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May 2014

Lithuania
Republic of Lithuania
Region: Europe

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President Dalia GRYBAUSKAITE
Head of Government: Prime Minister Algirdas BUTKEVICIUS
Assembly: Lithuania has a unicameral Parliament (Seimas) with 141 seats.

Description of electoral system:

The President is elected by plurality vote to serve a 5-year term.
The Prime Minister is appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament.
In the Parliament (Seimas), 71 members are elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 70 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***

*** In the nominal tier, if 40 percent of registered voters turn out, the winner must have an absolute majority. If fewer than 40 percent turn out, the winner must have at least 20 percent of votes. If neither condition is satisfied and there have been at least two candidates, there is a runoff round. In the proportional tier, an election is valid of at least 25 percent of registered voters turn out.