In Lithuania, on Sunday, October 13, the first round of elections for the new parliament took place. Based on the results of processing of ballots at all polling stations, the opposition Social Democratic Party won the first round with a result of 19.3 percent of the vote, the election commission in Vilnius reported.
The conservative Fatherland Union of the country’s current Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte came in second place with 17.9 percent of the vote. In third place (14.9%) is the populist Zarya Nemunas party of Remigijus Zemaitaitis, which is known for its overt anti-Semitic rhetoric. For the first time in the history of elections in Lithuania, such a party can become one of the main forces in parliament.
The fourth place was taken by the Union of Democrats “For the Name of Lithuania” with 9.2%, and the “Union of Peasants and Greens of Lithuania” (SKZL) in fifth place with 7.7 percent of the votes. The Liberal Movement also surpassed the required 5 percent barrier, gaining the support of 7 percent of voters.
In the elections to the Seimas of Lithuania, 52.06 percent of voters took part in voting – this indicator of participation is approximately 5 percent higher than in the previous elections.
Will there be a change of government?
As the dpa agency notes, the results generally confirmed pre-election polls, which indicated a possible change of government in Lithuania.
Sunday’s vote was the first of two rounds: the first will see voters determine 70 parliamentary seats based on proportional representation. In two weeks they will vote for 71 direct mandates in the parliament of the Lithuanian Seimas. 14 parties and one coalition are fighting for parliamentary seats in the 2024 elections.
Due to its location on NATO’s eastern flank, Lithuania is especially vulnerable in the geopolitical confrontation with Russia and views Russia’s aggressive war against Ukraine as a direct threat to its own security, dpa writes. It is for this purpose that Germany previously decided to station a combat-ready Bundeswehr brigade of about 5,000 soldiers in Lithuania on a permanent basis.
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