2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election information
2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election
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12 October 2008 (first round) 26 October 2008 (second round)
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All 141 seats in the Seimas 71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
48.59% ( 2.51pp)
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
TS–LKD
Andrius Kubilius
19.72
45
+20
TPP
Arūnas Valinskas
15.09
16
New
TT
Rolandas Paksas
12.68
15
+5
LSDP
Gediminas Kirkilas
11.72
25
+5
DP–Youth
Viktor Uspaskich
8.99
10
−29
LRLS
Eligijus Masiulis
5.73
11
New
LiCS
Artūras Zuokas
5.34
8
−10
LLRA
Valdemar Tomaševski
4.79
3
+1
LVLS
Kazimira Prunskienė
3.73
3
−7
NS
Algirdas Monkevičius
3.64
1
−10
Independents
–
–
4
−2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 12 October 2008, with a second round on 26 October in the constituencies where no candidate won a majority in the first round of voting. All 141 seats in the Seimas were up for election; 71 in single-seat constituencies elected by majority vote and the remaining 70 in a nationwide constituency based on proportional representation. Together with the elections, a referendum on extending the operation of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant was held.[1]
The elections were won by a centre-right coalition, led by Andrius Kubilius of the Homeland Union. Kubilius was appointed the Prime Minister of a coalition government together with National Resurrection Party, Liberal and Centre Union, and Liberal Movement. The coalition had 80 seats in the 141-member Tenth Seimas.
The parties that were part of coalition governments in the outgoing parliament suffered in the elections, with Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, Labour Party, New Union (Social Liberals), Liberal and Centre Union and Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union all losing seats in the Seimas, although Social Democrats increased their seat tally compared to the previous elections.
The elections were the first parliamentary elections since 1990 where no changes to the electoral law were implemented prior to the election, with the electoral system used for the 2004 elections being maintained.
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