2016 Lithuanian parliamentary election information
2016 Lithuanian parliamentary election
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9 October 2016 (first round) 23 October 2016 (second round)
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All 141 seats in the Seimas 71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
50.61% ( 2.32pp)
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
TS–LKD
Gabrielius Landsbergis
22.63
31
−2
LVŽS
Ramūnas Karbauskis
22.45
54
+53
LSDP
Algirdas Butkevičius
15.04
17
−21
LRLS
Remigijus Šimašius
9.45
14
+4
LCP–LPP
N. Puteikis & K. Krivickas
6.32
1
New
LLRA–KŠS
Valdemar Tomaševski
5.72
8
0
TT
Rolandas Paksas
5.55
8
−3
DP
Valentinas Mazuronis
4.88
2
−27
LŽP
Linas Balsys
2.03
1
New
LS
Darius Kuolys
1.80
1
New
Independents
–
–
4
+1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Single-member constituencies – first place after the first round
Prime Minister before
Prime Minister after
Algirdas Butkevičius LSDP
Saulius Skvernelis Independent (endorsed by LVŽS)
Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 9 and 23 October 2016 to elect the 141 members of the Seimas.[1] 71 were elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system, and the remaining 70 in a single nationwide constituency using proportional representation. The first round was held on 9 October and the second round on 23 October.
The elections were won by the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union with 22.45% of the popular vote and 54 seats, up from just 4.05% and a single seat in the previous elections in 2012. The success of the party was attributed to voter dissatisfaction with established parties in light of low wages and persistent emigration. Homeland Union, the largest opposition party in the preceding Seimas, finished a distant second with 31 seats, though winning a slightly larger share of the national vote.
The parties of the outgoing government suffered major losses, falling from 78 seats to 28. The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, which had been the largest party prior to the elections, lost over half its seats and finished in third place with 17. Their coalition partner the Labour Party fared even worse, falling from 29 seats to just 2. Order and Justice won 8 seats, down from 11.
^"2016 m. spalio 9 d. Lietuvos Respublikos Seimo rinkimų organizavimo grafikas" [Schedule for the organization of the 9 October 2016 elections to the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania] (in Lithuanian). Central Elections Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
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