In the Seimas
Politics

Farmers tops opinion poll, support for SocDems grows

The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) tops the latest popularity rankings, followed by the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats in second place and by the Social Democrats (LSDP) in third, according to the latest opinion poll conducted by Vilmorus and published by the daily Lietuvos Rytas on Saturday. […]

Second tour at the Seimas elections
Politics

Peasants & Greens in EUR 1 mln debt after Seimas elections

The Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) has a campaign debt of almost a million euros after the October parliamentary elections, in which the party scored a resounding victory, the daily Lietuvos Rytas reported on Friday, based on data from the Central Electoral Commission. […]

The Seimas
CORPORATE

Faces we won’t see in the new Seimas

On October 23 voters closed the door on a number of political old guard, the hopes of many who wished to keep their membership in Seimas were broken. The moods of those who failed to be re-elected vary – some intend to savour their freedom, some intend to seek work or spend time with their families. In total there will be 82 new faces in Seimas, 5 of them returning after a break. 59 members of Seimas were re-elected, but a large number of the old guard will be gone. […]

Ramūnas Karbauskis, Saulius Skvernelis
CORPORATE

ELECTIONS over – who will govern?

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. […]

President Dalia Grybauskaitė at the Food Bank charity event
CORPORATE

ELECTIONS. Jastramskis on President’s role in new coalition building

So far only 73 mandates have been won, 70 in the multi-mandate electoral district and 3 from single-mandate districts where Ingrida Šimonytė, Leonardas Talmontas and Česlavas Olševskis took first round victories. 68 more mandates are […]