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According to the political scientist, it is gratifying that a record number of women have been elected in multi-member electoral districts.
“More women participate in elections, and when there is proportional representation, more women enter,” political scientist M. Jastramskis told tv3.lt.
The political scientist points out that since 2008 the number of women elected through party lists in Lithuania has been increasing. 24 women have already joined the Seimas, 22 of them in multi-member states. That’s a record 31.4 percent.
“But there is still a second round in a member, who defeats representation year after year. I wonder how it will be this time,” considers the political scientist.
Support for women on the social network is also expressed by Dr. Vytautas Kasiulevičius: “I will be more” sick “for my Facebook friends, because women are patient and are not proud to work in the opposition, they will not hit the Seimas if not they get the minister’s chair. “
Expert: “The attitude of the population that women seem to have no place in politics is changing”
Margarita Jankauskaitė, an expert at the Center for the Development of Equal Opportunities, said it was gratifying to see the number of women increasing, but that changes were still needed.
“We are seeing a change in the attitude of the population that women do not seem to have a place in politics, that men are better politicians. But that joy comes with reserve, because we need to see if that trend continues.
We have seen in the past that the process is wavy: one choice chooses more, the other falls a bit. There is no constant growth in the increase in the number of women, ”said M. Jankauskaitė.
The expert noted that there is not always political awareness in politics as to why such women are needed. According to her, some parties are currently questioning how conscious is their perception that it is necessary to maintain a balance in the formation of lists and the subsequent formation of the Government.
“To my knowledge, the Social Democrats are the only party that generally adheres to gender quotas; it is a conscious and consistent policy that the representation of women is proportional to the representation of men,” noted Ms Jankauskaitė.
The issue of women in the Šimonytė campaign – sparkly
According to the expert, the issue of women was very bright in the electoral campaign of the leader of the conservative list Ingrida Šimonytė.
“It was seen in the public sphere that conservatives used the ‘women’s card’ when they went to the polls. The ad is very clearly visible, where Šimonytė featured the top five, where there were only women.
The issue of gender equality is becoming increasingly prominent on the political agenda, the political discourse. This year in Lithuania we really had a phenomenal phenomenon: three lists, when women were in the leadership positions and all these parties won. This is an unprecedented phenomenon in Lithuania.
But, in addition to this, it will be very important what policy will be followed: will it really be oriented towards the coherent implementation of the principles of gender equality? When we talk about gender equality, will we really consider and cover the most diverse groups of women? There is a very high risk that the rhetoric of gender equality will be replicated and then particularly vulnerable groups of women will be left on board.
For the policy of gender equality to be coherent, it is not enough to look only at the issue of identity. It should be understood that women, like men, as well as social groups are affected by other factors: their income, their sexuality in some cases, their sexual orientation, their state of health. None of us function simply as a woman or a man.
We are very specific people with a wide range of other identities that affect our quality of life in the same way. The policy that guarantees gender equality must necessarily take into account other aspects as well ”, said M. Jankauskaitė.
A second round is waiting
The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) announces that after the first round of the Seimas elections, 49 (67.12%) men and 24 women (32.88%) have already won the terms of a member of the Seimas.
After the first round of elections, 70 candidates have already been chosen in the multi-member constituency and 3 candidates in the single-member constituency. Of these, 46 candidates are members of the Seimas of the current legislature, who may continue their work in 2020-2024 by decision of the voters. End of office.
1,167,796 or 47.52 percent participated in the Seimas elections. eligible voters. Of this number, 666,541 are women and 493,608 are men.
According to the CEC, the first round of the Seimas elections in the multi-member constituency was won by the opposition Lithuanian Christian Democratic National Union with 24.8 percent. Lithuania’s ruling Peasants and Greens Union remained in second place with 17.5 percent. votes.
The Labor Party received 9.47 percent. Lithuanian Social Democratic Party: 9.26 percent, Freedom Party: 9.02 percent. votes, the Liberal Movement – 6.79 percent. votes.
More matches 5 percent. The current Polish electoral campaign in Lithuania, the Union of Christian Families (LLRA-KŠS) and the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party, were left overboard.
In a multi-member constituency, the parties share 70 seats out of 141. Another 71 parliamentarians are elected from single-member constituencies.
Three members of the Seimas were elected in the first round: the leader of the conservative list Ingrida Šimonytė and two representatives of the LLRA-KŠS Česlavas Olševskis and Beata Petkevič. In the multi-member constituency, 17 parties raised candidate lists.
The second electoral round will take place on October 25. In it the candidates who occupy the first two places in single-member districts will compete.
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