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Lithuanian watchdog calls for election silence on social networks
With a ban on election campaigning in force, the head of the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission has called on social network users not to encourage others to vote for any specific politician, not to share any campaign material and even not to press the Like button. […]
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ELECTIONS. Parties already negotiating but remain mute about it
LRT.lt sources suggest that Peasant and Greens (LVŽS) negotiations with the Social Democrats (LSDP) are led by former Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis, while the negotiations with the Conservatives (TS-LKD) are led by the […]
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Parties’ ratings and ELECTIONS results: now and then, what to expect?
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 […]
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PM takes day off for campaign in Vilkaviškis
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, the leader of the Social Democrats, has taken a day of unpaid holiday this week to meet the electorate of Vilkaviskis, southern Lithuania, ahead of the parliamentary election. […]
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PM says 49-54% voter turnout would be a good result
Lithuania’s Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that a voter turnout of between 49 and 54 percent in next Sunday’s parliamentary elections would be a good result. […]
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People to decide on next ruling majority – Grybauskaitė
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has urged voters to go the polls on Sunday, saying that it will be people, not politicians or political analysts, who will decide on what political parties will form the country’s next ruling coalition after this month’s parliamentary elections. […]
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ELECTIONS: Peasant and Greens Union in brief
Origins found in the interwar periodThe LVŽS consider themselves to have originated from the Lithuanian Popular Peasants’ Union (LVLS), which was active during the interwar period between World War I and World War II. It […]
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ELECTIONS. Labour Party in brief
Seen as the party with most potentialNowadays Viktor Uspaskich sings lyric and melodic songs about his difficulties. The difficulties only arose later in his career however; in 2003 when he, a millionaire member of Seimas, […]
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ELECTIONS. Where a Social Democrat ratings decline can lead
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 […]
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Peasant and Green Union leader hopes to form new Government
Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union who voted early in the parliamentary election Kaunas on Wednesday, expressed hope for the party to secure sufficient voter support to be able to form the government after the October 9 elections. […]
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ELECTIONS: less funds for traditional ads, more walking from “door to door”
The Seimas elections are already this Sunday, but many observers have criticised that the current elections are as bleak as ever. Why are the upcoming elections so much less impactful than the previous ones? The […]
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Vilnius mayor expects bigger Liberal group in new Seimas
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. […]
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President says she voted for change
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after casting her ballot in early voting in the parliamentary elections that she had voted for change. […]
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Early voting in parlt elections opens in Lithuania
Early voting is starting on Wednesday in municipalities and special post offices in the parliamentary elections of Lithuania. President Dalia Grybauskaitė will also take the opportunity to cast her vote early at the Vilnius municipality. […]
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ELECTIONS. Liberal Movement in brief
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 […]
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ELECTIONS Promises. Economics – what voting shows
All parties stress the importance of the economy and businesses, pledging to improve conditions in those sectors every election. Various abstract propositions help getting seats in the Seimas. Unfortunately the voting results do not always […]
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ELECTIONS. Crumbling Social Democrat lead. Analysis
With the Seimas election already this weekend, the latest poll data shows that three parties are currently neck and neck in the electoral race. The Social Democrats (LSDP) have managed to maintain a lead, but it is a tenuous one with both the Peasant Greens (LVŽS) and Conservatives (TS-LKD) in close pursuit. While there are a number of coalition variants being discussed, the final outcomes of this election are currently anyone’s guess. […]
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Peasants, conservatives catching up with SocDems in popularity
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. […]