At stake in this election:

• 141 seats in the Parliament (Seimas)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Valdas ADAMKUS
• Head of Government: Premier Andrius KUBILIUS
• Assembly: Lithuania has a unicameral Parliament (Seimas) with 141 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the Parliament (Seimas), 71 members are elected by direct popular vote to serve 4-year terms and 70 members are elected by proportional representation to serve 4-year terms.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Social Democratic Coalition
  • Leader: Algirdas BRAZAUSKAS
  • Seats won in this election: 49
  • Seats won in last election: 25
• Party: The Liberal Union of Lithuania
  • Leader: Rolandas PAKSAS
  • Seats won in this election: 34
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: New Union - Social Liberal
  • Leader: Arturas PAULAUSKAS
  • Seats won in this election: 29
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservative Party (TS)
  • Leader: Vytautas LANDSBERGIS
  • Seats won in this election: 8
  • Seats won in last election: 70
• Party: The Lithuanian Peasants' Party
  • Leader: Ramunas KARBAUSKIS
  • Seats won in this election: 4
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: The Centre Union of Lithuania (LCS)
  • Leader: Romualdas OZOLAS
  • Seats won in this election: 2
  • Seats won in last election: 13
• Party: Christian Democratic Union
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Other Parties
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this election: 13
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

Last Parliamentary election:

• -Last election to the Seimas: October 20, 1996 and November 10, 1996.
  Seats decided in the last election: 137

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 3,499,536 (2000)
• Registered Voters: 2,646,663 (2000)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 1,861,780 (2000)

·         Is Lithuania a signatory to CEDAW: N/A

·         Has Lithuania ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (18 January 1994)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 15 (following the 2000 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 37 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Lithuania a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Lithuania ratified CRPD: Yes (18 August 2010)

·         Population with a disability: 524,930 (est.)