One of the main factors behind the second round results is the large voter turnout and the failure to adequately gauge R. Karbauskis’ capacity to bring in voters believes Mykolas Romeris University political scientist Rima […]
Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat Chairman Gabrielius Landsbergis is not dismissing the possibility that the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union will first negotiate with the Social Democrats. When asked if he is implying they […]
With the Seimas election having concluded, it is time to sum up the results. The overall victory goes to the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) which has earned 54 Seimas seats. Add another two independents, who now associate with the party roll – 56. This is the largest single-party victory based on mandate numbers since the 1996 victory of the Homeland Union of 68 mandates. […]
The leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, on Monday said he assumed the responsibility for the poor election results, saying he had no plans for now to step down from party leadership. In his words, his staying in office will ensure the party’s stability. […]
Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has apologized for the parliamentary election results that were not successful for the conservatives, however, said there were no reasons for him to step down from the party leadership. […]
Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union that won a definite victory in the parliamentary elections, has expressed certitude that President Dalia Grybauskaitė understood the nation’s will. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said she was inviting leaders of the parliamentary parties that won the Sunday’s parliamentary elections for a meeting later on Monday. […]
Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, says that Saulius Skvernelis, the leader of the Peasant and Green Union’s list for the parliamentary elections, is a negotiator with whom a deal can be negotiated, unlike Ramūnas Karbauskis, the latter party’s chairman, who “does nothing but draw red lines”. […]
Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union, has won a seat in the Seimas in a single-member constituency in the traditional conservative stronghold of Kaunas. […]
Saulius Skvernelis, a former Lithuanian interior minister who topped the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union’s list for the parliamentary elections, won a seat in the Seimas in a single-member constituency in Vilnius. […]
With more than a half of votes counted, the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union was leading by a large margin in the run-off round of the country’s parliamentary elections. […]
A three-party coalition should be set up after the parliamentary elections, says Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, noting that one of the potential coalition partners, the Peasant and Green Union, lacks consistency. […]
The Conservatives (TS-LKD) have taken a far more moderate stance today compared to when two years ago they released a party document titled “The Soft Russia‘s Containment Strategy” (Minkštoji Rusijos sulaikymo strategija“), among the contents […]
Lithuania, as other countries, has a number of tales where a young girl or third brother reach a fork in the road and have to choose between the left and the right. While the elections […]
This Seimas election is changing the Lithuanian political map. The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) and Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) are two entities which will dominate political life for the next […]
The biggest loser in this Seimas election has been the Labour Party, having failed to pass the 5% vote barrier. That said, no less a blow was that to the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) which had been dominant in ratings nigh on up to election day. What do the Social Democrats need to do after this loss to Gabrielius Landsbergis’ Conservatives and Ramūnas Karbauskis’ “Peasants”? […]
Some of the current Social Democrat Party (LSDP) chairman’s deputies while performing poorly in the single-mandate electoral district, somehow are highly placed in the LSDP electoral roll, in fact rising in their ranking there. Political […]
Early voting is starting on Wednesday in municipalities and special post offices in the 2nd round of parliamentary elections of Lithuania, with two candidates competing in 68 single-member districts after securing the highest number of votes in the 1st round. Three new MPs were elected in the 1st round. […]
The first round of Seimas elections in the single-mandate electoral districts only elected three members of Seimas. The remaining 68 districts will be voting on October 23 in a second round. It will feature the two candidates with the highest vote count in each district. […]
Having taken a close second in the Seimas election multi-mandate electoral district, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) has not lost hope in winning against the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian democrats (TS-LKD) in […]
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