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Lithuania
Parliamentary
Second Round: October 26, 2008
First Round: October 12, 2008

Results for Second Round for Parliament *

Registered Voters:	2,581,305	(October 2008)
Votes Cast:	835,636	[32.37% of registered voters]
Valid Votes:	800,043	[95.74% of votes cast]
Invalid Votes:	35,593	[4.26% of votes cast]

* Voter turnout figures above and vote totals and percentages below reflect those votes cast in the 68 constituencies in which no one candidate won an absolute majority in the first round. The seat totals reflect the totals for all seats, both proportionally-allocated and single-member constituency seats won by each party in both rounds.

Party	Valid Votes	% [of Valid Votes]	Seats
Homeland Union / Conservative Party/ T�—vyn�—s s�…junga (TS)	N/A	N/A	45
Social Democratic Party/ Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija (LDSP)	N/A	N/A	25
Labor Party/ Darbo partija (DP)	N/A	N/A	10
Rising Nation Party/ Tautos prisik�—limo partija (TPP)	N/A	N/A	16
Liberal Democratic / Order and Justice Party/ Tvarka ir teisingumas (TT)	N/A	N/A	15
Liberal Movement/ Lietuvos Respublikos Liberalų s�…jūdis (LRLS)	N/A	N/A	11
Civil Democracy Party/ Pilietin�—s demokratijos partija (PDP)	N/A	0.00%	0
Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union/ Lietuvos valstie�ių liaudininkų s�…junga (LVLS)	N/A	N/A	3
New Union / Social Liberal/ Naujoji s�…junga /socialliberalai (NS)	N/A	N/A	1
Liberal and Center Union/ Liberalų ir centro s�…junga (LiCS)	N/A	N/A	8
Electoral Action of Lithuanian Poles/ Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija (LLRA)	N/A	N/A	3

Results for First Round for Parliament *

Registered Voters:	2,696,090	(October 2008)
Votes Cast:	1,309,965	[48.59% of registered voters]
Valid Votes:	1,236,716	[94.41% of votes cast]
Invalid Votes:	73,249	[5.59% of votes cast]

* Voter turnout and vote totals and percentages below reflect those cast in the race for the 70 proportionally distributed seats.

Party	Valid Votes	% [of Valid Votes]	Seats
Homeland Union / Conservative Party/ T�—vyn�—s s�…junga (TS)	243,823	19.72%	18
Social Democratic Party/ Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija (LSDP)	144,890	11.72%	10
Labor Party/ Darbo Partija (DP)	111,149	8.99%	8
Rising Nation Party/ Tautos prisik�—limo partija (TPP)	186,629	15.09%	13
Liberal Democratic / Order and Justice Party/ Tvarka ir teisingumas (TT)	156,777	12.68%	11
Liberal Movement	70,862	5.73%	5
Civil Democracy Party	13,775	1.11%	0
Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union/ Lietuvos valstie�ių liaudininkų s�…junga (LVLS)	46,162	3.73%	0
New Union / Social Liberal/ Naujoji s�…junga / socialliberalai (NS)	45,061	3.64%	0
Liberal and Center Union/ Liberalų ir centro s�…junga (LiCS)	66,078	5.34%	5
Electoral Action of Lithuanian Poles/ Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija (LLRA)	59,237	4.79%	0
Homeland Union / Conservative Party/ T�—vyn�—s s�…junga (TS)	N/A	0.00%	0