Seimas Election Night at the Peasants’ Headquarters: Open Cards – with Šimonyte and Landsbergis on the way



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Peasant leader Ramūnas Karbauskis said the mood was good, but due to the coronavirus crisis, only a few party members had gathered. On the night of the elections, the peasants of the headquarters did not break and the tables were set, only some sweets and soft drinks were seen.

“We invited single members, people from our communication group. We thought of the least we would be so that there would be less risk,” said R. Karbauskis.

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PHOTO GALLERY. Electoral seat of LVŽS

“The mood is good because we were scared of these elections. They happen during a coronavirus crisis. We did not have such an election. The numbers I see so far, 47 percent. And it will increase. This is a good activity. I hope that the people have chosen the right power and we’ll see what it will be in a few hours.

We would very much like to form a ruling majority in the next 13 Seimas terms. Will we have enough votes? We’ll see it after the second lap, because after the first lap nothing will be clear now, “said R. Karbauskis.

R. Karbauskis had a hard time predicting whether his single-member members would win after the first round, just with Rima Baškienė’s last name: “We had a lot of single-member members; it will be a test for them.”

Ramūnas Karbauskis (photo by K. Polubinska)

He spoke of the coalition: with Šimonyte and Landsbergis I cannot imagine

R. Karbauskis said that after the first round it was too early to form a coalition. When asked if there were parties with which he would not join the coalition after the elections, R. Karbauskis said he could not point to them, but later named the Conservatives.

“I know the words of S. Skvernel that he does not think the coalition should work with the conservatives. With those conservatives led by Šimonytė and Gabrielius Landsbergis, it would probably be difficult to hope to go. But if the Christian Democrats are going to dominate there after ranking, it may be different, “said R. Karbauskis.

The Social Democrats said they would have to apologize after the elections, journalists asked if they planned to do so: “If they support our candidates in the second round of the elections, where we will fight against the conservatives, if there is, they will not. “

According to him, in the second round, where the Social Democrats will fight with the Conservatives or the Liberals, he promises to support the Social Democrats: “We will do the same for everyone and with all the other parties that may be in the center-left coalition. We demanded of them, we asked them to tell us how they would do it. But speaking of the fact that the center-left ura is their mission, they still haven’t said that. As far as we know, his promises are to support the right. “

According to the peasant guide, the center-left coalition could also include the Labor Party, Freedom and Justice, and the Polish Lithuanian Election Campaign, the Union of Christian Families.

R. Karbauskis says that he does not believe that greater electoral participation in cities than in rural areas could affect the results of his party.

“It just came to our notice then. I think the situation has changed a bit since 2016 and now there should be a greater distribution in the cities between the Vilnius and Kaunas parties,” said R. Karbauskis.

“In rural municipalities, it will probably be a little different, liberal parties are less likely to get votes, but we will see what to guess now,” he added.

The peasant leader also said that he does not believe that voter turnout was affected by the rains on Sunday.

“The activity is really high, considering all the circumstances. Of course, dargana could have determined the percentage of people, but 37% or 38% of how many of them will be there is a very good result ”, said the” campesino “leader.

Ramūnas Karbauskis (photo by K. Polubinska)

The peasant magician said that during the coronavirus pandemic, the most important thing for them was to protect people. How this may have affected the elections, he said, was difficult to say, but he admitted that he was more visible than other parties.

Seimas elections are the main events

Regular Seimas elections will be held in Lithuania this Sunday: Lithuanian citizens will elect the 13th Seimas, but after the restoration of independence, these will be the eighth ordinary elections.

The numbering of the Seimas is calculated from the first half of the last century, the Seimas I – IV that operated in 1920-1940, the Seimas Constituents that operated in 1920-1922 are not counted. The Supreme Restorative Council of the Seimas, which restored its independence, functioned in 1990–1992.

Turnout. Voter lists approved by the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) contain 2 million. 449 thousand 683 citizens with the right to vote. Four years ago, there were 2 million on the electoral roll. 504 thousand 267 voters, in the 2012 Seimas elections, 2 million voters had the right to vote. 442 thousand 587 voters.

Counties. In the Seimas elections, 141 parliamentarians are elected for a period of four years: 70, according to lists, and 71, in single-member electoral districts. In these elections, for the first time, a separate constituency for foreign Lithuanians – Lithuanians of the world was formed, taking into account the large number of voters who participated abroad during the last elections.

Candidates A total of 1,754 candidates nominated by the parties and nominated independently participate in the elections, 1,170 or 66.7 percent. men and 584 or 33.3 percent. woman. Compared to the 2016 elections, 339 more people are running for Seimas; Four years ago, the CEC had registered 1,416 candidates.

Portrait. The CEC produced a statistical portrait of the candidate, a fifty-year-old man with higher education named Vytautas, whose assets, values ​​and funds amount to almost 147,000. euros.

A lot. 17 parties were nominated to the Seimas and no coalition was formed. During the 2016 elections, 12 parties and two coalitions raised the lists of candidates in the electoral district, of which six parties entered the Seimas.

The poster. In a multi-member constituency, seats are won by parties that have raised at least 5 percent. the votes of the voters who participated in the elections. For party coalitions, the cartel amounts to 7 percent. of the votes of all voters present.

Second round. The second round of the parliamentary elections will take place on October 25. In it, the two candidates with the most votes in the first round will compete in single-member constituencies. A candidate wins already in the first round if at least 40% of the candidates participated in the election. the voters of that constituency and the candidate obtained more than 50% of the votes or less than 40%. received at least one-fifth of the votes of all voters in that constituency. During the 2016 elections to the Seimas, three politicians were elected during the first round.

Piesaika. The mandate of the members of the Seimas will begin to run from the day that the newly elected Seimas meets for the first session. An elected member of the Seimas acquires his powers after an oath. The first session of the new Seimas usually takes place in mid-November.



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