The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania is a centre-left and social democratic political party in Lithuania. Founded as an underground Marxist organisation in 1896,it is the oldest extant party in Lithuania. During the time of the Soviet Union,the party went into exile,emerging once again after the end of communist rule in 1989.
The Homeland Union –Lithuanian Christian Democrats,also colloquially known as the Conservatives,is a centre-right political party in Lithuania. It has 18,000 members and 28 of 141 seats in the Seimas. Its current leader is Gabrielius Landsbergis,who replaced Andrius Kubilius in 2015. It is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and the International Democracy Union (IDU).
The Front Party was a socialist political party in Lithuania established in 2008 by Algirdas Paleckis. It participated in the 2008 Lithuanian parliamentary elections but failed to reach the 5% cutoff and sent no members to the Seimas.
Presidential elections were held in Lithuania in December 1997 and January 1998. Artūras Paulauskas finished first in the first round on 21 December 1997 with a significant margin,with Valdas Adamkus finishing second,but neither received a majority of the vote. Adamkus defeated Paulauskas in the runoff,held on 4 January 1998. With a vote difference of 0.74%,it is the closest result in the history of presidential elections in Lithuania since 1993.
The Political Party "Lithuanian List" is an anti-establishment,anti-corruption political party in Lithuania. It was represented in the Lithuanian unicameral legislature,Seimas,from 2016 to 2019.
The Lithuanian Regions Party,also translated as the Lithuanian Party of Regions,is a political party in Lithuania. It was founded in 2018 as the Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania following a split of members from Social Democratic Party of Lithuania after the LSDP's decision to exit a coalition government with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union in 2017.
The National Alliance is a Lithuanian far-right political party founded on 7 March 2020 and led by philosopher Vytautas Radžvilas.
Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania 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.
The 2017 Homeland Union –Lithuanian Christian Democrats leadership election took place on 11–12 February 2017 to elect the leader of the Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats.
Tomas Vytautas Raskevičius is a Lithuanian liberal politician,Member of the Seimas,and LGBT+ rights activist. Raskevičius holds degrees in political science and law. He is the 2nd openly homosexual member of the Seimas after the late Rokas Žilinskas.
The Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" is a centre-left and green Lithuanian political party founded on 29 January 2022 by Saulius Skvernelis,former Prime Minister of Lithuania. The party is moderately socially conservative.
The Union of the Fighters for Lithuania,previously known as the Union for the President of Lithuania was a minor political party in Lithuania of an eclectic far-right political orientation which was founded in 2011. It replaced the Lithuanian Liberty Union. It did not achieve any notable electoral results and was liquidated by the Supreme Election Commission in 2022 for failing to provide a list of members.
Presidential elections were held in Lithuania on 12 May 2024,alongside a referendum on allowing multiple citizenships. Incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda won re-election to a second term. When candidate registrations closed before the election,the Lithuanian Central Election Commission had confirmed fifteen viable registrations;of those,twelve proceeded to collect signatures from the minimum 20,000 voters. Four of those contenders were later repudiated or dropped out,leaving eight on the ballot.
Robert Duchniewicz is a Lithuanian Polish politician. As of 2023,he is the vice-chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania and mayor of Vilnius District Municipality,which includes the rural districts around Vilnius and the Vilnius urban area's outskirts.
Together with the Vytis is a minor right-wing political party in Lithuania which was founded in 2007. It is led by engineer Vaclovas Žutautas. The party has not achieved significant success in Lithuanian elections.
The Russian Alliance was a Lithuanian political party founded in 2002 which represented the interests of Russians in Lithuania and was based in the Klaipėda region,in western Lithuania. The party's chairperson during its existence was Tamara Lochankina,but its de facto leader was Member of the Seimas Irina Rozova.
Laurynas Kasčiūnas is a Lithuanian right-wing politician,political analyst,Member of the Seimas for the Homeland Union and Minister of National Defence of Lithuania since 25 March 2024,replacing Arvydas Anušauskas.
The Political Party "Centre of Trade Unions" is a minor political party in Lithuania founded in 2008. It was founded by the initiative of the trade union Sandrauga. The party has not achieved success in elections in Lithuania and cooperates with right-wing parties.
Tomas Tomilinas is a Lithuanian trade unionist and politician of Polish origin. He was elected to the Seimas with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union in 2016,but was expelled from the party in 2021 and joined the Union of Democrats "For Lithuania".
Vytautas Radžvilas is a Lithuanian philosopher,activist and politician. He was a member of the initiative group of Sąjūdis in 1988 and established the Liberal Union of Lithuania as an alternative to the Sąjūdis in 1990. In 2020,he founded the far-right National Alliance and was elected its chairman.
