2024 European Parliament election in Lithuania

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The 2024 European Parliament election in Lithuania will be held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This will be the first to take place after Brexit. [1]

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Background

Lithuania will elect 11 Members of the European Parliament. [2]

Two out of the eleven incumbents opted not to seek reelection: Aušra Maldeikienė, of the TS-LKD, and Viktor Uspaskich from Labour, both citing personal reasons for their decision. [3]

The remaining nine incumbents, however, are seeking another term. Among them Andrius Kubilius, Rasa Juknevičienė, Liudas Mažylis, all from TS-LKD, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė and Juozas Olekas, representing the LSDP, Petras Auštrevičius (LRLS), and Bronis Ropė (LVŽS) have expressed their desire to continue serving in parliament. [3]

Waldemar Tomaszewski, from the EAPL–CFA, had initially announced his retirement, [3] but is also running for reelection. Stasys Jakeliūnas, an independent politician, previously associated with the LVŽS, was ostracized by the party due to his stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [4] Following this, Jakeliūnas has flipped and is running on the LRP's ticket.

Participating parties and coalitions

15 electoral lists were registered by the Central Election Commission on 7 May 2024. Two parties, the Lithuanian People's Party and the Lithuanian List, were unable to gather the required 10 thousand signatures, and one, Young Lithuania, withdrew from the race on their own accord. [5] The order of the ballot was determined by lot on 26 April 2024. [6]

NumberParty / Electoral listLeaderIdeologyEuropean affiliationCurrent seats
PartyElectoral list
1 Freedom Party
Laisvės partija		 Aušrinė Armonaitė Dainius Žalimas [7] Liberalism Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 0
2 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija		 Vilija Blinkevičiūtė [7] Social democracy Party of European Socialists 2
3 Labour Party
Darbo partija		 Andrius Mazuronis Valentinas Bukauskas [7] Populism Non-Inscrits 1
4 Lithuanian Regions Party
Lietuvos regionų partija		 Jonas Pinskus Živilė Pinskuvienė [7] Regionalism none0
5 Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjunga		 Ramūnas Karbauskis Aurelijus Veryga [7] Agrarianism
Social conservatism 		none (Greens/EFA group)2
6 Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance
Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija – Krikščioniškų šeimų sąjunga		 Waldemar Tomaszewski [8] Polish interests
Social conservatism 		European Conservatives and Reformists 1
7 Lithuanian Green Party
Lietuvos žaliųjų partija		 Ieva Budraitė [9] Green liberalism none0
8 People and Justice Union (centrists, nationalists)
Tautos ir teisingumo sąjunga (centristai, tautininkai)		 Petras Gražulis [7] National conservatism
Euroscepticism 		none0
9 Liberals' Movement
Liberalų sąjūdis		 Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen Eugenijus Gentvilas [7] Classical liberalism Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 1
10Coalition of Peace
Taikos koalicija		 Lithuanian Christian Democracy Party Mindaugas Puidokas Mindaugas Puidokas [7] Christian right none0
Samogitian Party Stasys Gvažiauskas Regionalism none0
11 Freedom and Justice
Laisvė ir teisingumas		 Artūras Zuokas Artūras Paulauskas [7] Conservative liberalism none0
12 Christian Union
Krikščionių sąjunga		 Rimantas Dagys Algimantas Rusteika [7] Christian right none0
13 Union of Democrats "For Lithuania"
Demokratų sąjunga "Vardan Lietuvos"		 Saulius Skvernelis Virginijus Sinkevičius [7] Green conservatism European Green Party 0
14 Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats
Tėvynės sąjunga – Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai		 Gabrielius Landsbergis Andrius Kubilius [7] Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy 		European People's Party 4
15 National Alliance
Nacionalinis susivienijimas		 Vytautas Radžvilas [7] National conservatism
Euroscepticism 		none0

Opinion polling

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 LRLS LRP PLT DSVL Others [lower-alpha 1] DK/WV [lower-alpha 2] Lead
Baltijos tyrimai 10-21 April 20241,0208.4
2		6.8
1		5.2
1		15.9
3		2.4
0		3.9
1		3.0
1		1.6
0		7.8
2		3.7 [lower-alpha 3]
0		41.37.5

Notes

  1. ↑ Parties which received less than 1% of the vote.
  2. ↑ Don't Know/Won't Vote
  3. ↑ Coalition of Peace 0.9%, Lithuanian Green Party 0.8%, National Alliance 0.8%, People and Justice Union 0.5%, Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania 0.4%, Christian Union 0.1%, Lithuanian People's Party 0.1%, Lithuanian List 0.1%

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