Lithuania
Date: 24 February 1990 (first
round), 4,7, 8 and 10 March 1990 (second round)
Number of registered voters: 2,581,359
Party/Grouping |
Votes |
% Votes |
Seats |
Of which Endorsed by "Sajudis" |
% Seats Endorsed by "Sajudis" |
% Seats |
| No party affiliation | N/A |
N/A |
64 |
58 |
63.74 |
47.41 |
| LKP - Lithuanian Communist Party [reformed Communists] (Lietuvos komunistu partija) | N/A |
N/A |
46 |
17 |
18.68 |
34.07 |
| LSDP - Lithuanian Social-Democratic Party (Lietuvos socialdemokratu partija) | N/A |
N/A |
9 |
9 |
9.89 |
6.67 |
| LKP-TSKP - Lithuanian Communist Party on the CPSU Platform (Lietuvos komunistu partija TSKP platformoje) | N/A |
N/A |
7 |
0 |
0.00 |
5.19 |
| LZP - Lithuanian Green Party (Lietuvos zalioji partija) | N/A |
N/A |
4 |
4 |
4.40 |
2.96 |
| LDP - Lithuanian Democratic Party (Lietuvos demokratu partija) | N/A |
N/A |
3 |
1 |
1.10 |
2.22 |
| LKDP - Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party (Lietuvos krikscioniu demokratu partija) | N/A |
N/A |
2 |
2 |
2.20 |
1.48 |
| LK - Lithuanian Comsomol [reformist] (Lietuvos Komjaunimas) | N/A |
N/A |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
0 |
| TOTAL | N/A |
N/A |
135* |
91 (73.33%) |
- |
100.0 |
*Although the statutory assembly size was 141, the elections did not produce any result in six constituencies, where repeated elections were to take place.
Date: 25 October 1992 (run-off: 15
November 1992)
Number of registered voters: 2,549,952
Party/Grouping |
List Votes | %
List Votes**
|
List Seats | % List Seats | Single Member Seats | % Single Member Seats | Total Seats |
| LDDP - Lithuanian Democratic Labour Party (Lietuvos demokratine darbo partija) | 817,332 |
43.98 (42.61) |
36 |
51.43 |
37 |
52.11 |
73 |
| "Sajudis" coalition (Sajudzio koalicija)¹ | 393,502 |
21.17 (20.52) |
17 |
24.29 |
13 |
18.31 |
30 |
| Joint List of LKDP, LPKTS and LDP (LKDP, LPKTS ir LDP jungtinis sarasas) | 234,368 |
12.61 (12.22) |
10 |
14.29 |
8 |
0 |
18 |
| LSDP - Lithuanian Social-Democratic Party (Lietuvos socialdemokratu partija)² | 112,410 |
6.05 (5.86) |
5 |
7.14 |
3 |
4.23 |
8 |
| Union of LKDS and LTJS "Young Lithuania" For United Lithuania (LKDS ir LTJS "Jaunoji Lietuva" susivienijimas uz vieninga Lietuva)³ | 66,027 |
3.55 (3.27) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| LCJ - Lithuanian Centre Movement (Lietuvos centro judejimas) | 46,910 |
2.52 (2.44) |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2.82 |
2 |
| Union of Lithuanian Poles (Lietuvos lenku sajunga) | 39,773 |
2.14 (2.07) |
2 |
2.86 |
2 |
2.82 |
4 |
| List of LTS and NP (LTS ir NP sarasas)³* | 36,916 |
1.99 (1.87) |
0 |
0 |
4 |
5.63 |
4 |
| LLS - Lithuanian Liberal Union (Lietuvos liberalu sajunga) | 28,091 |
1.51 (1.50) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| LLL - Lithuanian Liberty League (Lietuvos laisves lyga) | 22,034 |
1.19 (1.15) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| TPJ - National Progress Movement (Tautos pazangos judejimas) | 19,835 |
1.07 (0.90) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| NJ – Moderates’ Movement (Nuosaikiuju judejimas) | 13,002 |
0.70 (0.70) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Socio-Political Movement for Social Justice (Visuomeninis politinis judejimas uz socialini teisinguma) | 9,734 |
0.52 (0.51) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Socio-political movement "Lithuanian Liberty Union" (Visuomeninis politinis judejimas Lietuvos laisves sajunga) | 7,760 |
0.42 (0.40) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Lithuanian movement "Chernobyl" (Lietuvos judejimas Cernobylis) | 4,827 |
0.26 (0.25) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Lithuanian Commonwealth (Lietuvos sandrauga) | 4,161 |
0.22 (0.22) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Union of Lithuania’s Patriots (Lietuvos patriotu sajunga) | 1,904 |
0.10 (0.09) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Lithuanian Consultative Assembly³** | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Temperance Movement of Bishop M. Valancius³** | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent candidates | N/A |
N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 |
1.41 |
1 |
| TOTAL | 1,858,586 |
100.0 |
70 |
100.0 |
71 |
100.0 |
141 |
| ** This is the percentage of
the total number of valid votes. The percentages of all the votes cast (which
correspond to the official election results) are given in brackets. ¹ The 'Sajudis' coallition was composed of the Lithuanian Movement Sajudis (11 single-member seats and 7 list seats) Charter of Lithuanian Citizens (2 single-member seats), Union of Lithuanian Political Prisoners (2 list seats) and the Lithuanian Green Party (0 seats). ² LKDP won 6 seats (8.45%) in single-member constituencies, LPKTS 2 (=2.82%) and LDP 0. ³ LKDS - Lithuanian Christian Democratic Union - Lietuvos krikscioniu demokratu sajunga won 1 seat (1.41%) in single-memeber constituencies and LTJS- Lithuanian National Youth Union "Young Lithuania" - Lietuvos tautinio jaunimo sajunga "Jaunoji Lietuva" no seats ³* LTS - Lithuanian Nationalist ("Tautininkai") Union - Lietuvos tautininku sajunga won 3 (4.23%) seats in single member constituencies and NP- Independence Party (Nepriklausomybes partija) won 1 seat (1.41%) in single-member constituencies. ³** Contested only in single-member constituencies. |
Second Round
Party/Grouping |
Second round votes |
Number of constituencies contested in second round |
| Lithuanian Democratic Labour Party | 587,055 |
52 |
| Lithuanian Movement “Sajudis” | 258,204 |
24 |
| Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party | 120,112 |
10 |
| Charter of Lithuanian Citizens | 73,017 |
7 |
| Lithuanian Nationalist (Tautininkai) Union | 67,821 |
6 |
| Lithuanian Social-Democratic Party | 51,487 |
5 |
| Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees | 37,454 |
3 |
| Lithuanian Centre Movement | 20,245 |
2 |
| Independence Party | 19,355 |
2 |
| National Progress Movement | 16,582 |
2 |
| Lithuanian Christian Democratic Union | 11,591 |
1 |
| Lithuanian Democratic Party | 9926 |
1 |
| Moderates’ Movement | 9816 |
1 |
| Lithuanian Green Party | 9329 |
1 |
| Union of Lithuanian Poles | 7304 |
1 |
| Lithuanian Commonwealth | 5770 |
1 |
| Independents | 30,432 |
3 |
| TOTAL | 1,335,500 |
- |
Date: 20 October; 10 November
Number of registered voters: 2,597,530
Party/Grouping |
List Votes | %
List Votes**
|
List Seats | % List Seats | Single Member Seats | % Single Member Seats | Total Seats |
| TS(LK) - Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives (Tevynes sajunga - Lietuvos konservatoriai) | 409,585 |
31.34 (29.80) |
33 |
47.14 |
37 |
55.22 |
70 |
| LKDP - Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party (Lietuvos krikscioniu demokratu partija) | 136,259 |
10.43 (9.91) |
11 |
15.71 |
5 |
7.46 |
16 |
| LCS - Lithuanian Centre Union (Lietuvos centro sajunga) | 113,333 |
8.67 (8.24) |
9 |
12.86 |
4 |
5.97 |
13 |
| LDDP - Lithuanian Democratic Labour Party (Lietuvos demokratine darbo partija) | 130,837 |
10.01 (9.52) |
10 |
14.29 |
2 |
2.99 |
12 |
| LSDP - Lithuanian Social-Democratic Party (Lietuvos socialdemokratu partija) | 90,756 |
6.94 (6.60) |
7 |
10.0 |
5 |
7.46 |
12 |
| LNPJL - Lithuanian National Party "Young Lithuania" (Lietuviu nacionaline partija Jaunoji Lietuva) | 52,423 |
4.01 (3.81) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.49 |
1 |
| LMP - Lithuanian Women’s Party (Lietuvos moteru partija) | 50,494 |
3.86 (3.67) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.49 |
1 |
| LKDS - Lithuanian Christian Democratic Union (Lietuvos krikscioniu demokratu sajunga) | 42,346 |
3.24 (3.08) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.49 |
1 |
| LLRA - Electoral Action of the Lithuanian Poles (Lietuvos lenku rinkimu akcija) | 40,941 |
3.13 (2.98) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.49 |
1 |
| LTMA - Alliance of the Lithuanian National Minorities ( Lietuvos tautiniu mazumu aljansas) | 33,389 |
2.55 (2.43) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Coalition of LTS and LDP (LTS ir LDP koalicija)¹* | 28,744 |
2.20 (2.09) |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4.48 |
3 |
| LLS - Lithuanian Liberal Union (Lietuvos liberalu sajunga) | 25,279 |
1.93 (1.84) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.49 |
1 |
| LVP - Lithuanian Peasants’ Party (Lietuvos valstieciu partija) | 22,826 |
1.75 (1.66) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.49 |
1 |
| LRS - Union of Russians in Lithuania (Lietuvos rusu sajunga) | 22,395 |
1.71 (1.63) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| LPKTS - Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees (Lietuvos politiniu kaliniu ir tremtiniu sajunga) | 20,580 |
1.57 (1.50) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.49 |
1 |
| Lithuanian Liberty Union (Lietuvos laisves sajunga) | 20,511 |
1.57 (1.49) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| LUP- Lithuanian Party of Economy (Lietuvos ukio partija) | 16,475 |
1.26 (1.20) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| LLL - Lithuanian Liberty League (Lietuvos laisves lyga) | 12,562 |
0.96 (0.91) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| LSTS - Lithuanian Social Justice Union (Lietuvos socialinio teisingumo sajunga) | 12,234 |
0.94 (0.89) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| LSP - Lithuanian Socialist Party (Lietuvos socialistu partija) | 9,985 |
0.76 (0.73) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| RP - Republican Party (Respublikonu partija) | 5,063 |
0.39 (0.37) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| TPP - National Progress Party (Tautos pazangos partija) | 3,922 |
0.30 (0.29) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| LGLP - Lithuanian Party Life’s Logic (Lietuvos gyvenimo logikos partija) | 3,361 |
0.26 (0.24) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| LLP - Lithuanian People’s Party (Lietuvos liaudies partija) | 2,622 |
0.20 (0.20) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Independent candidates | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
5.97 |
4 |
| Lithuanian Reform Party (Lietuvos Reformu Partija) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Non-Partisan Movement "Elections 96" (Nepartiniu Judeimas "Rinkimai-96") | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independence Party (Nepriklauso Mybes Partija) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 |
| TOTAL | 1,306,922 |
100.0 |
70 |
100.0 |
67 |
100.0 |
137*** |
| **This is the
percentage of the total number of valid votes. The percentages of votes cast
(which correspond to the official election results) are given in brackets.
|
Second Round
Party/Grouping |
Second round votes |
Number of constituencies contested in second round |
| Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives) | 407,645 | 55 |
| Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party | 138,309 | 22 |
| Lithuanian Democratic Labour Party | 105,103 | 14 |
| Lithuanian Centre Union | 52,878 | 7 |
| Lithuanian Social-Democratic Party | 52,058 | 6 |
| Lithuanian Nationalist (Tautininkai) Union | 32,628 | 4 |
| Alliance of Lithuanian National Minorities | 18,378 | 3 |
| Lithuanian Democratic Party | 16,154 | 2 |
| Lithuanian Liberal Union | 15,989 | 2 |
| Union of Lithuanian Poles | 15,216 | 2 |
| Lithuanian National Party “Young Lithuania” | 13,845 | 2 |
| Lithuanian Peasants’ Party | 10,377 | 1 |
| Lithuanian Womens’ Party | 8960 | 1 |
| Christian Democratic Union | 8702 | 1 |
| Union of Lithuanian Political Prisoners and Deportees | 8685 | 1 |
| Socio-Political Movement “Lithuanian Liberty Union” | 6823 | 1 |
| Lithuanian Party of Economy | 6665 | 1 |
| Independents | 42,969 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 961,384 | - |
Date: 8 October
Number of registered voters: 2,626,321
| Party/Grouping | List Votes | % List Votes | List Seats | % List Seats | Single Member Seats | % Single Member Seats¹ | Total Seats | Total % Seats¹* |
| Social-Democratic Coalition of Algirdas Brazauskas* | 457,294 |
31.08 |
28 |
40.0 |
23 |
32.39 |
51 |
36.17 |
| New Union (Social Liberals) | 288895 |
19.64 |
18 |
25.71 |
11 |
15.49 |
29 |
20.57 |
| Lithuanian Liberal Union | 253,823 |
17.25 |
16 |
22.86 |
18 |
25.35 |
34 |
24.11 |
| Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives) | 126,850 |
8.62 |
8 |
11.43 |
1 |
1.41 |
9 |
6.38 |
| Christian Democratic Union | 61,583 |
4.19 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.41 |
1 |
0.71 |
| Lithuanian Peasants’ Party | 60,040 |
4.08 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
5.63 |
4 |
2.84 |
| Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party | 45,227 |
3.07 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2.82 |
2 |
1.42 |
| Lithuanian Centre Union | 42,030 |
2.86 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2.82 |
2 |
1.42 |
| Union of Moderate Conservatives | 29,615 |
2.01 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.41 |
1 |
0.71 |
| Electoral Action of Lithuanian Poles | 28,641 |
1.95 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2.82 |
2 |
1.42 |
| Lithuanian People’s Union "For Just Lithuania" | 21,583 |
1.47 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Lithuanian Liberty Union | 18,622 |
1.27 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.41 |
1 |
0.71 |
| Union of "Young Lithuania", New Nationalists (Tautininkai) and Political Prisoners | 16,941 |
1.15 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1.41 |
1 |
0.71 |
| Lithuanian Nationalist (Tautininkai) Union | 12,884 |
0.88 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Lithuanian Party "Social Democracy – 2000" | 7219 |
0.49 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Union of Modern Christian Democrats | N/a |
N/a |
(2)² |
(2.86) |
1 |
1.41 |
1 (3) |
0.71 (2.13) |
| Independent candidates | N/a |
N/a |
N/a |
N/a |
3 |
4.23 |
3 |
2.13 |
| TOTAL | 1,471,247 |
~100 |
70 |
~100 |
71 |
~100 |
141 |
~100 |
Notes: * The Social-Democratic Coalition of Algirdas Brazauskas is composed of the Lithuanian Democratic Labour Party, the Lithuanian Social-Democratic Party, the Union of Lithuanian Russians and the Party of New Democracy (former Lithuanian Women’s Party). ¹ Out of 67 filled single-member seats. ¹* Out of 137 filled seats. ² Two representatives of the Union of Modern Christian Democrats were elected from the lists of the New Union (Social Liberals) and the Lithuanian Liberal Union. These 2 seats have already been included in the figure for the respective lists. |
| SOURCES: - 1996 Elections to the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. The official website of the Lithuanian Supreme Electoral Commission: http://www.lrs.lt/rinkimai/seim96/index.html. - Lietuvos aidas, 6 November 1992, p. 5. - Lietuvos aidas, 24 November 1992, p. 4. - Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas 1996-2000. 1998. Vilnius: Press Service of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. - Oficialus Seimo rinkimu rezultatai. Tiesa, 4 November 1992, pp. 4-5. - Results of the Elections to the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania on 24 February 1990. Tiesa, 1 March 1990, pp. 1-4. - Results of the Elections to the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania on 7, 8 and 10 March 1990. Tiesa, No. 60 (14279), 13 March 1990. |
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