2024 European Parliament election in Lithuania

2024 European Parliament election in Lithuania
Lithuania
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All 11 Lithuanian seats in the European Parliament
Turnout28.94%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
TS–LKD Andrius Kubilius 21.33 3 0
LSDP Vilija Blinkevičiūtė 17.98 2 0
LVŽS Aurelijus Veryga 9.13 1 −1
LP Dainius Žalimas 8.10 1 +1
DSVL Virginijus Sinkevičius 5.95 1 +1
LLRA–KŠS Waldemar Tomaszewski 5.78 1 0
TTS Petras Gražulis 5.45 1 +1
LS Eugenijus Gentvilas 5.42 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
European Parliament election results in Lithuania by election wards
Legend:
      - TS-LKD
      - LSDP
      - LVŽS
      - LP
      - DSVL
      - LLRA–KŠS
      - TTS
      - LRLS
      - LRP

The 2024 European Parliament election in Lithuania were held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the first to take place after Brexit.[2]

Background

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Main article: List of members of the European Parliament for Lithuania, 2019–2024

Lithuania will elect 11 Members of the European Parliament.[3]

Two out of the eleven incumbents opted not to seek reelection: Aušra Maldeikienė, of the TS-LKD, and Viktor Uspaskich from Labour, both citing personal reasons for their decision.[4]

The remaining nine incumbents, however, sought another term. Among them Andrius Kubilius, Rasa Juknevičienė, Liudas Mažylis, all from TS-LKD, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė and Juozas Olekas, representing the LSDP, Petras Auštrevičius (LRLS), and Bronis Ropė (LVŽS) expressed their desire to continue serving in parliament.[4]

Waldemar Tomaszewski, from the EAPL–CFA, had initially announced his retirement,[4] but ran for reelection regardless. Stasys Jakeliūnas, an independent politician, previously associated with the LVŽS, was ostracized by the party due to his stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5] Following this, Jakeliūnas switched party allegiances and ran on the LRP's list.

Participating parties and coalitions

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15 electoral lists were registered by the Central Election Commission on 7 May 2024. Two parties, the Lithuanian People's Party and the Lithuanian List, were unable to gather the required 10 thousand signatures, and one, Young Lithuania, withdrew from the race on their own accord.[6] The order of the ballot was determined by lot on 26 April 2024.[7]

Number Party / Electoral list Leader Ideology European affiliation Current seats
Party Electoral list
1 Freedom Party
Laisvės partija		 Aušrinė Armonaitė Dainius Žalimas[8] Liberalism Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 0
2 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija		 Vilija Blinkevičiūtė[8] Social democracy Party of European Socialists 2
3 Labour Party
Darbo partija		 Andrius Mazuronis Valentinas Bukauskas[8] Populism Non-Inscrits 1
4 Lithuanian Regions Party
Lietuvos regionų partija		 Jonas Pinskus Živilė Pinskuvienė[8] Regionalism none 0
5 Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjunga		 Ramūnas Karbauskis Aurelijus Veryga[8] Agrarianism
Social conservatism		 none (Greens/EFA group) 2
6 Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance
Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija – Krikščioniškų šeimų sąjunga		 Waldemar Tomaszewski[9] Polish interests
Social conservatism		 European Conservatives and Reformists 1
7 Lithuanian Green Party
Lietuvos žaliųjų partija		 Ieva Budraitė[10] Green liberalism none 0
8 People and Justice Union (centrists, nationalists)
Tautos ir teisingumo sąjunga (centristai, tautininkai)		 Petras Gražulis[8] National conservatism
Euroscepticism		 none 0
9 Liberals' Movement
Liberalų sąjūdis		 Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen Eugenijus Gentvilas[8] Classical liberalism Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 1
10 Coalition of Peace
Taikos koalicija		 Lithuanian Christian Democracy Party Mindaugas Puidokas Mindaugas Puidokas[8] Christian right none 0
Samogitian Party Stasys Gvažiauskas Regionalism none 0
11 Freedom and Justice
Laisvė ir teisingumas		 Artūras Zuokas Artūras Paulauskas[8] Conservative liberalism none 0
12 Christian Union
Krikščionių sąjunga		 Rimantas Dagys Algimantas Rusteika[8] Christian right none 0
13 Union of Democrats "For Lithuania"
Demokratų sąjunga "Vardan Lietuvos"		 Saulius Skvernelis Virginijus Sinkevičius[8] Green conservatism European Green Party 0
14 Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats
Tėvynės sąjunga – Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai		 Gabrielius Landsbergis Andrius Kubilius[8] Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy		 European People's Party 4
15 National Alliance
Nacionalinis susivienijimas		 Vytautas Radžvilas[8] National conservatism
Euroscepticism		 none 0

Opinion polling

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See also: Opinion polling for the 2024 European Parliament election

Parliamentary election poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order. The highest percentage figure in each poll is displayed in bold, and its background is shaded in the leading party's colour. The "Lead" column shows the percentage point difference between the two parties with the highest figures.

Pollster Fieldwork dates Sample size TS–LKD
EPP 		LVŽS
G/EFA 		DP
NI 		LSDP
S&D 		LP
Renew 		LRLS
Renew 		LRP PLT DSVL
G/EFA 		Others[a] Lead
Baltijos tyrimai 10-21 April 2024 1,020 14.3
2 		11.6
1 		8.9
1 		27.1
3 		4.1
0 		6.6
1 		5.1
1 		2.7
0 		13.3
2 		6.5[b]
0 		12.8
2020 Lithuanian parliamentary election 1,133,561 25.77
(4) 		18.07
(3) 		9.77
(1) 		9.58
(1) 		9.45
(1) 		7.04
(1) 		3.28
(0) 		2.06
(0) 		– 9.22
(0) 		7.70
2019 European Parliament election 1,259,954 19.74
3 		12.56
2 		8.99
1 		15.88
2 		– 6.59
1 		2.36
0 		1.92
0 		– 31.96
2 		3.86

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats144,68921.333
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania121,92917.982
Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union61,9079.131
Freedom Party54,9168.101
Union of Democrats "For Lithuania"40,3655.951
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania39,2025.781
People and Justice Union36,9585.451
Liberals' Movement36,7395.421
Lithuanian Regions Party35,6145.250
Lithuanian Green Party27,4914.050
National Alliance25,7263.790
Coalition of Peace (LKDP–ŽP)23,7773.510
Labour Party11,2381.660
Christian Union9,3101.370
Freedom and Justice8,4581.250
Total678,319100.0011
Valid votes678,31998.08
Invalid/blank votes13,2531.92
Total votes691,572100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,387,32728.97
Source: VRK

Once the officials confirmed the results from Lithuania, it became clear that the Homeland Union maintained its status for the next term. It gained three seats, which is the same results as in 2019. It was fourth consecutive election to the European Parliament when Homeland Union won plurarity of the votes. The party is a member of the European People's Party.

In second place emerged the Social Democratic Party with two seats. The results remained stable. It is a member of the European Socialists. In third place finished the union of Farmers and Greens with a single mandate, a decrease by one from 2019. The party has been a member of the Greens/European Free Alliance since 2014 but connected with the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) this time.

The newly founded Freedom Party is following the list with one delegate. Formerly, it was part of the Liberals' Movement, which also gained a mandate. Both of the parties belong to ALDE, marking an increase in liberals from the country from 1 to 2 delegates in total.

The Union of Democrats and the Electoral Action of Poles got one mandate each as well. The first one is a member of the European Green Party, while the other later one is a member of the ECR. The People and Justice Union got a single delegate, however, as of 10 June 2024, the party co-founded Europe of Sovereign Nations.

Aftermath

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Poor election results caused a crisis within the Labour Party and resignation of its leader, Andrius Mazuronis.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Parties which received less than 1% of the vote.
  2. ^ Coalition of Peace 1.5%, Lithuanian Green Party 1.4%, National Alliance 1.4%, People and Justice Union 0.9%, Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania 0.7%, Christian Union 0.2%, Lithuanian People's Party 0.2%, Lithuanian List 0.2%

References

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  1. ^ VRK.lt
  2. ^ "European Elections 2024 | News | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 2023-12-20. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  3. ^ "Lithuania - How to vote". European elections 2024: all you need to know. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  4. ^ a b c Liubertaitė, Agnė; Naureckaitė, Indrė (2023-09-28). "Darbą netrukus baigs 11 europarlamentarų: atskleidė ateities planus ir atvirai rėžė, ką vienas apie kitą galvoja". Lrytas.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  5. ^ Jaruševičiūtė-Mockuvienė, Gailė (2023-11-14). "Jakeliūnas europarlamentaro posto nebesieks – prarado Karbauskio palaikymą". Delfi (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2024-04-05.
  6. ^ Skėrytė, Jūratė (7 May 2024). "Vyriausioji rinkimų komisija dalyvauti EP rinkimuose registravo 15 kandidatų sąrašų". LRT (in Lithuanian).
  7. ^ Lyberytė, Augustė (26 April 2024). "Paaiškėjo Europos Parlamento rinkimuose dalyvaujančių partijų numeriai". LRT (in Lithuanian).
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Lyberytė, Augustė (7 May 2024). "VRK registravo 15 politinių partijų ir koalicijų kandidatų sąrašus Europos Parlamento rinkimams". Delfi (in Lithuanian).
  9. ^ "Kandidatų sąrašų iškėlimo parėmimas 2024 m. birželio 9 d. rinkimuose į Europos Parlamentą". Central Electoral Commission of Lithuania (in Lithuanian).
  10. ^ "Pirmas istorijoje feministinis moterų žaliųjų kandidačių į Europos Parlamentą sąrašas". LŽP.
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