How did the ministers of the government of S. Skvernelis triumph in the elections? Two lost, four chosen, three more have hope

Support for S. Skvernelis is waning

Prime Minister S.Svvernelis received fewer votes in the first round of this year’s Seimas elections in both multi-member and single-member constituencies. Four years ago, S. Skvernelis was elected from a single-member constituency in the second round, but already clearly in the first round, raising more than 30 percent. voters’ votes. This time, S.Svvernelis will move from the weakest position to the second round of elections in the single-member electoral district of Pilaitė-Karoliniškė, as it received 14.47 percent in the first round. he lags far behind conservative Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, who received double the votes.

In a multiple constituency, the prime minister also fared worse than four years ago. Although S. Skvernelis held the position of leader of the Lithuanian Peasants and Greens Union, in 2016 he had received 116,550 priority votes, in which 78,941 citizens ranked the prime minister. However, in these elections, S. Skvernelis’s gap with the second number on the LVŽS candidate list, party president Ramūnas Karbauskis, increased, the latter received 12 thousand. Fewer rating votes for S. Skvernel.

A.Veryga received more priority votes

For other peasant ministers, the election was more successful. Here, the Minister of Health received more qualifying votes than in 2016. Four years ago, A.Verygas was ranked in the multi-member electoral district by 33,818 Lithuanian peasants and Green List voters, and this year, 54,875 voters. He maintained his third position in the general list of candidates of LVŽS.

In the single-member district of Panemunė in Kaunas, the result of the first round of A.Veryga this year is similar to that achieved four years ago. 2016 A.Veryga lost to conservative Tadas Langaiitis in the first round, but won in the second round. Now A.Veryga, according to the results in the single-member constituency, also ranks second. The leading conservative is Gintarė Skaistė. It is true that the gap between first and second place in this election is double that of four years ago.

Salto by L. Kukuraitis and K. Mažeika

Minister of Social Security and Labor Linas Kukuraitis 2016 She did not participate in the Seimas elections. Earlier this year, he said that he would not seek the term of a Seimas member, but eventually changed his mind. L. Kukuraitis nominated only in a multi-member constituency and achieved the largest leap among ministers in terms of ranking points. After receiving 17,159 priority votes from position 18 on the LVŽS candidate list, L. Kukuraitis rose to position 8 and will work in the Seimas of the new term.

Minister of the Environment Kęstutis Mažeika in 2016 The Seimas was elected in the single-member constituency of Sūduva. He was the leader of the then Social Democratic Minister of National Defense Juozas Olekas already in the first round of the elections. K.Mažeika also leads this time in the southern one-member Sūduva constituency. This time, his competitor in the second round is the conservative Vaidas Šalaševičius.

In the multi-member constituency, K. Mažeika received 3,827 qualifying votes four years ago, and this year 9,199 “peasant” voters gave priority votes to the Minister of the Environment and raised K. Mažeikas from 17th to 9th on the candidate list , deciding that the politician retains the parliamentary mandate.

J.Narkevičius – goodbye

The Lithuanian Polish election campaign ministers and the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party fared much worse.

It is already clear that the days of the Minister of Transport and Communications Jaroslav Narkevičius in the Seimas will end with the oath of the new legislature. This year he left his permanent single-member constituency in Trakai and ran for the single-member constituency of Kaunas Centro-Žaliakalnis. Such risks have not materialized at all. J.Narkevičius remained third from the end, without garnering even a percentage of voters’ support.

In a multi-member constituency, the Minister of Transport received more qualifying votes among voters for the Polish Election Campaign – Union of Christian Families than four years ago, but the party did not exceed 5 percent. posters supporting the voters, so that J.Narkevičius will no longer have a new term in the Seimas.

Although the Seimas elections were not a success for the party, another LLRA-KŠS Interior Minister, Rita Tamašunienė, still had hopes of remaining a member of parliament. Voters in the single-member Nemenčinė constituency, as four years ago, decided that this candidate was worth fighting for in the second round. It is true that the advantage over the competitor this year is almost 10 percent. therefore, to remain a member of the Seimas, R. Tamšunienė will still have to make efforts.

The Foreign Minister was left without the votes of the emigrants

Even sadder were the elections for the ministers of “social workers”. If the party does not collect 5 percent. Voter support in a multi-member constituency, the three ministers hoped to receive support in a single-member constituency.

However, here it was not successful either. Linas Linkevičius, leader of the LSDDP candidate list and Minister of Foreign Affairs, remained third in the Lithuanian single-member Lithuanian constituency, with 13.02 percent. votes, and the new term in the Seimas will no longer work.

The Minister of Agriculture, Andrius Palionis, who won the trust of voters in the single-member electoral district of Prienai-Birštonas four years ago, hoped to preserve the parliamentary seats and kept it in these elections in the electoral district of Dainava. After the first round, A. Palionis leads the Social Democrat Jūratė Zailskienė.

The hope of the Minister of Economy and Innovation, Rimantas Sinkevičius, to remain in the Seimas of the new legislature also lives on. Voters in the single-member constituency of Jonava have so far supported R. Sinkevičius in three elections with almost no competition, but this time he did not enter the second round of the elections as electoral leader. Collected 17.86 percent. Voter support, R. Sinkevičius lags far behind 33.07 percent. Eugenijus Sabutis, a Social Democrat who secured the support of the voters.

Six members of the Cabinet of the current Government: the ministers of Energy, Finance, National Defense, Culture, Education, Science and Sports and Justice did not appear in the Seimas elections.

The second round of the parliamentary elections will take place on October 25.