Žygimantas Pavilionis TS-LKD hold
3. Antakalnis Ingrida Šimonytė TS-LKD hold
4. Žirmūnai Paulė Kuzmickienė TS-LKD hold
5. Fabijoniškės Aistė Gedvilienė Remigijus Motuzas  [ lt ] LSDP gain from TS-LKD
6. Šeškinė–Šnipiškės Mindaugas Lingė TS-LKD hold
7. Justiniškės–Viršuliškės Paulius Saudargas Linas Kukuraitis DSVL gain from TS-LKD
8. Pilaitė–Karoliniškės Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė Vytautas Sinica NS gain from TS-LKD
9. Lazdynai Algis Strelčiūnas  [ lt ] Laurynas Kasčiūnas TS-LKD hold
10. Naujoji Vilnia Monika Navickienė Liutauras Kazlavickas TS-LKD hold
11.South Vilnius Agnė Bilotaitė Česlav Olševski LLRA-KŠS gain from TS-LKD
12. Verkiai Dainius Kreivys TS-LKD hold
13. Pašilaičiai Vytautas Kernagis Eugenijus Gentvilas LS gain from TS-LKD
14. Naujininkai–Rasos new Artūras Zuokas PLT wins
15. Kalniečiai Arvydas Anušauskas TS-LKD hold
16. Savanoriai Marius Matijošaitis Orinta Leiputė LSDP gain from LP
17. Petrašiūnai–Gričiupis Kazys Starkevičius  [ lt ] Darius Razmislevičius LSDP gain from TS-LKD
18. Panemunė Gintarė Skaistė Audrius Radvilavičius LSDP gain from TS-LKD
19. Aleksotas–Vilijampolė Vytautas Juozapaitis Robertas Kaunas LSDP gain from TS-LKD
20. Centras–Žaliakalnis Gabrielius Landsbergis Simonas Kairys LS gain from TS-LKD
21. Šilainiai Jurgita Šiugždinienė Laurynas Šedvydis LSDP gain from TS-LKD
22.Pajūris (Curonian Spit–West Klaipėda) Simonas Gentvilas Daiva Petkevičienė PPNA gain from LS
23.Danė (North Klaipėda) Arvydas Pocius Audrius Petrošius TS-LKD hold
24.Baltija (Central Klaipėda) Audrius Petrošius Vytautas Grubliauskas LSDP gain from TS-LKD
25.Marios (South Klaipėda) Ligita Girskienė  [ lt ] LVŽS hold
26.Saulė (South Šiauliai) Domas Griškevičius DSVL, formerly Independent
27.Aušra (North Šiauliai) Stasys Tumėnas  [ lt ]Roma Janušonienė LSDP gain from LVŽS
28.Nevėžis (North Panevėžys) Bronislovas Matelis  [ lt ] Ramūnas Vyžintas  [ lt ] LSDP gain from TS-LKD
29.West Panevėžys Deividas Labanavičius  [ lt ]Andrius Busila LSDP gain from LVŽS
30. Alytus Vytautas Bakas  [ lt ]Jurgita Šukevičienė LSDP gain from Independent
31. Gargždai Petras Gražulis Alvydas Mockus LSDP gain from Independent
32. Šilutė Zigmantas Balčytis Daiva Žebelienė PPNA gain from LRP
33.Aukštaitija (Panevėžys District) Guoda Burokienė  [ lt ]Modesta Petrauskaitė LSDP gain from LVŽS
34. Tauragė Romualdas Vaitkus  [ lt ] Tadas Sadauskis PPNA gain from LS
35. Plungė–Rietavas Jonas Varkalys  [ lt ] Tomas Domarkas PPNA gain from LS
36.Mėguva (Palanga) Mindaugas Skritulskas  [ lt ] Karolis Neimantas PPNA gain from TS-LKD
37.Kuršas (Kretinga–Skuodas) Antanas Vinkus Violeta Turauskaitė LSDP gain from LVŽS
38. Mažeikiai Laima Nagienė  [ lt ]Ingrida Braziulienė LSDP gain from LVŽS
39.North Samogitia (Naujoji Akmenė) Valius Ąžuolas  [ lt ]Tomas Martinaitis LSDP gain from LVŽS
40. Telšiai Valentinas Bukauskas  [ lt ] Agnė Jakavičiūtė-Miliauskienė DSVL gain from DP
41. Kelmė–Šilalė Remigijus Žemaitaitis PPNA, formerly PLT
42. Raseiniai–Josvainiai Matas Skamarakas LSDP hold
43. Kėdainiai Tomas Bičiūnas  [ lt ] Viktoras Fiodorovas Independent gain from LSDP
44. Radviliškis–Tytuvėnai Antanas Čepononis  [ lt ]Saulius Luščikas LSDP gain from TS-LKD
45. Šiauliai District Rima Baškienė Eimantas Kirkutis LVŽS hold
46.West Žiemgala (Joniškis) Liudas Jonaitis  [ lt ] Vaida Aleknavičienė LSDP hold
47.East Žiemgala (Pakruojis–Pasvalys) Antanas Matulas  [ lt ]Ilona Gelažnikienė LSDP gain from TS-LKD
48.West Sėla (Biržai–Kupiškis) Valdemaras Valkiūnas  [ lt ]Lilija Vaitiekūnienė LSDP gain from Independent
49.North Deltuva (Anykščiai) Tomas Tomilinas Arūnas Dudėnas LSDP gain from LVŽS
50.East Sėla (Rokiškis–Zarasai) Vidmantas Kanopa  [ lt ] Tadas Barauskas LSDP hold
51. Utena Edmundas Pupinis  [ lt ]Vitalijus Šeršniovas Independent gain from TS-LKD
52.North Nalšia (Ignalina–Visaginas) Algimantas Dumbrava  [ lt ] Jevgenij Šuklin LS gain from LVŽS
53.South Nalšia (Molėtai–Švenčionys) Gintautas Kindurys  [ lt ] Šarūnas Birutis LSDP gain from LVŽS
54. Marijampolė Andrius Vyšniauskas  [ lt ]Karolis Podolskis LSDP gain from TS-LKD
55. Riešė Rita Tamašunienė Daiva Ulbinaitė TS-LKD gain from LLRA-KŠS
56. Šalčininkai–Vilnius Beata Petkevič  [ lt ] Jaroslav Narkevič LLRA-KŠS hold
57. Nemenčinė Česlav Olševski Rita Tamašunienė LLRA-KŠS hold
58. Trakai–Vievis Kęstutis Vilkauskas LSDP hold
59. Kaišiadorys–Elektrėnai Silva Lengvinienė  [ lt ]Algimantas Radvila LSDP gain from LP
60. Jonava Eugenijus Sabutis LSDP hold
61.South Deltuva (Ukmergė–Širvintos) Juozas Varžgalys  [ lt ]Indrė Kižienė LSDP gain from LVŽS
62.Karšuva (Pagėgiai–Jurbarkas) Ričardas Juška  [ lt ] LS hold
63.South Sūduva (Kalvarija–Simnas) Kęstutis Mažeika DSVL, formerly LVŽS
64.North Sūduva (Šakiai–Kazlų Rūda) Giedrius Surplys Darius Jakavičius LSDP gain from LVŽS
65. Raudondvaris Viktoras Pranckietis Raminta Popovienė LSDP gain from LS
66. Garliava Justinas Urbanavičius  [ lt ]Šarūnas Šukevičius LSDP gain from TS-LKD
67.Dainava (Prienai–Birštonas) Andrius Palionis Jūratė Zailskienė LSDP gain from LRP
68. Vilkaviškis Algirdas Butkevičius DSVL, formerly LŽP
69.Dzūkija (Varėna) Juozas Baublys  [ lt ]Martynas Katelynas LSDP gain from LS
70.Jotvingiai (Lazdijai–Druskininkai) Zenonas Streikus Linas Urmanavičius DSVL gain from LVŽS
71. Worldwide Aušrinė Armonaitė Dalia Asanavičiūtė  [ lt ] TS-LKD gain from LP

By proportional representation

Elected members in the multi-member constituency
LSDP TS-LKD Dawn of Nemunas
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė [56]
Gintautas Paluckas
Juozas Olekas
Rasa Budbergytė
Inga Ruginienė
Algirdas Sysas
Dovilė Šakalienė
Laura Asadauskaitė
Julius Sabatauskas
Giedrius Drukteinis
Saulius Čaplinskas  [ lt ]
Linas Jonauskas
Tadas Prajara
Rimantas Sinkevičius
Linas Balsys
Antanas Nedzinskas
Ruslanas Baranovas
Birutė Vėsaitė
Paulius Visockas 		Gabrielius Landsbergis [57]
Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė
Gintarė Skaistė
Agnė Bilotaitė
Matas Maldeikis
Liudas Mažylis
Audronius Ažubalis
Jurgis Razma
Arūnas Valinskas
Vytautas Kernagis
Kazys Starkevičius  [ lt ]
Raimondas Kuodis
Valdas Rakutis  [ lt ]
Giedrė Balčytytė
Aistė Gedvilienė
Emanuelis Zingeris
Arvydas Pocius
Vytautas Juozapaitis 		Agnė Širinskienė
Vytautas Jucius
Robert Puchovič
Artūras Skardžius
Aidas Gedvilas
Lina Šukytė-Korsakė
Kęstutis Bilius
Saulius Bucevičius
Mantas Poškus
Martynas Gedvilas
Petras Dargis
Raimondas Šukys
Dainius Varnas
Dainoras Bradauskas
DSVL Liberals' Movement LVŽS
Saulius Skvernelis
Lukas Savickas
Jekaterina Rojaka
Virginijus Sinkevičius [58]
Rima Baškienė
Tomas Tomilinas
Zigmantas Balčytis
Giedrimas Jeglinskas
Rūta Miliūtė 		Virgilijus Alekna
Edita Rudelienė  [ lt ]
Viktoras Pranckietis
Arminas Lydeka
Andrius Bagdonas  [ lt ]
Vitalijus Gailius  [ lt ]
Simonas Gentvilas 		Aurelijus Veryga [59]
Ignas Vėgėlė
Valius Ąžuolas  [ lt ]
Bronis Ropė
Dainius Gaižauskas  [ lt ]
Aušrinė Norkienė
Rimas Jonas Jankūnas

Preference votes

Alongside votes for a party, voters were able to cast a preferential votes for a candidate on the party list.

PartyPos.CandidateVotes
TS–LKD 1 Ingrida Šimonytė 121,984
3 Laurynas Kasčiūnas 97,008
LSDP 1 Vilija Blinkevičiūtė 91,526
PPNA 1 Remigijus Žemaitaitis 86,641
TS–LKD 2 Gabrielius Landsbergis 79,308
PPNA 2 Agnė Širinskienė 69,689
LSDP 2 Gintautas Paluckas 58,827
TS–LKD 4 Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė 55,958
DSVL 1 Saulius Skvernelis 53,691
LS 1 Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen 50,465

Aftermath

Government formation

2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election map by electoral district (multi-mandate) Legend: - Social Democratic Party of Lithuania - Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats - Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania - Christian Families Alliance - Dawn of Nemunas 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election map by electoral district (multi-mandate).jpg
2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election map by electoral district (multi-mandate)
Legend:
      – Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
      – Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats
      – Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance
      – Dawn of Nemunas

On the night of 14 October, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė and Saulius Skvernelis, the leaders of the LSDP and the DSVL respectively, agreed to cooperate in the second round and to form a coalition government afterwards. [60] LVŽS joined the agreement on 15 October. [61] Despite the LSDP ruling out coalition with the PPNA, [62] the latter party pledged to support Blinkevičiūtė becoming prime minister. [63]

On 30 October, Blinkevičiūtė confirmed that she will not be prime minister and will continue to work as a member of the European Parliament, citing her age and health. Gintautas Paluckas became a candidate for prime minister. [56]

On 7 November, the LSDP invited the DSVL and Dawn of Nemunas to form a ruling coalition, which would encompass 86 of the 141 seats in the Seimas. [64] The inclusion of the Dawn of Nemunas party immediately provoked strong negative reactions both domestically and abroad. On 8 November, over 30 non-governmental organizations based in Lithuania signed an open letter against the decision, fearing a negative impact on human rights, democracy and national security, [7] [65] and US Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair Ben Cardin released a statement condemning the move. [66] [67] The same day, the New York Times also published a story about Dawn of Nemunas, focusing on Žemaitaitis' antisemitic statements. [68] [69] Further criticism came from German MPs Michael Roth (chair of the foreign affairs committee) and Roderich Kiesewetter (representative of the main opposition in the same committee), [70] Polish senator Michał Kamiński, [71] and the Israeli embassy. [72]

On 9 November, Žemaitaitis claimed that the foreign reactions were instigated by his political opponents, [73] and Paluckas similarly attributed them to opposing politicians' international connections. [74] Paluckas stated that Žemaitaitis himself would not be offered a cabinet position. [75] On 19 November, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda nominated Paluckas for prime minister. [76]

Other changes

On the day after the second round of the election, Gabrielius Landsbergis announced his resignation as leader of the Homeland Union and as member of the next Seimas. He endorsed Ingrida Šimonytė, the outgoing Prime Minister, for the party leadership. Landsbergis also lost in the Centras-Žaliakalnis single-member constituency, which he represented since 2016, to Simonas Kairys of the Liberals' Movement and fellow member of the Šimonytė Cabinet. [57] Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė became interim leader of the party. [77]

After the second round of the election, various parties lost all their seats in the Seimas, including the Labour Party and the Lithuanian Regions Party. On the other hand, the LSDP won 52 seats, its best ever result. It also won single-member constituencies in Kaunas for the first time since 1992. [78]

On 3 November, Aušrinė Armonaitė announced her resignation as leader of the Freedom Party after it failed to win any seats. [79] On 6 November, Jonas Pinskus of the Lithuanian Regions Party also resigned. [80]

Due to the election of Rimantas Sinkevičius, the council of the Jonava District Municipality would have to find a second mayor pro tempore to serve the position until the March 2025 special mayoral election to replace removed Mayor (and son of Rimantas Sinkevičius) Mindaugas Sinkevičius. [81]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The party is running as a joint list with several politicians from the parties Young Lithuania and Lithuania – For Everyone, as well as the team of presidential candidate Ignas Vėgėlė.

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