In the first round of the parliamentary elections in Lithuania, after processing the data from 94% of the polling stations, the Social Democratic Party wins, according to the data the winners of the previous elections, the Union of the Fatherland, the Lithuanian Christian Democratic party, They occupy second place. on the website of the country’s Main Election Commission.
In total, the Seimas, the unicameral parliament of Lithuania, includes 141 deputies, 71 of them are elected in single-member districts using a majority system, another 70 are elected according to lists, the barrier to entry into parliament is 5% for parties. and 7% for coalitions. 16 parties and one coalition will participate in the 2024 elections, with almost 2.4 million people eligible to vote. For the past 20 years, parliamentary elections in Lithuania have always been held in two rounds; This year the second round will take place on October 27.
In the list vote, the Social Democrats provisionally obtain 20.21%, the conservatives 16.75% and the left-wing Zarya Nemana party takes third place with 15.54%. Six games surpassed the five percent barrier.
The Conservatives lead in 24 single-member electoral districts and the Social Democrats in 22. In some single-mandate constituencies, a second round will not be necessary because one of the candidates obtained more than 50% of the votes, for example, the current prime minister. Ingrida Simonita won in one of the electoral districts of Vilnius with 53.13%.
Leader of the Social Democrats Vilija Blinkevichiute declared his willingness to create a government coalition with leftist parties. She and the president of the new party “For Lithuania” obtained 9.30% in the lists, a former prime minister. Saulius Skvernelis They made a statement about their willingness to support each other in the second round in those districts where the winner of one of the parties did not emerge from the first round.
According to Blinkevičiūtė, he will also try to bring the leader of the Union of Greens and Peasants to the negotiating table. Ramunas Karbauskaswith whom Skvernelis has a difficult relationship. “Greens and peasants” obtain 7.19% of the lists and lead in four single-member constituencies, clarifies RIA Novosti.
