IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Lithuania

Republic of Lithuania

2,864,459	23
Population (as of Feb. 8, 2019)	Elections in our database
2,491,041	49.44%
Registered Voters (as of May 28, 2019)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Lithuanian Parliament	Seimas	Assembly
Lithuanian Presidency	None	Head of State

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President Dalia GRYBAUSKAITE
Head of Government: Prime Minister Saulius SKVERNELIS
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.[1]

[1] In the nominal tier, if at least 40 percent of registered voters vote in the election, candidates must have an absolute majority of votes to win. If fewer than 40 percent of those registered vote, a candidate needs only at least 20 percent of votes to win. If there are multiple candidates and none reach the required threshold, there is a runoff round between the two candidates with the most votes. In the proportional tier, an election is valid if at least 25 percent of registered voters turn out.

Elections

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Lithuanian Parliament	2000-10-08	1,539,743	2,646,321	58.18
Lithuanian Presidency	2002-12-22	1,454,071	2,705,680	53.74
Lithuanian Presidency	2003-01-05	1,436,322	2,272,805	63.2
Referendum	2003-05-10	1,665,565	2,631,252	63.3
Lithuanian Presidency	2004-06-13	1,285,067	2,655,309	48.4
Lithuanian Presidency	2004-06-27	1,395,103	2,655,309	52.54
Lithuanian Parliament	2004-10-10	1,228,653	2,666,196	46.08
Lithuanian Parliament	2004-10-24	999,980	2,486,750	40.21
Lithuanian Parliament	2008-10-12	1,309,965	2,696,090	48.59
Lithuanian Presidency	2009-05-17	1,393,278	2,691,603	51.76
Lithuanian Parliament	2012-10-14	1,368,301	2,588,556	52.86
Referendum	2012-10-14	1,322,530	2,588,557	51.09
Lithuanian Presidency	2014-05-11	1,331,982	2,554,532	52.14
Lithuanian Presidency	2014-05-25	1,210,741	2,559,330	47.31
Referendum	2014-06-29	268,920	2,538,430	10.59
Lithuanian Parliament	2016-10-09	1,271,137	2,514,099	50.56
Lithuanian Parliament	2016-10-23	913,752	2,405,143	37.99
Lithuanian Presidency	2019-05-12	1,415,649	2,486,917	56.92
Lithuanian Presidency	2019-05-26	1,342,094	2,491,041	53.88
Lithuanian Parliament	2020-10-11	-	-	-
Lithuanian Presidency	2024-05-12	-	-	-
Referendum	2024-05-12	-	-	-
Lithuanian Parliament	2024-10-13	-	-	-

Voter Turnout

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