List of political parties in Lithuania
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. This article lists political parties in Lithuania. Lithuania has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. As of 2008[update], there are 37 political parties registered with the Ministry of Justice.[1]
Contents
Major parties
Current parties in the parliament
There are currently eight parties represented in the Seimas.
The current government is a centre-left one, formed between the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, the Labour Party, Order and Justice and the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania under the leadership of the Social Democrats Algirdas Butkevičius. Together, they have 85 seats: giving them a majority in the 141-seat Seimas.
Name | Leader | Ideology | Seimas | MEPs | ||
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Social Democratic Party of Lithuania Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija |
LSDP | Algirdas Butkevičius | Social democracy | 37 | 2 | |
Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats Tėvynės sąjunga - Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai |
TS-LKD | Gabrielius Landsbergis | Conservatism, Christian democracy |
33 | 2 | |
Labour Party Darbo partija |
DP | Loreta Graužinienė | Centrism, Populism |
29 | 1 | |
Liberal Movement Liberalų sąjūdis |
LS | Eligijus Masiulis | Liberalism | 11 | 2 | |
Order and Justice Tvarka ir teisingumas |
TT | Rolandas Paksas | National conservatism, Populism |
11 | 2 | |
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija Akcja Wyborcza Polaków na Litwie |
LLRA | Valdemar Tomaševski | Polish minority, Conservatism |
8 | 1 | |
The Way of Courage Drąsos kelias |
DK | Jonas Varkala | Anti-corruption, Populism |
7 | 0 | |
Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjunga |
LVŽS | Ramūnas Karbauskis | Agrarianism | 1 | 1 | |
Lithuanian Green Party Lietuvos Žaliųjų Partija |
LŽP | Linas Balsys | Green politics | 1 | 0 |
Minor parties
- Civic Democratic Party (Pilietinės demokratijos partija)
- Lithuanian Centre Party (Lietuvos centro partija)
- Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) (Lietuvos Laisvės Sąjunga (Liberalai))
- Lithuanian Nationalist Union (Lietuvių tautininkų sąjunga)
- Lithuanian Union of Russians (Lietuvos rusų sąjunga)
- Russian Alliance (Rusų aljansas)
- Socialist People's Front (Socialistinis liaudies frontas)
Former parties
- Centre Union of Lithuania (Lietuvos centro sąjunga)
- Liberal and Centre Union (Lietuvos liberalų ir centro sąjunga)
- Christian Conservative Social Union (Krikščionių konservatorių socialinė sąjunga)
- Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (Lietuvos demokratine darbo partija)
- Front (Frontas)
- Christian Democratic Union (Krikščionių demokratų sąjunga)
- Liberal Union of Lithuania (Lietuvos liberalų sąjunga)
- Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai)
- Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees (Lietuvos politinių kalinių ir tremtinių sąjunga)
- Lithuanian Peasants Party (Lietuvos valstiečių partija)
- Modern Christian-Democratic Union (Moderniųjų krikščionių demokratų sąjunga)
- National Resurrection Party ( Tautos prisikėlimo partija)
- New Democracy Party (Naujosios demokratijos partija)
- New Union (Social Liberals) (Naujoji Sąjunga (Socialliberalai)
- Socialist Party of Lithuania ( Lietuvos socialistų partija )
Historical parties
- Lithuanian Democratic Party
- Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party
- Lithuanian Peasants' Union
- Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party
- Democratic National Freedom League
- Farmers Party
See also
References
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