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The first round of the Seimas elections took place in Lithuania. The Homeland Union, the Lithuanian Christian Democrats, received the largest number of votes, nearly a quarter, in multi-member constituencies. The Union of Greens and Peasants of Lithuania (LVŽS) came in second place. Political scientist Lauras Bielinis said Monday morning that he hoped the Conservatives would be able to mobilize an enormous amount of force in their hands after the second round. But it won’t be easy to do.
“Conservatives have the opportunity to mobilize a huge force”
Lauras Bielinis, a professor at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) and political scientist, said on the Delfi rytas program that he was very surprised by the result of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP).
“For me, the surprise was the position of the Social Democratic Party. Throughout the election campaign, I had the feeling that this party had not done its homework. As a result, I thought she might fail, but I didn’t think on that level. The LSDP demonstrated its passivity, inability to orient itself, and lack of deduction from tactical action. The great defeat is that the Social Democrats have taken a back seat, ”the political scientist told the results of the Seimas elections on Monday morning.
L. Bielinis said on the “Delfi rytas” program that the Conservatives probably did not expect such a good result.
“They probably didn’t expect it, but we have to understand that conservatives are very systematic, their work has paid off. They are rewarded for not being lazy and working constantly. The energy was evident. The Freedom Party was also seen, showed great activity, launched an explosion of energy into society. And in the second round, the Freedom Party can still increase its faction and perhaps even be one of the main forces, “predicted the political scientist.
L. Bielinis mentioned relaxation as the main reason for the defeat of the current rulers, the Union of Greens and Peasants of Lithuania (LVŽS).
“The big mistake was that the peasants relaxed in the middle of summer, went on vacation and thus gave the initiative to the right-wing parties,” he said.
University political scientist Vytautas Magnus said that the Labor Party result was taken from the LVŽS and the Social Democrats.
Waiting for the second round, but did not want to predict the results. L. Bielinis described exactly what the Conservatives must do to win the second round of the elections.
“It just came to our attention then. It is possible that the voter votes for what is most disadvantaged, perhaps for the peasants. Let’s not forget that in many single-member conservatives they compete with the liberals. In this case, in the sense of a coalition, neither it doesn’t even matter who wins. The conservatives have the opportunity to mobilize a tremendous force. Now the most important thing for them is not so much to win against the liberals, but to join forces in the fight against the peasants, “said L. Bielinis in the program” Delfi rytas “.
Speaking of a possible rainbow coalition, L. Bielinis recalled that he would break the LSDP from within.
“The Labor Party can move closer to the right, if necessary, it can go with anyone,” he said.
The political scientist said he hoped conservatives would like LSDP more as coalition partners.
“I think the Social Democrats sympathize with them more. But everything will depend on what happens after the second round,” said Vytautas University political scientist Magnus.
Chose to come to early voting
Laura Matjošaitytė, president of the Central Election Commission (CEC), said on Monday morning that no cyber attacks had been recorded. And election night was not surprising either.
Throughout the past week, social networks and large cities could see queues at polling stations. The turnout showed that some voters chose to vote early.
“In the days of early voting, more than 11 percent of voters turned out to vote, raising hopes that they could replicate the scenarios, as was the case in Poland in June. The first half of yesterday’s day also It raised such expectations, but in the second half of the day the situation changed, stabilized, and then the activity decreased and was lower than in 2016.
Laura Matjošaitytė
It can be said that the voters chose to go to the polling stations in advance to avoid confusion among the voters. And on Election Day, he chose to vote in the first half of the day, ”said L. Matjošaitytė, president of the CEC, at the Delfi rytas fair.
Harry Potter did not jump
The head of the CEC said that voters in these Seimas elections were upset by the custom of voting in any constituency or constituency.
“We have received countless calls and letters. It should be noted that in the Seimas elections we have a certain administrative unit where the voter votes. In the presidential elections and the European Parliament (EP), it is possible to do the opposite, because it is very easy to count the numbers. ballots there, ”said L. Matjošaitytė.
She said the campaign, which called for a vote for Harry Potter, did not work.
“The question is, how did Harry Potter work, but it didn’t work very well. There are about 3 percent of the bulletins damaged, which is a jump compared to 201, we don’t see it,” he said.
L. Matjošaitytė stated that so far he cannot say exactly how many people in self-isolation cast their vote.
“More than 1,700 applications were sent and we take them to all those who have the right to vote at home. It’s quite difficult to point out how many of them have voted so far, ”said the head of the CEC.
He apologized to those who, for many reasons, may not have cast their vote.
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