The first round of Lithuania’s parliamentary elections has shown that the public is tired of scandal-ridden political parties, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday. […]
Based on Central Electoral Commission (VRK) data, Lithuanians voting from abroad have had a fairly different distribution of votes compared to those in Lithuania. During the first round, the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats […]
Epilogue no. 2 and prologue no. 1 to the coming four years: single-mandate lottery in the second round and a coalition. Ligitas Kernagis who failed to obtain a mandate in this election once sang “Ratings, ratings, ratings everywhere, single-mandate in hand, money elsewhere”. We will not be talking about money in this article because much has already been said while analysing the financial declarations of candidates. Today we speak of that which everyone is concerned with – who will win the second round and form the coalition government. […]
The Conservatives and “Peasants” obtained better election results than predicted by polls through voter loyalty, low turnout among the Social Democrat electorate and the various scandals surrounding the incumbent coalition government believe sociologists. Polls by […]
With the first round of elections concluded, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) remains fairly reserved, awaiting second round results. They are currently neck and neck with the Conservatives (TS-LKD) who have exceeded their […]
Tension continues to run high after the elections. The opposition parties have exerted dominance over their incumbent colleagues in single-mandate electoral districts as well where veteran politicians have had to concede to new challengers, being left in second places at best. Even fame has done little to offset this in some cases. […]
The Liberal Movement has set up a work group for negotiations with potential coalition partners and have agreed on the topics they want to see included in the new cabinet’s programme. Liberal Movement representative Martynas […]
Six political parties cleared the 5 percent threshold to take part in the allocation of 70 seats in Lithuania’s 141-member parliament, according to the preliminary results from all polling stations released late on Monday. […]
A representative of the statutory class at the top of the political pyramid is an exceptionally bad thing, thus seeing Saulius Skvernelis in the Prime Minister‘s chair would be a great mistake. Thus observes Vytautas […]
Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives), believes that the party will be part of the future ruling coalition. […]
The conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats and the Peasant and Green Union, which came in shoulder-to-shoulder in multi-member voting in Lithuania’s parliamentary elections, will also be the main competitors in the single-member districts, as well – almost identical numbers of their candidates qualified for the second round. […]
The Lithuanian Liberal Movement, which has already secured eight mandates in the country’s 141-seat parliament, is readying for negotiations with the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, says Eugenijus Gentvilas, the number one candidate on the Liberals’ election list. […]
The Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union heads the first round of Lithuania’s parliamentary elections, closely followed by the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, according to preliminary results. […]
The “Peasants” (LVŽS) are celebrating their second consecutive debate victory, shows a survey of experts done by LRT.lt after the social policy debate. The “Peasant’s” performance was once again voted as the best, however the lead over the Conservatives (TS-LKD) who were left in second place is only one point. Furthermore most experts agree that G. Landsbergis’ (TS-LKD) closing statement was the strongest, while S. Skvernelis’ (LVŽS) speech was decent, but reading off a paper made for a bad image. […]
Preliminary voting for the first round of the 2016 Seimas election started on Wednesday, with the main event to start on Sunday. 14 parties and coalitions are competing for 141 mandates in the Seimas with […]
New poll data reveals that the three most popular parties are currently neck and neck prior to the first round of the Seimas election due on October 9. By now, however, many experts see the […]
Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius, the leader of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, said after casting his early ballot in parliamentary elections he expected the Liberals to have a larger political group than they had before. […]
MEP Antanas Guoga, former member of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, has transferred to the right wing European People’s Party (EPP) at the European Parliament. […]
An offshoot of a different party “We will wipe corruption out with a bang. Call me and I will tell you how,” was a line in the LRLS commercial, uttered by Remigijus Šimašius, the man […]
The ruling Social Democrats continue to top Lithuania’s popularity rankings, but other parties are catching up, according to the latest opinion poll published by the Delfi news website. […]
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