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Lithuanian citizens can also vote in mandatory or consultative referendums. </p><p>Lithuania was one of the first countries in the world to grant <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage" title="Women's suffrage">women a right to vote</a> in the elections. Lithuanian women were allowed to vote by the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Lithuania#Interwar_constitutions" title="Constitution of Lithuania">1918 Constitution of Lithuania</a> and used their newly granted right for the first time in 1919. By doing so, Lithuania allowed it earlier than such democratic countries as the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> (1920), <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> (1945), and <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> (1971).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>71 of the members in the 141-seat parliament, elected to a four-year term, are elected in single-seat <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district" title="Electoral district">constituencies</a>, in a majority vote. The remaining 70 members are elected in a nationwide election based on <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a>. The structure of the elections means that a large number of parties are represented in the parliament and coalition governments are common. The head of the state - the president - is elected to a five-year term in a majority vote, with the president eligible for up to two terms in office. More than 1500 municipal council members are elected in local elections to four-year terms, with the majority of the seats allocated using proportional representation and the mayors elected directly by residents in a majority vote. The Lithuanian representatives in the European Parliament, currently numbering 11, are elected using proportional representation every five years. </p><p>12 referendums have been organized in Lithuania, initiated by either citizens or the parliament. Of these, only four have seen the referendum question approved in a referendum deemed to have taken place. </p><p>Voting in elections is generally open to all citizens of Lithuania who are at least 18 years of age. Citizens of other <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> countries that permanently reside in Lithuania can vote in the Lithuanian elections to the European Parliament. Voting in municipal elections is open to all permanent residents of Lithuania, regardless of their citizenship. </p><p>Voting process is organized by the Central Electoral Commission and subordinate electoral bodies and is monitored by local and international observers. The voters vote in a secret ballot and the elections have generally been assessed as free and fair, although allegations of irregularities have been common. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections_to_the_Seimas">Elections to the Seimas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Elections to the Seimas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Process_and_eligibility">Process and eligibility</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Process and eligibility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seimas_barricades_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Seimas_barricades_2.jpg/220px-Seimas_barricades_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Seimas_barricades_2.jpg/330px-Seimas_barricades_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Seimas_barricades_2.jpg/440px-Seimas_barricades_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Seimas_Palace" title="Seimas Palace">Seimas Palace</a> in Vilnius</figcaption></figure><p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Seimas" title="Seimas">parliament</a></b> (<i>Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas</i>) has 141 members, elected to a four-year term, with 71 members elected in single-seat <a href="/wiki/Constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Constituency">constituencies</a> and 70 members elected by <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SeimasLaw_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SeimasLaw-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lithuania exhibits a fragmented multi-party system,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a number of small parties in which coalition governments are common. Ordinary elections to the Seimas take place on the second Sunday of October. </p><p>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. 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 stand for election.<sup id="cite_ref-SeimasLaw_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SeimasLaw-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition, the Lithuanian law stipulates that a person who has been removed from office through impeachment may not be elected for four years after their removal,<sup id="cite_ref-SeimasLaw_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SeimasLaw-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the limit of four years has been suspended by the Lithuanian constitutional court, which stated that the Lithuanian constitution does not allow for persons impeached for a breach of constitution or their oath of office to stand in elections indefinitely. This provision of the constitution had been ruled to be in breach of the <a href="/wiki/European_Convention_on_Human_Rights" title="European Convention on Human Rights">European Convention on Human Rights</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parliament members in the 71 single-seat constituencies are elected in a majority vote if the voter turnout in the constituency is at least 40%. If the voter turnout is less than 40%, the candidate with the most votes (and at least 20% of the votes) is declared the winner. If there are more than two candidates and no candidate wins in the first round, a second round of voting is held within 15 days. The two leading candidates from the first round are eligible for the second round of voting. The candidate that gets more votes in the second round is declared the winner, regardless of voter turnout.<sup id="cite_ref-SeimasLaw_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SeimasLaw-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The remaining 70 seats are allocated to the participating political parties proportionally to the share of vote received, using the <a href="/wiki/Largest_remainder_method" class="mw-redirect" title="Largest remainder method">largest remainder method</a>. Parties receiving less than 5% of the vote and joint multi-party electoral lists receiving less than 7% of the vote are not eligible to receive any seats, unless the remaining eligible parties received less than 60% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-SeimasLaw_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SeimasLaw-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Candidates take the seats allocated to their parties based on the preference lists submitted before the election. The preference lists are adjusted by preference votes given by the voters. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_and_results">Elections and results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Elections and results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Seven elections of the Seimas have been held in Lithuania since independence. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1992_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="1992 Lithuanian parliamentary election">first election</a> in independent Lithuania was held on 25 October 1992, with a run-off on 15 November. 24 parties and political movements contested the Seimas seats. The election was won by the (ex-communist) <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Labor_Party_of_Lithuania" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania">Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania</a>, which gained 73 seats and 44% of the popular vote. Analysts attributed the victory to the support the party found among the Russian and Polish minorities, farmers, as well as to popular dissatisfaction with the economic situation, particularly the fuel shortage.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/S%C4%85j%C5%ABdis" title="Sąjūdis">Sąjūdis</a>, which had led Lithuania into independence finished distant second with 30 seats. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1996_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="1996 Lithuanian parliamentary election">1996 parliamentary election</a> was held on 20 October with the run-off on 10 November. This time, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Labor_Party_of_Lithuania" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania">Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania</a> suffered as a result of poor economic situation and financial scandals, including one involving former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Adolfas_%C5%A0le%C5%BEevi%C4%8Dius" title="Adolfas Šleževičius">Adolfas Šleževičius</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The election was won by the <a href="/wiki/Homeland_Union" title="Homeland Union">Homeland Union</a> - Lithuanian Conservative Party, which gained 70 seats and 31% of the vote. <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Christian_Democratic_Party" title="Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party">Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party</a> were distant second with 16 seats, followed by <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Labor_Party_of_Lithuania" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania">Democratic Labor Party of Lithuania</a> with 12. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2000_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election">2000 parliamentary election</a> was held on 8 October. The election was held in the context of economic crisis brought about by <a href="/wiki/Russian_financial_crisis_of_1998" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian financial crisis of 1998">Russian financial crisis of 1998</a>, austerity and high-profile privatization. <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Union_of_Lithuania" title="Liberal Union of Lithuania">Liberal Union of Lithuania</a> won the most seats of any party in the election, with 33, although a joint list "Social-Democratic Coalition of Algirdas Brazauskas" won the highest share of the popular vote with 31%. The Liberal Union formed the government with <a href="/wiki/New_Union_(Social_Liberals)" title="New Union (Social Liberals)">New Union (Social Liberals)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Centre_Union" title="Lithuanian Centre Union">Lithuanian Centre Union</a> and the Modern Christian Democrats.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The coalition was short-lived and <a href="/wiki/Algirdas_Brazauskas" title="Algirdas Brazauskas">Algirdas Brazauskas</a>, a social democrat, became the prime minister less than a year later. </p><p>The Social Democrats remained at the helm of the government after the <a href="/wiki/2004_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="2004 Lithuanian parliamentary election">2004 parliamentary election</a>, which was held on 10 October, with the run-off on 24 October. The party was the third-largest in the parliament after the election with 20 seats, behind <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Lithuania)" title="Labour Party (Lithuania)">Labour Party</a> with 39 and Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives) with 25,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but managed to govern together with <a href="/wiki/New_Union_(Social_Liberals)" title="New Union (Social Liberals)">New Union (Social Liberals)</a> (11 seats), the Labour Party and the support of other parties. It was the first time since independence that a ruling government survived an election. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2008_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election">2008 parliamentary election</a> was held on 12 October, with a run-off on 26 October. Homeland Union won the election dominated by taxation and potential introduction of Euro. Rising inflation and potential economic downturn were also high on the agenda following several years of rapid growth.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Homeland Union (45 seats) formed a coalition government with populist and short-lived <a href="/wiki/National_Resurrection_Party" title="National Resurrection Party">National Resurrection Party</a> (16 seats), <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Movement_(Lithuania)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Movement (Lithuania)">Liberal Movement</a> (11 seats) and <a href="/wiki/Liberal_and_Centre_Union" title="Liberal and Centre Union">Liberal and Centre Union</a> (8 seats). Social Democrats was the largest party in opposition with 25 seats. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2012_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="2012 Lithuanian parliamentary election">2012 parliamentary election</a> was held on 14 October, with a run-off on 28 October. The Social Democrats became the largest party in the Seimas and defeated the center-right coalition of <a href="/wiki/Andrius_Kubilius" title="Andrius Kubilius">Andrius Kubilius</a>. The Social Democrats, with 38 seats, formed a government coalition with Labour Party (19 seats), <a href="/wiki/Order_and_Justice" title="Order and Justice">Order and Justice</a> (11 seats) and <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Action_of_Poles_in_Lithuania" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania">Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania</a> (8 seats), with the latter party later withdrawing from the government.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Homeland Union (33 seats) withdrew to the opposition after four years in government. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2016_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="2016 Lithuanian parliamentary election">2016 parliamentary election</a> was held on 9 October, with a run-off on 23 October. The election was a surprise victory for Peasant and Greens Union, which won 54 seats in the parliament - the largest tally by a single party in Lithuania for 20 years. Homeland Union won the largest share of the vote (22.63%) and 20 mandates in the nationwide constituency, but a disappointing performance in single-member constituencies left the party a distant second with 31 seats. Peasants and Greens formed a coalition with the Social Democrats, who won 17 seats in the parliament. <sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Election </th> <th rowspan="2">Turnout </th> <th colspan="3">Largest party/list </th> <th colspan="3">2nd largest party/list </th> <th colspan="3">3rd largest party/list </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>% </th> <th>Seats </th> <th> </th> <th>% </th> <th>Seats </th> <th> </th> <th>% </th> <th>Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/1992_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="1992 Lithuanian parliamentary election">1992</a></td> <td>75.3%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Labour_Party_of_Lithuania" title="Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania">Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania</a></td> <td>44%</td> <td>73</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/S%C4%85j%C5%ABdis" title="Sąjūdis">Sąjūdis</a></td> <td>21.2%</td> <td>30 </td> <td align="left">Coalition: <p><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Christian_Democratic_Party" title="Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party">Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Union_of_Political_Prisoners_and_Deportees" title="Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees">Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Democratic_Party" title="Lithuanian Democratic Party">Lithuanian Democratic Party</a> </p> </td> <td>12.6%</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/1996_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="1996 Lithuanian parliamentary election">1996</a></td> <td>52.9%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Homeland_Union" title="Homeland Union">Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives</a></td> <td>31.34%</td> <td>70</td> <td align="left">Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party</td> <td>10.43%</td> <td>16</td> <td align="left">Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania</td> <td>10.01%</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/2000_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election">2000</a></td> <td>58.6%</td> <td align="left">Social-Democratic Coalition of Algirdas Brazauskas</td> <td>31.08%</td> <td>51</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Union_of_Lithuania" title="Liberal Union of Lithuania">Liberal Union of Lithuania</a></td> <td>17.25%</td> <td>33</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Union_(Social_Liberals)" title="New Union (Social Liberals)">New Union (Social Liberals)</a></td> <td>19.64%</td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/2004_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="2004 Lithuanian parliamentary election">2004</a></td> <td>46.1%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Lithuania)" title="Labour Party (Lithuania)">Labour Party</a></td> <td>28.4%</td> <td>39</td> <td align="left">Working for Lithuania: <p><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Lithuania" title="Social Democratic Party of Lithuania">Social Democratic Party of Lithuania</a>, New Union (Social Liberals) </p> </td> <td>20.7%</td> <td>31</td> <td align="left">Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives)</td> <td>14.8%</td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/2008_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election">2008</a></td> <td>48.59%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Homeland_Union" title="Homeland Union">Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats</a></td> <td>19.72%</td> <td>45</td> <td align="left">Social Democratic Party of Lithuania</td> <td>11.72%</td> <td>25</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/National_Resurrection_Party" title="National Resurrection Party">National Resurrection Party</a></td> <td>15.09%</td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/2012_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="2012 Lithuanian parliamentary election">2012</a></td> <td>52.93%</td> <td align="left">Social Democratic Party of Lithuania</td> <td>18.37%</td> <td>38</td> <td align="left">Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats</td> <td>15.08%</td> <td>33</td> <td align="left">Labour Party</td> <td>19.82%</td> <td>29 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/2016_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="2016 Lithuanian parliamentary election">2016</a></td> <td>50.64%</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Farmers_and_Greens_Union" title="Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union">Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union</a></td> <td>22.45%</td> <td>54</td> <td align="left">Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats</td> <td>22.63%</td> <td>31</td> <td align="left">Social Democratic Party of Lithuania</td> <td>15.04%</td> <td>17 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_of_the_2016_election">Results of the 2016 election</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Results of the 2016 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3" colspan="2">Party </th> <th colspan="3" rowspan="2">Nationwide constituency </th> <th colspan="6">Single-member constituencies </th> <th rowspan="3">Total<br />seats </th> <th rowspan="3">+/– </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">First round </th> <th colspan="3">Second round </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes </th> <th>%<sup id="cite_ref-percentage_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-percentage-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>%<sup id="cite_ref-percentage_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-percentage-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>%<sup id="cite_ref-percentage_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-percentage-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #3359A3"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Homeland_Union" title="Homeland Union">Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats</a></td> <td>276,275</td> <td>22.63</td> <td>20</td> <td>258,834</td> <td>21.57</td> <td>1</td> <td>246,108</td> <td>27.94</td> <td>10</td> <td>31</td> <td>–2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #00A651"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Farmers_and_Greens_Union" title="Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union">Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union</a></td> <td>274,108</td> <td>22.45</td> <td>19</td> <td>229,769</td> <td>19.15</td> <td>0</td> <td>311,611</td> <td>35.38</td> <td>35</td> <td>54</td> <td>+53 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #E10514"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Lithuania" title="Social Democratic Party of Lithuania">Social Democratic Party of Lithuania</a></td> <td>183,597</td> <td>15.04</td> <td>13</td> <td>183,267</td> <td>15.27</td> <td>0</td> <td>115,599</td> <td>13.12</td> <td>4</td> <td>17</td> <td>–21 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FF9300"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Movement_(Lithuania)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Movement (Lithuania)">Liberal Movement</a></td> <td>115,361</td> <td>9.45</td> <td>8</td> <td>139,522</td> <td>11.63</td> <td>0</td> <td>70,055</td> <td>7.95</td> <td>6</td> <td>14</td> <td>+4 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Anti-Corruption Coalition (<a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Centre_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Lithuanian Centre Party">LCP</a>–<a href="/w/index.php?title=Lithuanian_Pensioners%27_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lithuanian Pensioners' Party (page does not exist)">LPP</a>)</td> <td>77,114</td> <td>6.32</td> <td>0</td> <td>36,621</td> <td>3.05</td> <td>0</td> <td>6,876</td> <td>0.78</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>New </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #781323"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Action_of_Poles_in_Lithuania" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania">Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance</a></td> <td>69,810</td> <td>5.72</td> <td>5</td> <td>63,291</td> <td>5.27</td> <td>2</td> <td>13,526</td> <td>1.54</td> <td>1</td> <td>8</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FFEC00"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Order_and_Justice" title="Order and Justice">Order and Justice</a></td> <td>67,817</td> <td>5.55</td> <td>5</td> <td>70,958</td> <td>5.91</td> <td>0</td> <td>28,894</td> <td>3.28</td> <td>3</td> <td>8</td> <td>–3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #1D578C"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Lithuania)" title="Labour Party (Lithuania)">Labour Party</a></td> <td>59,620</td> <td>4.88</td> <td>0</td> <td>79,824</td> <td>6.65</td> <td>0</td> <td>25,803</td> <td>2.93</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>–27 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Freedom_Union_(Liberals)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals)">Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals)</a></td> <td>27,274</td> <td>2.23</td> <td>0</td> <td>39,987</td> <td>3.33</td> <td>0</td> <td>10,130</td> <td>1.15</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>New </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #00b185"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Green_Party" title="Lithuanian Green Party">Lithuanian Green Party</a></td> <td>24,727</td> <td>2.03</td> <td>0</td> <td>11,047</td> <td>0.92</td> <td>0</td> <td>5,627</td> <td>0.64</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>New </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #9c0000"> </td> <td align="left">Political Party "Lithuanian List"</td> <td>21,966</td> <td>1.80</td> <td>0</td> <td>17,519</td> <td>1.46</td> <td>0</td> <td>8,709</td> <td>0.99</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>New </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_People%27s_Party" title="Lithuanian People's Party">Lithuanian People's Party</a></td> <td>12,851</td> <td>1.05</td> <td>0</td> <td>9,767</td> <td>0.81</td> <td>0</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td align="left">Against Corruption and Poverty (<a href="/wiki/Young_Lithuania" title="Young Lithuania">JL</a>–<a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Nationalist_and_Republican_Union" title="Lithuanian Nationalist and Republican Union">LTS</a>)</td> <td>6,867</td> <td>0.56</td> <td>0</td> <td>4,150</td> <td>0.35</td> <td>0</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td>New </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #4F276B"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/The_Way_of_Courage" title="The Way of Courage">The Way of Courage</a></td> <td>3,498</td> <td>0.29</td> <td>0</td> <td>4,619</td> <td>0.38</td> <td>0</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>0</td> <td>–7 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;">Independents</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>50,738</td> <td>4.23</td> <td>0</td> <td>37,919</td> <td>4.30</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>+1 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left">Invalid/blank votes</td> <td>52,469</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>72,789</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>32,895</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left"><b>Total</b></td> <td><b>1,273,427</b></td> <td><b>100</b></td> <td><b>70</b></td> <td><b>1,272,734</b></td> <td><b>100</b></td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><b>913,752</b></td> <td><b>100</b></td> <td><b>68</b></td> <td><b>141</b></td> <td><b>0</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left">Registered voters/turnout</td> <td>2,514,657</td> <td>50.64</td> <td>–</td> <td>2,514,657</td> <td>50.61</td> <td>–</td> <td>2,405,143</td> <td>37.99</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="13">Source: Central Electoral Commission<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presidential_elections">Presidential elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Presidential elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Election_process_and_eligibility">Election process and eligibility</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Election process and eligibility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/President_of_Lithuania" title="President of Lithuania">President of Lithuania</a> is the head of state of the country, elected to a five-year term in a majority vote. Elections take place on the last Sunday no more than two months before the end of current presidential term.<sup id="cite_ref-Constitution_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Constitution-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2009_m._Respublikos_Prezidento_rinkimai_Dalia_Grybauskait%C4%97_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/2009_m._Respublikos_Prezidento_rinkimai_Dalia_Grybauskait%C4%97_03.jpg/220px-2009_m._Respublikos_Prezidento_rinkimai_Dalia_Grybauskait%C4%97_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/2009_m._Respublikos_Prezidento_rinkimai_Dalia_Grybauskait%C4%97_03.jpg/330px-2009_m._Respublikos_Prezidento_rinkimai_Dalia_Grybauskait%C4%97_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/2009_m._Respublikos_Prezidento_rinkimai_Dalia_Grybauskait%C4%97_03.jpg/440px-2009_m._Respublikos_Prezidento_rinkimai_Dalia_Grybauskait%C4%97_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dalia_Grybauskait%C4%97" title="Dalia Grybauskaitė">Dalia Grybauskaitė</a> casting a vote in the 2009 presidential election</figcaption></figure><p>To be eligible for election, candidates must be at least 40 years old on the election day and reside in Lithuania for at least three years, in addition to satisfying the eligibility criteria for a member of the parliament. A person who has been removed from office through impeachment for breach of constitution or an oath of office may not be elected as a president.<sup id="cite_ref-PresidentLaw_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PresidentLaw-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This provision of the constitution had been ruled to be in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights. </p><p>The president is elected in a majority vote if the voter turnout is at least 50%. If the voter turnout is less than 50%, the candidate is declared the winner only if they get the votes of at least 1/3 of all eligible voters. If there are more than two candidates and no candidate wins in the first round, a second round of voting is held on a Sunday no more than two weeks after the first round. The two leading candidates from the first round are eligible for the second round of voting and the candidate that gets more votes in the second round is declared the winner. If two or fewer candidates stand for election and none manage to win in the first round, a new election is held no more than three months after the election date.<sup id="cite_ref-PresidentLaw_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PresidentLaw-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_and_results_2">Elections and results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Elections and results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Six presidential elections have taken place in Lithuania since independence. </p><p>Algirdas Brazauskas, a former communist party leader, was the first elected president of independent Lithuania. <a href="/wiki/1993_Lithuanian_presidential_election" title="1993 Lithuanian presidential election">Election</a> took place on 14 February 1993, with Brazauskas defeating <a href="/wiki/Stasys_Lozoraitis" title="Stasys Lozoraitis">Stasys Lozoraitis</a>, a Lithuanian diplomat, who had spent almost all his life in Italy and the United States representing interwar Lithuania.<sup id="cite_ref-ash_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ash-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brazauskas won with 60% of the vote. </p><p>Brazauskas did not stand in the <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_presidential_election,_1997%E2%80%931998" class="mw-redirect" title="Lithuanian presidential election, 1997–1998">1997-1998 presidential election</a>, held on 21 December 1997, with the second round on 4 January 1998. In the election, <a href="/wiki/Art%C5%ABras_Paulauskas" title="Artūras Paulauskas">Artūras Paulauskas</a>, a former Prosecutor General of Lithuania won the first round with 44.7% of the vote, but was defeated in the second round by <a href="/wiki/Valdas_Adamkus" title="Valdas Adamkus">Valdas Adamkus</a>, a former US civil servant, who got 50% of the vote compared to 49.2% by Paulauskas. </p><p>Adamkus stood for reelection in the <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_presidential_election,_2002%E2%80%932003" class="mw-redirect" title="Lithuanian presidential election, 2002–2003">Lithuanian presidential election, 2002–2003</a>, which took place 22 December 2002, with the second round on 5 January 2003. After leading in the first round with 35.1% of the vote, Adamkus was convincingly defeated in the second round by <a href="/wiki/Rolandas_Paksas" title="Rolandas Paksas">Rolandas Paksas</a>, a former Prime Minister and Mayor of <a href="/wiki/Vilnius" title="Vilnius">Vilnius</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who received 54.2% of the vote. </p><p>Rolandas Paksas was subsequently impeached and removed from office,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> prompting early <a href="/wiki/2004_Lithuanian_presidential_election" title="2004 Lithuanian presidential election">election in 2004</a>. Valdas Adamkus became the first President of Lithuania to be elected for a second term, leading the first round with 30.2% of the vote and defeating <a href="/wiki/Kazimiera_Prunskien%C4%97" class="mw-redirect" title="Kazimiera Prunskienė">Kazimiera Prunskienė</a> in the second round with 51.8%. </p><p>Valdas Adamkus was not eligible to stand for reelection in 2009 due to term limits. In the <a href="/wiki/2009_Lithuanian_presidential_election" title="2009 Lithuanian presidential election">election</a> that took place on 17 May 2009, European Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Dalia_Grybauskait%C4%97" title="Dalia Grybauskaitė">Dalia Grybauskaitė</a> won in the first round with more than 68% of the vote. Grybauskaitė became the country's first female president.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Grybauskaite was reelected in the <a href="/wiki/2014_Lithuanian_presidential_election" title="2014 Lithuanian presidential election">2014 presidential election</a> that took place on 11 May 2014, with a second round held on 25 May. Grybauskaitė received 45.9% of vote in the first round and defeated <a href="/wiki/Zigmantas_Bal%C4%8Dytis" title="Zigmantas Balčytis">Zigmantas Balčytis</a> in the second round with 57.9% of all votes. She became the first president of Lithuania to be reelected for a second consecutive term.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Election </th> <th colspan="2">Turnout, % </th> <th colspan="3">Winner, vote % </th> <th colspan="3">Runner-up, vote % </th></tr> <tr> <th>First round </th> <th>Second round </th> <th> </th> <th>First round </th> <th>Second round </th> <th> </th> <th>First round </th> <th>Second round </th></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/1993_Lithuanian_presidential_election" title="1993 Lithuanian presidential election">1993</a></td> <td>78.07</td> <td>-</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Algirdas_Brazauskas" title="Algirdas Brazauskas">Algirdas Brazauskas</a></td> <td>60.03</td> <td>-</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Stasys_Lozoraitis" title="Stasys Lozoraitis">Stasys Lozoraitis</a></td> <td>38.28</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_presidential_election,_1997-1998" class="mw-redirect" title="Lithuanian presidential election, 1997-1998">1997-1998</a></td> <td>71.45</td> <td>73.66</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Valdas_Adamkus" title="Valdas Adamkus">Valdas Adamkus</a></td> <td>27.56</td> <td>49.96</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Art%C5%ABras_Paulauskas" title="Artūras Paulauskas">Artūras Paulauskas</a></td> <td>44.73</td> <td>49.22 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_presidential_election,_2002-2003" class="mw-redirect" title="Lithuanian presidential election, 2002-2003">2002-2003</a></td> <td>53.92</td> <td>52.65</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Rolandas_Paksas" title="Rolandas Paksas">Rolandas Paksas</a></td> <td>19.40</td> <td>54.15</td> <td align="left">Valdas Adamkus</td> <td>35.06</td> <td>44.83 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/2004_Lithuanian_presidential_election" title="2004 Lithuanian presidential election">2004</a></td> <td>48.40</td> <td>52.46</td> <td align="left">Valdas Adamkus</td> <td>30.18</td> <td>51.83</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kazimiera_Prunskien%C4%97" class="mw-redirect" title="Kazimiera Prunskienė">Kazimiera Prunskienė</a></td> <td>20.60</td> <td>46.66 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/2009_Lithuanian_presidential_election" title="2009 Lithuanian presidential election">2009</a></td> <td>51.76</td> <td>-</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Dalia_Grybauskait%C4%97" title="Dalia Grybauskaitė">Dalia Grybauskaitė</a></td> <td>68.21</td> <td>-</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Algirdas_Butkevi%C4%8Dius" title="Algirdas Butkevičius">Algirdas Butkevičius</a></td> <td>11.68</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td align="right"><a href="/wiki/2014_Lithuanian_presidential_election" title="2014 Lithuanian presidential election">2014</a></td> <td>52.23</td> <td>47.37</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Dalia_Grybauskait%C4%97" title="Dalia Grybauskaitė">Dalia Grybauskaitė</a></td> <td>45.92</td> <td>57.90</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Zigmantas_Bal%C4%8Dytis" title="Zigmantas Balčytis">Zigmantas Balčytis</a></td> <td>13.62</td> <td>40.10 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Results_of_the_2014_election">Results of the 2014 election</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Results of the 2014 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Candidate </th> <th rowspan="2">Party </th> <th colspan="2">First round </th> <th colspan="2">Second round </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Dalia_Grybauskait%C4%97" title="Dalia Grybauskaitė">Dalia Grybauskaitė</a></td> <td align="left">Independent</td> <td>612,485</td> <td>45.92</td> <td>701,999</td> <td>57.90 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Zigmantas_Bal%C4%8Dytis" title="Zigmantas Balčytis">Zigmantas Balčytis</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Lithuania" title="Social Democratic Party of Lithuania">Social Democratic Party of Lithuania</a></td> <td>181,659</td> <td>13.62</td> <td>486,214</td> <td>40.10 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Art%C5%ABras_Paulauskas" title="Artūras Paulauskas">Artūras Paulauskas</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Lithuania)" title="Labour Party (Lithuania)">Labour Party</a></td> <td>160,139</td> <td>12.01</td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Naglis_Puteikis" title="Naglis Puteikis">Naglis Puteikis</a></td> <td align="left">Independent</td> <td>124,333</td> <td>9.32 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Valdemar_Toma%C5%A1evski" class="mw-redirect" title="Valdemar Tomaševski">Valdemar Tomaševski</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Action_of_Poles_in_Lithuania" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania">Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania</a></td> <td>109,659</td> <td>8.22 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Art%C5%ABras_Zuokas" title="Artūras Zuokas">Artūras Zuokas</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/YES_(Lithuanian_political_party)" class="mw-redirect" title="YES (Lithuanian political party)">YES</a></td> <td>69,677</td> <td>5.22 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Bronis_Rop%C4%97" title="Bronis Ropė">Bronis Ropė</a></td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Farmers_and_Greens_Union" title="Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union">Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union</a></td> <td>55,263</td> <td>4.14 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Invalid/blank votes</td> <td>20,451</td> <td>1.53</td> <td>24,161</td> <td>1.99 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2"><b>Total</b></td> <td><b>1,333,666</b></td> <td><b>100</b></td> <td><b>1,212,374</b></td> <td><b>100</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="2">Registered voters/turnout</td> <td>2,553,335</td> <td>52.23</td> <td>2,559,398</td> <td>47.37 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="6">Source:<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Municipal_elections">Municipal elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Municipal elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Election_process_and_eligibility_2">Election process and eligibility</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Election process and eligibility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each municipality in Lithuania is governed by a municipal council and a mayor, who is a member of the municipal council. The number of members, elected on a four-year term, in each municipal council depends on the size of the municipality and varies from 15 (in municipalities with fewer than 5,000 residents) to 51 (in municipalities with more than 500,000 residents). 1,524 municipal council members were elected in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Members of the council, with the exception of the mayor, are elected using proportional representation. Starting with 2015, the mayor is elected directly by the majority of residents of the municipality.<sup id="cite_ref-MunicipalLaw_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MunicipalLaw-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before 2015, the mayors were elected by the municipal councils. Ordinary elections take place on a date proclaimed by the parliament no earlier than two months and no later than a month before the end of the current term. </p><p>To be eligible for election, candidates must be at least 20 years old on the election day and permanently reside in the respective municipality. Persons serving or due to serve a sentence imposed by the court 65 days before the election are not eligible. Also, residents performing military service, and servicemen of professional military service and officials of statutory institutions and establishments may not stand for election.<sup id="cite_ref-MunicipalLaw_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MunicipalLaw-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The mayor is elected in a majority vote if the voter turnout in the constituency is at least 40%. If the voter turnout is less than 40%, the candidate with the most votes (and at least 20% of the votes) is declared the winner. If there are more than two candidates and no candidate wins in the first round, a second round of voting is held within 15 days. The two leading candidates from the first round are eligible for the second round of voting. The candidate that gets more votes in the second round is declared the winner, regardless of voter turnout.<sup id="cite_ref-MunicipalLaw_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MunicipalLaw-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Council seats (other than the seat of the mayor) are allocated to the participating political parties proportionally to the share of vote received. Parties receiving less than 4% of the vote and joint multi-party electoral lists receiving less than 6% of the vote are not eligible to receive any seats, unless the remaining eligible parties received less than 60% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-MunicipalLaw_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MunicipalLaw-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Candidates take the seats allocated to their parties based on the preference lists submitted before the election. The preference lists are adjusted by preference votes given by the voters. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_and_results_3">Elections and results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Elections and results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Election </th> <th rowspan="2">Turnout, % </th> <th rowspan="2">Total mandates </th> <th colspan="2">Largest party </th> <th colspan="2">2nd largest party </th> <th colspan="2">3rd largest party </th> <th rowspan="2">Source </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>Seats </th> <th> </th> <th>Seats </th> <th> </th> <th>Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td>1995</td> <td>44.85</td> <td>1488</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Homeland_Union" title="Homeland Union">Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives</a></td> <td>428</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Labour_Party_of_Lithuania" title="Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania">Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania</a></td> <td>297</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Christian_Democratic_Party" title="Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party">Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party</a></td> <td>247</td> <td align="left"><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997</td> <td>35.60<sup id="cite_ref-electionday_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electionday-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>1459</td> <td align="left">Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives</td> <td>493</td> <td align="left">Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania</td> <td>212</td> <td align="left">Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party</td> <td>180</td> <td align="left"><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td>49.63<sup id="cite_ref-electionday_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electionday-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>1562</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/New_Union_(Social_Liberals)" title="New Union (Social Liberals)">New Union (Social Liberals)</a></td> <td>270</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Farmers_and_Greens_Union" title="Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union">Lithuanian Peasant Union</a></td> <td>209</td> <td align="left">Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives</td> <td>199</td> <td align="left"><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002</td> <td>49.23<sup id="cite_ref-electionday_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-electionday-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>1560</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Lithuania" title="Social Democratic Party of Lithuania">Social Democratic Party of Lithuania</a></td> <td>332</td> <td align="left">Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives</td> <td>193</td> <td align="left">Union of Peasant and New Democracy Parties</td> <td>190</td> <td align="left"><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007</td> <td>41.30</td> <td>1550</td> <td align="left">Social Democratic Party of Lithuania</td> <td>302</td> <td align="left">Homeland Union - Conservatives, Political Prisoners and Deportees, Christian Democrats</td> <td>256</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_and_Centre_Union" title="Liberal and Centre Union">Liberal and Centre Union</a></td> <td>182</td> <td align="left"><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td>44.08</td> <td>1550</td> <td align="left">Social Democratic Party of Lithuania</td> <td>328</td> <td align="left">Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats</td> <td>249</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Lithuania)" title="Labour Party (Lithuania)">Labour Party</a></td> <td>165</td> <td align="left"><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Direct elections for mayor were introduced in 2015. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Election </th> <th rowspan="2">Turnout, % </th> <th rowspan="2">Total mandates </th> <th rowspan="2">Mayor mandates </th> <th colspan="3">Largest party </th> <th colspan="3">2nd largest party </th> <th colspan="3">3rd largest party </th> <th rowspan="2">Source </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th>Total seats </th> <th>Mayors </th> <th> </th> <th>Total seats </th> <th>Mayors </th> <th> </th> <th>Total seats </th> <th>Mayors </th></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td>47.18</td> <td>1523</td> <td>59</td> <td align="left">Social Democratic Party of Lithuania</td> <td>372</td> <td>16</td> <td align="left">Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats</td> <td>258</td> <td>11</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Movement_(Lithuania)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Movement (Lithuania)">Liberal Movement</a></td> <td>225</td> <td>9</td> <td align="left"><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td>47.90</td> <td>1502</td> <td>60</td> <td align="left">Public election committees</td> <td>317</td> <td>12</td> <td align="left">Social Democratic Party of Lithuania</td> <td>274</td> <td>15</td> <td align="left">Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats</td> <td>274</td> <td>11</td> <td align="left"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="European_elections">European elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: European elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Election_process_and_eligibility_3">Election process and eligibility</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Election process and eligibility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lithuania joined the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> in 2004. In the same year, the first election took place for 13 seats in the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a> allocated to Lithuania. As of 2014, the number of seats allocated to Lithuania was 11,<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> down from 12 in 2009. Members of the parliament are elected by proportional representation for a five-year term.<sup id="cite_ref-EuropeanLaw_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EuropeanLaw-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ordinary elections take place on a Sunday on the same day as in other EU countries. Early voting is available during Wednesday and Thursday before the election. Mail-in voting and at-home voting is available for eligible voters. The vote is open to all citizens of Lithuania, as well as citizens of other EU countries that permanently reside in Lithuania, who are at least 18 years old on the election day.<sup id="cite_ref-EuropeanLaw_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EuropeanLaw-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To be eligible for election, candidates must be at least 21 years old on the election day, citizen of Lithuania or citizen of another EU country permanently residing in Lithuania. Candidates are not allowed to stand for election in more than one country. 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 stand for election.<sup id="cite_ref-EuropeanLaw_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EuropeanLaw-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The seats are allocated to the participating political parties or lists proportionally to the share of vote received. Parties or lists receiving less than 5% of the vote are not eligible to receive any seats, unless the remaining eligible parties received less than 60% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-EuropeanLaw_41-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EuropeanLaw-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Candidates take the seats allocated to their parties based on the preference lists submitted before the election. The preference lists are adjusted by preference votes given by the voters. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections_and_results_4">Elections and results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Elections and results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three elections to the European Parliament have taken place in Lithuania. </p><p><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Lithuania" title="2004 European Parliament election in Lithuania">Election in 2004</a> took place on 13 June 2004, together with the second round of the presidential election, resulting in a relatively high turnout of 48%. As with later elections, the election campaign in 2004 centered around domestic issues and not European policies, and populist parties featured prominently. The election was a disappointment for the governing Social Democrats, who received only 2 of the 13 seats, and their partners in the government, New Union (Social Liberals), who failed to win a seat. The biggest winners in the election were the populist Labor Party, who contested their first national election and walked away with 5 seats in the European Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Lithuania" title="2009 European Parliament election in Lithuania">Election in 2009</a> took place on 7 June 2009. The onset of the financial crisis after years of economic growth led to economic and social security issues dominating the election agenda, despite the limited influence the European Parliament has over the economy of Lithuania.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The election took place just three weeks after the presidential election and achieved a voter turnout of only 21% - the lowest turnout in any elections in post-communist Lithuania and one of the lowest in Europe. The election was a success for the governing Homeland Union, which increased its share of vote to more than 26%, up from 19.7% in the parliamentary election six months before. Homeland Union won 4 seats in the European Parliament, compared to 3 achieved by opposition Social Democrats.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Lithuania" title="2014 European Parliament election in Lithuania">Election in 2014</a> took place on 25 May 2014. In a close election, governing Social Democrats and Order and Justice parties, as well as opposition Homeland Union and Liberal Movement won two seats each, with Homeland Union getting the highest share of the vote - 17.43%. The election was held together with the run-off of the presidential election, leading to a turnout of over 47%. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3">Political party/list </th> <th colspan="6">Election </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Lithuania" title="2004 European Parliament election in Lithuania">2004</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Lithuania" title="2009 European Parliament election in Lithuania">2009</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Lithuania" title="2014 European Parliament election in Lithuania">2014</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Seats </th> <th>% of votes </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>% of votes </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>% of votes </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Lithuania)" title="Labour Party (Lithuania)">Labour Party</a></td> <td>5</td> <td>30.16</td> <td>1</td> <td>8.56</td> <td>1</td> <td>12.38 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Lithuania" title="Social Democratic Party of Lithuania">Social Democratic Party of Lithuania</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>14.43</td> <td>3</td> <td>18.12</td> <td>2</td> <td>17.26 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Homeland_Union" title="Homeland Union">Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>12.58</td> <td>4</td> <td>26.16</td> <td>2</td> <td>17.43 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_and_Centre_Union" title="Liberal and Centre Union">Liberal and Centre Union</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>11.23</td> <td>-</td> <td>3.38</td> <td>-</td> <td>1.48 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Farmers_and_Greens_Union" title="Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union">Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>7.41</td> <td>-</td> <td>1.82</td> <td>1</td> <td>6.61 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Action_of_Poles_in_Lithuania" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania">Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania</a></td> <td>-</td> <td>5.71</td> <td>1</td> <td>8.20</td> <td>1</td> <td>8.05 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Order_and_Justice" title="Order and Justice">Order and Justice</a></td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>2</td> <td>11.90</td> <td>2</td> <td>14.25 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Movement_(Lithuania)" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Movement (Lithuania)">Liberal Movement</a></td> <td>-</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>7.17</td> <td>2</td> <td>16.55 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="background: #E9E9E9;">Total seats </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #E9E9E9;" align="center">13 </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #E9E9E9;" align="center">12 </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #E9E9E9;" align="center">11 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left" style="background: #E9E9E9;">Voter Turnout </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #E9E9E9;" align="center">48.32% </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #E9E9E9;" align="center">20.98% </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #E9E9E9;" align="center">47.35% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Referendums">Referendums</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Referendums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_Lithuania" title="Referendums in Lithuania">Referendums in Lithuania</a></div> <p>Two types of referendums can take place in Lithuania: mandatory referendums and consultative (advisory) referendums. </p><p>Mandatory referendums must be held on these questions:<sup id="cite_ref-ReferendumLaw_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferendumLaw-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>to amend Chapters I (<i>The State of Lithuania</i>) and XIV (<i>Amending the Constitution</i>) of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Lithuania" title="Constitution of Lithuania">Constitution of Lithuania</a></li> <li>to amend the June 8, 1992 Constitutional Act, "On Non-Alignment of the Republic of Lithuania to <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States" title="Commonwealth of Independent States">Post-Soviet Eastern Alliances</a>"</li> <li>to approve participation in international organizations if membership requires partial transfer of powers from state institutions</li></ol> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RIAN_archive_375099_A_polling_station_in_Lithuania_on_the_1991_Referendum_day..jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/RIAN_archive_375099_A_polling_station_in_Lithuania_on_the_1991_Referendum_day..jpg/220px-RIAN_archive_375099_A_polling_station_in_Lithuania_on_the_1991_Referendum_day..jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/RIAN_archive_375099_A_polling_station_in_Lithuania_on_the_1991_Referendum_day..jpg/330px-RIAN_archive_375099_A_polling_station_in_Lithuania_on_the_1991_Referendum_day..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/RIAN_archive_375099_A_polling_station_in_Lithuania_on_the_1991_Referendum_day..jpg/440px-RIAN_archive_375099_A_polling_station_in_Lithuania_on_the_1991_Referendum_day..jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="674" /></a><figcaption>A polling station in Lithuania on the 1991 Referendum day.</figcaption></figure> <p>Mandatory and consultative referendums can also be held on any other question if the proposal to hold the referendum is supported by at least 300,000 voters or the referendum is called by at least one quarter of all members of the parliament. </p><p>The referendum is deemed to have taken place if more than half of the registered voters participate. </p><p>The referendum question in a mandatory referendum is adopted if approved by more than half of all citizens participating in the referendum but no less than 1/3 of all citizens registered to vote. The following exceptions exist: </p> <ul><li>The provision of Article 1 of the Constitution ("The State of Lithuania is an independent, democratic Republic"), and the Constitutional Act of June 8, 1992 can only be amended upon approval of at least 3/4 of all citizens registered to vote.</li> <li>Chapters I and XIV of the Constitution can only be amended upon approval of at least half of all citizens registered to vote.</li> <li>Questions regarding participation in international organizations are adopted if approved by more than half of voters participating in the referendum.</li></ul> <p>Questions in a consultative referendum are approved if supported by more than half of all citizens participating in the referendum. The parliament should then agree on the implementation of the question within one month. The parliament may still take into account the results of a consultative referendum even if it is invalid due to low participation.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferendumLaw_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferendumLaw-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A total of 12 separate referendums have been organized in Lithuania (some of them with several referendum questions). Of these, four have seen the referendum question approved in a referendum deemed to have taken place. In February 1991, Lithuanian voter approved the independence of Lithuania from Soviet Union with 90.2% of voters participating (76.5% of voters eligible) voting in favor. In June 1992, the voters demanded through referendum an immediate withdrawal of Russian troops and compensation for damages from the Soviet Union. In October 1992 the Lithuanian Constitution was approved. In 2003, the Lithuanian membership in the European Union was approved 90% of participating voters (57% of all eligible voters).<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Voting_process">Voting process</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Voting process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voters_and_voter_lists">Voters and voter lists</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Voters and voter lists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The minimum voting age in Lithuania is 18. Voting in elections for the parliament and the president, as well as participation in referendums is open to citizens of Lithuania.<sup id="cite_ref-SeimasLaw_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SeimasLaw-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PresidentLaw_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PresidentLaw-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferendumLaw_45-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferendumLaw-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Voting in elections to the European Parliament is open to citizens of Lithuania, as well as citizens of other EU countries permanently residing in Lithuania, as long as they only vote in one country.<sup id="cite_ref-EuropeanLaw_41-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EuropeanLaw-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Voting in local elections is limited to permanent residents of the respective municipalities, regardless of citizenship. Individuals who have been declared mentally incompetent by court are barred from voting.<sup id="cite_ref-MunicipalLaw_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MunicipalLaw-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Voter lists or electoral rolls are compiled before each vote by the Central Electoral Commission. The electoral rolls should include every person eligible to vote, and include information about the person necessary to establish eligibility, such as name, surname, personal number, date of birth, passport or other ID number, as well as place of residence. The electoral roll of the Republic of Lithuania then forms the basis for electoral rolls of single-member constituencies and polling districts, that contain information necessary for individuals to vote. Electoral rolls are not public but voters may access information related to themselves in the electoral roll. </p><p>Before the election, a poll card is sent to each voter, representing an invitation to vote. It may also be accessed and printed online. </p><p>Citizens of Lithuania who do not reside in Lithuania but are entitled to vote, for example in the elections for the parliament, are entered in electoral rolls for the constituency in the territory where the parliament is situated. Voters who are aboard a ship and will not be able to return to Lithuania to vote, are entered on the electoral roll of the polling district on whose electoral roll the ship’s crew is entered. Voters who are in a penal institution and have not declared a place of residence, are entered on the electoral roll of the polling district where the penal institution is situated. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Candidates">Candidates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The eligibility criteria for candidates varies depending on the election type and is covered more thoroughly above. </p><p>Parties and <a href="/wiki/Public_election_committee_(Lithuania)" title="Public election committee (Lithuania)">public election committees</a> file the application and place the election deposits for their candidates in multi-seat and single-seat constituencies with the Central Electoral Commission, including providing all necessary additional information, such as tax returns. Individual candidates who nominate themselves file the application and place the deposits with the electoral commission of the constituency where they stand for election. The names of candidates and party lists are announced 30 days before the election. </p><p>Upon announcement, the candidates in constituencies have equal rights to speak at voters' meetings or any other meetings, gatherings, conferences as well as through the state mass media, and to announce their respective election programmes. In addition, a candidate for the parliament gains immunity and may not be arrested without the consent of the Central Electoral Commission. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Election_campaigns">Election campaigns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Election campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Candidates have a right to campaign in fair manner and can be granted the right to use the <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_National_Radio_and_Television" title="Lithuanian National Radio and Television">Lithuanian National Radio and Television</a> free of charge. The Central Electoral Commission distributes the time of the broadcasts in such a manner that the principle of equality is preserved. Debates on radio and television are financed by the state. Election programmes are published by the Central Electoral Commission for country-wide parties and candidates and the electoral committee of that constituency or municipality for local candidates. </p><p>Political advertising is prohibited on the buildings of state administration, law-enforcement and other state and municipal institutions and establishments, vehicles belonging to state or municipal enterprises, motorways, streets and along them if it might interfere with traffic safety, sculptures and monuments. Outdoor advertising is prohibited within 50 meters around the building which houses a polling station. </p><p>It is prohibited for candidates to take advantage of his or her official position in state or municipal institutions, establishments or organizations, as well as in the state or municipal mass media for any form of election campaign. </p><p>Any campaigning is prohibited 30 hours before the beginning of an election and on the election day until the closing of the polls, with the exception of permanent visual election campaign material, provided that it was displayed at least 48 hours prior to the beginning of the election. </p><p>Financing of political campaigns of elections is regulated by the Law on Financing of Political Parties and Political Campaigns. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Organization">Organization</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elections are organized and supervised by </p> <ol><li>the Central Electoral Commission;</li> <li>constituency or municipal electoral committees; and</li> <li>polling district committees.</li></ol> <p>Central Electoral Commission has the overall responsibility for organizing elections and referendums. Central Electoral Commission is also, together with other institutions, responsible for monitoring the financing of political parties and campaigns.<sup id="cite_ref-ataskaita_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ataskaita-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The constituency or municipal electoral committees supervise local implementation of the elections and their compliance with law, form polling district committees, control expenditure of the polling district committees, register election observers, monitor voting by post, voting at health care institutions, military units, penal institutions, as well as organize early voting. Constituency or municipal electoral committees also monitor political advertising. The polling district committees provide conditions for voters to familiarize themselves with electoral lists, deliver poll cards to voters, investigate complaints about the errors made in electoral rolls, monitor postal voting, organize voting at home, prepare polling stations, organize voting on the election day, count votes and consider complaints from voters and observers. Members of the committees are remunerated for their work by the state. </p><p>During nationwide elections, around 16,000 people work in electoral commissions. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voting_location_and_timing">Voting location and timing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Voting location and timing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The polls are held on the election day from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. in the place designated by the electoral committee of the polling district. With few exceptions, voters cast their ballot in their registered polling district. </p><p>At the entrance to the polling station, voters present their passports or other identity documents to an electoral committee member of the polling district. It is noted in the electronic electoral roll, electronically, where possible, that a voter has arrived to vote. The voter is handed an arrival card that allows to apply for a ballot. Voting takes place in voting booths, in secret, with the votes submitted to the ballot boxes. </p><p>Postal voting is open to voters who are in healthcare institutions, social care or guardianship because of their health condition or age, who perform mandatory military service, who perform active military service, civil service or work under contract in international military operations abroad, or who are in detention facilities. Postal voting is possible at specific post offices on a last Wednesday, Thursday or Friday before an election day. </p><p>Voting at home is available upon request to disabled voters, voters with temporary working incapacity, voters aged 70 and over if because of the health condition they are unable to come to a polling district to vote on an election day. Voters performing mandatory military service are entitled to vote in the military units where they serve. Voters who serve arrest or imprisonment sentence are entitled to vote in they institution they serve a sentence in. </p><p>Voting is available, except for municipal elections, in diplomatic missions, consular posts and on ships of the Republic of Lithuania. </p><p>Early voting takes place from 8 am to 8 pm on the Wednesday and Thursday preceding an election day for voters who are unable to vote on the election day. Voting takes place in the building where the mayor of the municipality in question works. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Counting_votes_and_appeals">Counting votes and appeals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Counting votes and appeals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the end of voting, appeals against the decisions of polling district committees may be filed with the constituency or municipal electoral committee. Decisions of municipal electoral committees may be appealed to the Central Electoral Commission. Decisions of the Central Electoral Commission may be appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania. Appeals must be considered within 48 hours. The decision of the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania shall become effective from its pronouncement. </p><p>The votes are counted by the polling district electoral committees. Vote tallies are submitted to constituency or municipal electoral committee, which checks the documents and seals for completeness and consistency, considers outstanding complaints and provides the information to the Central Electoral Commission. </p><p>The election observers and representatives of the media may participate in the counting of votes in polling districts and constituencies or municipalities, and also in the establishment of election results. Observers shall have the right to make remarks and claims to the electoral committees concerning violations of laws, but may not hinder the work of electoral committees. Observers can make written protests to the polling district committee, which is appended to the vote counting record of the polling district and delivered to the constituency electoral committee. </p><p>Preliminary election results are proclaimed by the Central Electoral Commission on the Internet. </p><p>Parties, candidates and their representatives, and election observers may appeal against the decisions of polling district electoral committees concerning the drawing up of vote counting records to the constituency electoral committee within 24 hours of their drawing up. These complaints must be investigated no later than within 24 hours. The decisions of the constituency electoral committee concerning vote counting records may be appealed to the Central Electoral Commission within 72 hours following their drawing up and must be considered before the official announcement of election results. In case of elections to the Seimas, Parties and candidates may appeal the decisions of the Central Electoral Commission within 24 hours of the official announcement of the election results, to the Parliament or the President.<sup id="cite_ref-SeimasLaw_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SeimasLaw-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In such cases, the Seimas or President shall, within 48 hours, appeal to the Constitutional Court with the inquiry concerning the violation of election laws. In case of municipal elections, Parties and candidates may appeal the decisions of the Central Electoral Commission within 5 days of the decision, to the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania, which must consider the case within 5 days.<sup id="cite_ref-MunicipalLaw_24-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MunicipalLaw-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In case of presidential elections, appeals against the decisions of the Central Electoral Commission must be filed, within two days of the decision, to the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania, which must consider it within 48 hours.<sup id="cite_ref-PresidentLaw_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PresidentLaw-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While investigating complaints, constituency electoral committees or Central Electoral Commission may recount ballot papers, and, in the event of discrepancies, draw up an additional vote counting record of the polling district and attach it to the vote counting record of the polling district. </p><p>The Central Electoral Commission may declare the election results in a municipality or constituency null and void if it has established that severe violations have occurred and reliable results cannot be determined. </p><p>The Central Electoral Commission shall proclaim the final election results on its website no later than within 7 days following the election and any run-off voting. </p><p>The Seimas and the President may appeal to the Constitutional Court with the inquiry whether election laws for elections to the Seimas or the President have been violated.<sup id="cite_ref-SeimasLaw_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SeimasLaw-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PresidentLaw_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PresidentLaw-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Constitutional Court shall investigate and evaluate the decisions of the Central Electoral Commission within 72 hours. The Seimas may then declare the elections invalid or establish real election results if records are available. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Monitoring_and_assessment">Monitoring and assessment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Monitoring and assessment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elections in Lithuania have been assessed as generally free and fair by domestic and international monitors, although voting irregularities and allegations of vote-buying have occurred,<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although <a href="/wiki/OSCE" class="mw-redirect" title="OSCE">OSCE</a> highlight the overly broad interpretation of a definition of vote-buying as a possible explanation of the scale of allegations.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Parties and candidates have the right to appoint election observers to each polling district. Observers have the right to observe elections, monitor voting and demand adherence to the election laws. 15-20 thousand observers observe the elections. A citizen initiative "white gloves" (Lithuanian: "baltosios pirštinės") was formed after the allegations of vote-buying in the 2012 election to Seimas and provide additional monitoring and reporting.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Lithuania&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Electoral calendar">Electoral calendar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Electoral system</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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BBC. 25 May 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Lithuania%27s+Dalia+Grybauskaite+wins+re-election+after+run-off&rft.pub=BBC&rft.date=2014-05-25&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-europe-27571609&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElections+in+Lithuania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vrk.lt/statiniai/puslapiai/2014_prezidento_rinkimai/output_lt/rinkimu_diena/rezultatai_isankstiniai.html">"Election results"</a>. Central Electoral Commission. 18 May 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Election+results&rft.pub=Central+Electoral+Commission&rft.date=2014-05-18&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vrk.lt%2Fstatiniai%2Fpuslapiai%2F2014_prezidento_rinkimai%2Foutput_lt%2Frinkimu_diena%2Frezultatai_isankstiniai.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElections+in+Lithuania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vrk.lt/statiniai/puslapiai/2014_prezidento_rinkimai/output_lt/rinkimu_diena/rezultatai_isankstiniai2.html">"Final election results"</a>. Central Electoral Commission<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Central Electoral Commission. 23 September 2014. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vrk.lt/naujienos/-/content/10180/1/vrk-prieme-svarbius-sprendimus-artejanciu-savivaldybiu-tarybu-rinkimu-klausimais">the original</a> on 12 February 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=VRK+pri%C4%97m%C4%97+svarbius+sprendimus+art%C4%97jan%C4%8Di%C5%B3+savivaldybi%C5%B3+taryb%C5%B3+rinkim%C5%B3+klausimais&rft.pub=Central+Electoral+Commission&rft.date=2014-09-23&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vrk.lt%2Fnaujienos%2F-%2Fcontent%2F10180%2F1%2Fvrk-prieme-svarbius-sprendimus-artejanciu-savivaldybiu-tarybu-rinkimu-klausimais&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElections+in+Lithuania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MunicipalLaw-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MunicipalLaw_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MunicipalLaw_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MunicipalLaw_24-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MunicipalLaw_24-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MunicipalLaw_24-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MunicipalLaw_24-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter3/dokpaieska.showdoc_l?p_id=491878">"Law on elections to municipal councils"</a>. The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Law+on+elections+to+municipal+councils&rft.pub=The+Seimas+of+the+Republic+of+Lithuania&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww3.lrs.lt%2Fpls%2Finter3%2Fdokpaieska.showdoc_l%3Fp_id%3D491878&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElections+in+Lithuania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vrk.lt/statiniai/puslapiai/rinkimai/1995/savivaldybes/rezultatai/rez_apg_sar_l_2.htm">"1995 m. Lietuvos Respublikos savivaldybių tarybų rinkimai"</a> [1995 election to the municipal councils of the Republic of Lithuania] (in Lithuanian). Central Electoral Commission. 28 July 2003<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1995+m.+Lietuvos+Respublikos+savivaldybi%C5%B3+taryb%C5%B3+rinkimai&rft.pub=Central+Electoral+Commission&rft.date=2003-07-28&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vrk.lt%2Fstatiniai%2Fpuslapiai%2Frinkimai%2F1995%2Fsavivaldybes%2Frezultatai%2Frez_apg_sar_l_2.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElections+in+Lithuania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vrk.lt/statiniai/puslapiai/rinkimai/1995/savivaldybes/rezultatai/gal_akt_l_2_1_1.htm">"Galutinis aktvyvumas apygardose"</a> [Final turnout in electoral districts] (in Lithuanian). Central Electoral Commission. 28 July 2003<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Galutinis+aktvyvumas+apygardose&rft.pub=Central+Electoral+Commission&rft.date=2003-07-28&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vrk.lt%2Fstatiniai%2Fpuslapiai%2Frinkimai%2F1995%2Fsavivaldybes%2Frezultatai%2Fgal_akt_l_2_1_1.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElections+in+Lithuania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vrk.lt/statiniai/puslapiai/n/rinkimai/19970323/rgr1l.htm">"Bendras partijų ir politinių organizacijų gautų mandatų skaičius"</a> [Total seats received by parties and political organizations] (in Lithuanian). Central Electoral Commission<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Bendras+partij%C5%B3+ir+politini%C5%B3+organizacij%C5%B3+gaut%C5%B3+mandat%C5%B3+skai%C4%8Dius&rft.pub=Central+Electoral+Commission&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vrk.lt%2Fstatiniai%2Fpuslapiai%2Fn%2Frinkimai%2F19970323%2Frgr1l.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElections+in+Lithuania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vrk.lt/statiniai/puslapiai/n/rinkimai/19970323/ra97al.htm">"Rinkėjų aktyvumas"</a> [Voter turnout] (in Lithuanian). Central Electoral Commission<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Rink%C4%97j%C5%B3+aktyvumas&rft.pub=Central+Electoral+Commission&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vrk.lt%2Fstatiniai%2Fpuslapiai%2Fn%2Frinkimai%2F19970323%2Fra97al.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElections+in+Lithuania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vrk.lt/statiniai/puslapiai/n/rinkimai/20000319/mltl.htm">"Bendras partijų ir politinių organizacijų gautų mandatų skaičius"</a> [Total seats received by parties and political organizations] (in Lithuanian). Central Electoral Commission<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Bendras+partij%C5%B3+ir+politini%C5%B3+organizacij%C5%B3+gaut%C5%B3+mandat%C5%B3+skai%C4%8Dius&rft.pub=Central+Electoral+Commission&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vrk.lt%2Fstatiniai%2Fpuslapiai%2Fn%2Frinkimai%2F20000319%2Fmltl.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElections+in+Lithuania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vrk.lt/statiniai/puslapiai/n/rinkimai/20000319/aktyvl.htm-12+2.htm">"Rinkėjų aktyvumas"</a> [Voter turnout] (in Lithuanian). Central Electoral Commission<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Rink%C4%97j%C5%B3+aktyvumas&rft.pub=Central+Electoral+Commission&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vrk.lt%2Fstatiniai%2Fpuslapiai%2Fn%2Frinkimai%2F20000319%2Faktyvl.htm-12%2B2.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElections+in+Lithuania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vrk.lt/statiniai/puslapiai/rinkimai/2002/savivaldybes/rezultatai/mandatai/mlt_15_1.html">"Partijų mandatų skaičius"</a> [Seats by parties] (in Lithuanian). Central Electoral Commission. 25 December 2002<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Partij%C5%B3+mandat%C5%B3+skai%C4%8Dius&rft.pub=Central+Electoral+Commission&rft.date=2002-12-25&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vrk.lt%2Fstatiniai%2Fpuslapiai%2Frinkimai%2F2002%2Fsavivaldybes%2Frezultatai%2Fmandatai%2Fmlt_15_1.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElections+in+Lithuania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vrk.lt/statiniai/puslapiai/rinkimai/2002/eiga/aktl_15__1.htm">"Rinkėjų aktyvumas"</a> [Voter turnout] (in Lithuanian). Central Electoral Commission. 25 December 2002<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Rink%C4%97j%C5%B3+aktyvumas&rft.pub=Central+Electoral+Commission&rft.date=2002-12-25&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vrk.lt%2Fstatiniai%2Fpuslapiai%2Frinkimai%2F2002%2Feiga%2Faktl_15__1.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElections+in+Lithuania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vrk.lt/statiniai/puslapiai/2007_savivaldybiu_tarybu_rinkimai/balsu_uz_partijas_skaiciavimas/rorg_mandatai_lt/rorg_mand_lt.html">"Partijų mandatai Lietuvoje"</a> [Party seats in Lithuania] (in Lithuanian). Central Electoral Commission. 22 March 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Partij%C5%B3+mandatai+Lietuvoje&rft.pub=Central+Electoral+Commission&rft.date=2007-03-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vrk.lt%2Fstatiniai%2Fpuslapiai%2F2007_savivaldybiu_tarybu_rinkimai%2Fbalsu_uz_partijas_skaiciavimas%2Frorg_mandatai_lt%2Frorg_mand_lt.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElections+in+Lithuania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vrk.lt/statiniai/puslapiai/2007_savivaldybiu_tarybu_rinkimai/balsu_uz_partijas_skaiciavimas/rinkimu_apygardos.html">"Balsavimo rezultatai rinkimų apygardose"</a> [Voting results in electoral districts] (in Lithuanian). Central Electoral Commission. 22 March 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Balsavimo+rezultatai+rinkim%C5%B3+apygardose&rft.pub=Central+Electoral+Commission&rft.date=2007-03-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vrk.lt%2Fstatiniai%2Fpuslapiai%2F2007_savivaldybiu_tarybu_rinkimai%2Fbalsu_uz_partijas_skaiciavimas%2Frinkimu_apygardos.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElections+in+Lithuania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vrk.lt/statiniai/puslapiai/2011_savivaldybiu_tarybu_rinkimai/output_lt/rinkimu_diena/stat1.html">"Partijų, koalicijų gautų balsų ir mandatų skaičius Lietuvoje"</a> [Votes and seats received by parties and coalitions in Lithuania] (in Lithuanian). Central Electoral Commission. 27 August 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Partij%C5%B3%2C+koalicij%C5%B3+gaut%C5%B3+bals%C5%B3+ir+mandat%C5%B3+skai%C4%8Dius+Lietuvoje&rft.pub=Central+Electoral+Commission&rft.date=2012-08-27&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vrk.lt%2Fstatiniai%2Fpuslapiai%2F2011_savivaldybiu_tarybu_rinkimai%2Foutput_lt%2Frinkimu_diena%2Fstat1.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AElections+in+Lithuania" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vrk.lt/statiniai/puslapiai/2011_savivaldybiu_tarybu_rinkimai/output_lt/rezultatai_daugiamand_apygardose/rezultatai_daugiamand_apygardose1turas.html">"Balsavimo rezultatai Lietuvoje"</a> [Voting results in Lithuania] (in Lithuanian). Central Electoral Commission. 29 March 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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presidential election">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_Lithuanian_presidential_election" title="1997–98 Lithuanian presidential election">1997–98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Lithuanian_presidential_election" title="2002–03 Lithuanian presidential election">2002–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Lithuanian_presidential_election" title="2004 Lithuanian presidential election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Lithuanian_presidential_election" title="2009 Lithuanian presidential election">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Lithuanian_presidential_election" title="2014 Lithuanian presidential election">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Lithuanian_presidential_election" title="2019 Lithuanian presidential election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Lithuanian_presidential_election" title="2024 Lithuanian presidential election">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Seimas" title="Seimas">Parliamentary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1920_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="1920 Lithuanian parliamentary election">1920</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="1922 Lithuanian parliamentary election">1922</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="1923 Lithuanian parliamentary election">1923</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="1926 Lithuanian parliamentary election">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="1936 Lithuanian parliamentary election">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="1940 Lithuanian parliamentary election">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_Lithuanian_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 Lithuanian Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_Lithuanian_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 Lithuanian Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_Lithuanian_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955 Lithuanian Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_Lithuanian_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959 Lithuanian Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_Lithuanian_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1963 Lithuanian Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967_Lithuanian_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967 Lithuanian Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971_Lithuanian_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1971 Lithuanian Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1975_Lithuanian_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1975 Lithuanian Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_Lithuanian_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1980 Lithuanian Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1985_Lithuanian_Supreme_Soviet_election&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1985 Lithuanian Supreme Soviet election (page does not exist)">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Lithuanian_Supreme_Soviet_election" title="1990 Lithuanian Supreme Soviet election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="1992 Lithuanian parliamentary election">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="1996 Lithuanian parliamentary election">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="2004 Lithuanian parliamentary election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="2012 Lithuanian parliamentary election">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="2016 Lithuanian parliamentary election">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="2020 Lithuanian parliamentary election">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Lithuanian_parliamentary_election" title="2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Lithuania" title="Municipalities of Lithuania">Municipal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1918_Lithuanian_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1918 Lithuanian municipal elections (page does not exist)">1918</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1919_Lithuanian_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1919 Lithuanian municipal elections (page does not exist)">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1924_Lithuanian_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1924 Lithuanian municipal elections (page does not exist)">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1929_Lithuanian_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1929 Lithuanian municipal elections (page does not exist)">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1931_Lithuanian_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1931 Lithuanian municipal elections (page does not exist)">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_Lithuanian_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 Lithuanian municipal elections (page does not exist)">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_Lithuanian_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1940 Lithuanian municipal elections (page does not exist)">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_Lithuanian_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1990 Lithuanian municipal elections (page does not exist)">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Lithuanian_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Lithuanian municipal elections (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Lithuanian_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1997 Lithuanian municipal elections (page does not exist)">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Lithuanian_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2000 Lithuanian municipal elections (page does not exist)">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2002_Lithuanian_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2002 Lithuanian municipal elections (page does not exist)">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_Lithuanian_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 Lithuanian municipal elections (page does not exist)">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Lithuanian_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Lithuanian municipal elections (page does not exist)">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Lithuanian_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2015 Lithuanian municipal elections (page does not exist)">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Lithuanian_municipal_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2019 Lithuanian municipal elections (page does not exist)">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Lithuanian_municipal_elections" title="2023 Lithuanian municipal elections">2023</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_Lithuania" title="2004 European Parliament election in Lithuania">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_Lithuania" title="2009 European Parliament election in Lithuania">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Lithuania" title="2014 European Parliament election in Lithuania">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Lithuania" title="2019 European Parliament election in Lithuania">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Lithuania" title="2024 European Parliament election in Lithuania">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Referendums_in_Lithuania" title="Referendums in Lithuania">Referendums</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1991_Lithuanian_independence_referendum" title="1991 Lithuanian independence referendum">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Lithuanian_presidency_referendum" title="1992 Lithuanian presidency referendum">1992 (May)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Lithuanian_Soviet_withdrawal_referendum" title="1992 Lithuanian Soviet withdrawal referendum">1992 (Jun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Lithuanian_constitutional_referendum" title="1992 Lithuanian constitutional referendum">1992 (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Lithuanian_privatisation_referendum" title="1994 Lithuanian privatisation referendum">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Lithuanian_referendum" title="1996 Lithuanian referendum">1996 (Oct)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Lithuanian_constitutional_referendum" title="1996 Lithuanian constitutional referendum">1996 (Nov)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Lithuanian_European_Union_membership_referendum" title="2003 Lithuanian European Union membership referendum">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Lithuanian_nuclear_power_referendum" title="2008 Lithuanian nuclear power referendum">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Lithuanian_nuclear_power_referendum" title="2012 Lithuanian nuclear power referendum">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Lithuanian_constitutional_referendum" title="2014 Lithuanian constitutional referendum">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Lithuanian_constitutional_referendum" title="2019 Lithuanian constitutional referendum">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Lithuanian_constitutional_referendum" title="2024 Lithuanian constitutional referendum">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>See also: <a href="/wiki/Template:Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth_elections" title="Template:Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth elections">Elections in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_Republic_of_Central_Lithuania_general_election" title="1922 Republic of Central Lithuania general election">Central Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Klaip%C4%97da_Region#Election_results" title="Parliament of the Klaipėda Region">Klaipėda Region</a></li></ul> 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style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Revival and<br />independence</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_press_ban" title="Lithuanian press ban">Press ban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_National_Revival" title="Lithuanian National Revival">National Revival</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Seimas_of_Vilnius" title="Great Seimas of Vilnius">Great Seimas of Vilnius</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amber_Declaration" title="Amber Declaration">Amber Declaration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Act_of_Independence_of_Lithuania" title="Act of Independence of Lithuania">Act of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Wars_of_Independence" title="Lithuanian Wars of Independence">Wars of Independence</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian%E2%80%93Soviet_War" title="Lithuanian–Soviet War">Lithuanian–Soviet War</a></li> 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