Counted: Conservatives received 23 seats, peasants – 16 according to the list

Parties in the multi-member constituency are fighting for 70 seats in the Seimas. Another 71 parliamentarians will be elected in single-member elections, where two candidates from the Polish electoral campaign from Lithuania, the Union of Christian Families (LLRA-KŠS), Česlavas Olševskis and Beata Petkevič and Ingrida Šimonytė, nominated by the conservatives, have already entered the Seimas in the first round. In total, the Seimas has 141 MPs.

First of all, the Lithuanian Greens and Peasants party, which had held firm throughout Sunday night, was ousted from its post by the Union of the Fatherland – Lithuanian Christian Democrats shortly after midnight.

While they wait for the latest data from the district, the Conservatives hold steady in first place, at 24.8 percent. votes and obtaining 23 seats in the Seimas.

Priority votes:

1. INGRIDA ŠIMONYTĖ
2. GABRIELIUS LANDSBERGIS
3. RADVILĖ MORKŪNAITĖ-MIKULĖNIENĖ
4. AGNĖ BILOTAITĖ
5. LAURYNAS KASČIŪNAS
6. ARVYDAS ANUŠAUSKAS
7. PAULIUS SAUDARGAS
8. ŽYGIMANTAS PAVILIONIS
9. MYKOLAS MAJAUSKAS
10. MONIKA NAVICKIENĖ
11. JURGIS RAZMA
12. AUDRONIUS AŽUBALIS
13. LAIMA LIUCIJA ANDRIKIENĖ
14. SONG CURVE
15. JURGITA ŠIUGŽDINIENĖ
16. VYTAUTAS JUOZAPAITIS
17. VYTAUTAS KERNAGIS
18. GINTARĖ SKAISTĖ
19. ARŪNAS VALINSKAS
20. MATAS MALDEIKIS
21. KISTUTIS MASIULIS
22. PAULĖ KUZMICKIENĖ
23. MINDAUGAS LINGĖ

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Union of Greens and Peasants of Lithuania (17.5%): 16 seats.

Priority votes:

1. SAULIUS SKVERNELIS
2. RAMŪNAS KARBAUSKIS
3. AURELIJUS VERYGA
4. AGNĖ ŠIRINSKIENĖ
5. TOMYLINES
6. RIMA BAŠKIENĖ
7. AUŠRINĖ NORKIENĖ
8. LINAS KUKURAITIS
9. KĘSTUTIS MAŽEIKA
10. VALIUS OAK
11. GIEDRIUS ENCOUNTERS
12. STONČAITIS OF ALGIRDAS
13. EUGENIJUS JOVAIŠA
14. DAINIUS GAIŽAUSKAS
15. LUKAS SAVICKAS
16. RŪTA MILIŪTĖ

The Labor Party is third: 9.47 percent. – 9 seats.

Priority votes:

1. ANTANAS GUOGA
2. VIGILIJUS JUKNA
3. ALL TYPES OF WOOD
4. ANDRIUS MAZURONIS
5. ENPI KAČINSKAITĖ-URBONIENĖ
6. VALENTINAS BUKAUSKAS
7. VYTAUTAS GAPŠYS
8. VIKTORAS FIODOROVAS
9. VAIDA GIRAITYTĖ

Lithuanian Social Democratic Party: 9.26 percent. and 8 mandates.

Priority votes:

1. GINTAUTAS PALUCKAS
2. RASA BUDBERGYTĖ
3. JULIUS SABATAUSKAS
4. ALGIRDAS SYSAS
5. LINAS JONAUSKAS
6. VILIJA TARGAMADZE
7. ORINTA LEIPUTĖ
8. DOVILĖ ŠAKALIENĖ

Freedom Party with 9.02 percent. – 8 seats.

Priority votes:

1. AUŠRINĖ ARMONAITĖ
2. MORGANA DANIELĖ
3. TOMAS VYTAUTAS RASKEVIČIUS
4. VYTAUTAS MITALAS
5. MONIKA OŠMIANSKIENĖ
6. EVELINA DOBROVOLSKA
7. ARTŪRAS ŽUKAUSKAS
8. KASPARAS ADOMAITIS

The Liberal Movement of the Republic of Lithuania with 6.78 percent. – 6 seats.

Priority votes:

1. VIKTORIJA ČMILYTĖ-NIELSEN
2. EUGENIJUS GENTVILAS
3. VICTOR FRENCH
4. VIRGILIJUS ALEKNA
5. SIMON GENTVILAS
6. KĘSTUTIS GLAVECKAS

Lithuanian Polish Election Campaign: Union of Christian Families raised 4.83 percent. – 0 places.

The Seimas does not include from the constituency of several members:

Election campaign of the Lithuanian Poles: Union of Christian Families, Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party, Center Party: Nationalists, National Union, Freedom and Justice Party, Lithuanian Green Party, Political Party of “Courage”, LITHUANIA – SOLIDAR OF ALL, Christian Union UNION – SANTALKA FOR LITHUANIA, People’s Party of Lithuania.

During the first round, the following became members of the Seimas: Šimonytė, Olševskis, Petkevič

During the first round of parliamentary elections in single-member electoral districts, the seats of the parliamentarians were secured by three politicians: two candidates from the Polish Lithuanian Election Campaign – the Union of Christian Families (LLRA-KŠS) – Česlavas Olševskis and Beata Petkevič, and Ingrida Šimonytė, nominated by the Conservatives.

Member of the Seimas Č. Olševskis collected almost 53 percent in the Medininkai district. leaving Social Democratic candidate Robert Duchnevich in second place with 14 percent. support for.

On Sunday, B. Petkevič, deputy mayor of the Šalčininkai district, was elected a member of the Seimas in the Šalčininkai-Vilnius district.

According to preliminary data from the Central Electoral Commission, it received almost 60 percent. voters’ votes.

Alicija Ščerbaitė, the remaining Labor Party candidate in second place, collected about 18 percent. voters’ votes.

MP I. Šimonytė won the mandate of a member of the Seimas in the Antakalnis constituency of Vilnius in the first number of the list of the elections of the Lithuanian Christian Democratic National Union. Here he won about 61 percent. voter support.

Voter turnout could have been negatively affected by the pandemic, say political scientists

Political scientists say that voter turnout in the Seimas elections less than four years ago may have been caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

“One can, of course, guess what drove it to be a few percentage points lower than four years ago: if the weather, or the reluctance to risk possible pollution, or if some are as good as they are, they don’t want to exercise. your right to vote. ” – Professor Ramūnas Vilpišauskas from the Institute of International Relations and Political Science of Vilnius University told BNS.

According to Jūratė Novagrockienė, professor at the General Jonas Žemaitis Lithuanian Military Academy, voter turnout is “very good” in view of the pandemic situation, which, in his opinion, was affected by people’s fears and various problems related to voting in isolation.

“You have to” lower “a percentage that was simply afraid to go to the polls, because in one way or another there is a certain fear of getting infected,” said the political scientist.

Foreign Lithuanians got involved in politics

When the embassies in the UK and Ireland record a double increase in activity for Lithuanians living here compared to previous elections, political scientists associate it with issues relevant to foreign Lithuanians that are on Lithuania’s political agenda.

“The fact that there is also interest from Lithuania; on the other hand, they are obviously very interested in the issue of dual citizenship, I think the result of a longer period of time is the activity that we see today,” said J Novagrockienė.

According to R. Vilpišauskas, the participation of foreign Lithuanians could have been stimulated by social media and a more active information field, allowing easy access to information and staying relevant.

According to J. Novagrockienė, a considerable electoral turnout in metropolitan districts can be favorable for conservatives and Social Democrats.

Although, according to political scientists, it is difficult to say who came to vote early or which groups in society were more active in cities, they tended to believe that more active voting in urban districts and early voting could lead to higher turnout. Of the youngs.

“In fact, the young people were interested and active enough,” said J. Novagrockienė.

According to data from the Central Electoral Commission, voter turnout in the first round of the Seimas elections reached 47.6 percent. – three percentage points less than four years ago.

On election day 35.42 percent voted. voters, 66.36 percent abroad. Together with foreign votes, that would be 35.96 percent.

Another 11.64 percent. Voters voted early, due to the coronavirus pandemic, early voting instead of the usual two was extended to four days.

In the 2016 Seimas elections, 50.64 percent voted. voters. Of this number, 6.65% had expressed their wishes in advance. voters. 2 million signed up on the final voter rolls. 514 thousand 657 voters.

During the 2012 Seimas elections, turnout reached 52.93 percent and there were 2 million voters on the voter rolls. 588,418 voters. In the early voting, then, 5.51 percent expressed their will. voters.

In the 2008 elections, the overall turnout was 48.59%, of which 3.99% was on early voting and 2 million on voter lists. 696 thousand 90 voters.

Elections in Lithuania through the eyes of foreign media: “a tense struggle is boiling over”

According to international media, Lithuanians who participated in this year’s Seimas elections were most concerned about the government’s reaction to the coronavirus situation and problems of social inequality.

“Lithuanians are encouraged to bring their pens to minimize the risk of contagion in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, which are seen as a vote of confidence in Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis’ handling of the coronavirus crisis,” the news agency reported British Reuters.

According to Reuters, many people in Lithuania are “outraged by income inequality, despite rapid economic growth since 2004, when Lithuania joined the European Union.”

French agency Agence France Presse (AFP) notes that elections in Lithuania are overshadowed by a record jump in coronavirus cases.

“There is a tense battle between the governing center-left coalition, which defends its deal with the pandemic, and the conservatives in the opposition. The electoral contestants promise to reduce the economic and educational gap between the rural and urban population,” says AFP.

The US agency Bloomberg described these parliamentary elections as the most unpredictable in many years.

“Despite the fact that the Lithuanian economy affected by coronavir should outperform all other members of the European Union except one, this year, polls suggest that Prime Minister S. Skvernelis may have to fight for the right to form a new government, “writes Bloomberg.

The agency also says that many Lithuanians are unhappy with the distribution of the benefits of European integration, and the second round of elections will be even more difficult to predict in two weeks.

The American Associated Press is putting a similar emphasis.

“The recent increase in COVID-19 cases, the virus-related rise in unemployment and economic challenges are the main issues criticized by the current coalition government,” the AP wrote.

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