2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election

none August 2022 Lithuania 1988 1996 2004 8 October 2000 All 141 seats in the Seimas 71 58.63% 5.71 pp Algirdas Brazauskas SDK Social-Democratic Coalition of Algirdas BrazauskasSocial-Democratic Coalition of Algirdas Brazauskas, coalition between LDDP, LSDP, LRS and NDP Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 25 51 31.08 Artūras Paulauskas New Union (Social Liberals) new 29 19.64 Rolandas Paksas Liberal Union of Lithuania 1 34 17.25 Vytautas Landsbergis TS Homeland Union 70 9 8.62 Kazys Bobelis Christian Democratic Union (Lithuania) 1 1 4.19 Ramūnas Karbauskis Lithuanian Peasants Party 1 4 4.08 Zigmas Zinkevičius Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party 16 2 3.07 Romualdas Ozolas Lithuanian Centre Union 14 2 2.86 Gediminas Vagnorius NKS Christian Conservative Social Union new 1 2.01 Valdemar Tomaševski Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania 1 2 1.95 Vytautas Šustauskas Lithuanian Liberty Union 0 1 1.27 Stanislovas Buškevičius Young Lithuania 1 1 1.15 Vytautas Bogušis Modern Christian-Democratic Union new 1 – – Independents 4 3 – Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius TS Rolandas Paksas Liberal Union of Lithuania thumb|Ballot papers for nationwide proportional (left) and single mandate constituency (right) voting Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 8 October 2000. All 141 seats in the Seimas were up for election, 71 of them in single-seat constituencies based on first-past-the-post voting; the remaining 70, in a nationwide constituency based on proportional representation. Altogether, around 700 candidates competed in the single-seat constituencies, while over 1,100 candidates were included in the electoral lists for the nationwide constituency.http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2189_00.htm Parliamentary Chamber: Assemblée nationale, Elections Held in 2000 Inter-Parliamentary Union 19 October 2024 Background In 1996 Lithuanian parliamentary election the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Conservatives won 70 seats. They formed a coalition with second-place Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party. By 1998 Lithuania was hit by the Russian financial crisis, which (along with the conflicts between ruling coalition, Prime Ministers Gediminas Vagnorius and Rolandas Paksas and President of Republic Valdas Adamkus) caused two replacements of government. Economic turmoil caused decline of support of main parties (the Homeland Union and the Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania). The other parties that benefited from aforementioned parties were the Liberal Union of Lithuania (especially after Paksas became its leader) and the New Union (Social Liberals). In municipal elections of 2000, these two parties combined won 30.67 per cent of the vote, while the Homeland Union and the Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania together won 17.74 per cent of the votes. As response to this situation, the Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania and the New Democracy Party formed electoral coalition in July 2000 with Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas as its candidate to the Prime Minister. The Homeland Union formed alliance with the Political Prisoners and Deportees Union of Lithuania.https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/artejant-rinkimams-partijos-galanda-savo-dantis.d?id=34250 Artėjant rinkimams, partijos galanda savo dantishttps://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/vlandsbergis-siulo-tenkintis-ir-seseliu.d?id=257080 V.Landsbergis siūlo tenkintis ir šešėliu Delfi 10 December 2022 Electoral system The 141 members of the Seimas were elected by parallel voting; 70 were elected by proportional representation in a single nationwide constituency, with 71 elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies. Previously members from the single-member constituencies had been elected using the two-round system, but the electoral system was changed prior to the elections to scrap the second round and allow members to be elected by plurality.The Lithuanian Electoral System http://www.balticvoices.org/lithuania/lithuanian_elections.php Baltic Voices 27 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20120215231318/http://www.balticvoices.org/lithuania/lithuanian_elections.php 15 February 2012 dead dmy-all These changes had been introduced by the Homeland Union and passed by the Seimas on 19 July 2000. Although President Valdas Adamkus vetoed the Act, the veto was overturned and the changes had been implemented.Sklando idėja grąžinti antrąjį balsavimo turą (9) Delfi, 13 October 2003 Opinion polls Opinion polling for the 2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election.chart Opinion polling for the 2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election.tab Results Only four party and coalition lists passed five per cent threshold. The Social Democratic coalition of former President Algirdas Brazauskas received the largest share of the popular vote in the nationwide constituency (31 per cent) and won the most seats in the Seimas (51 seats), but short of the 71 seats needed for the majority. New Union (Social Liberals), led by Artūras Paulauskas, came second in the nationwide constituency (19.64 per cent), winning 29 seats in the parliament. The centre-right Liberal Union, led by the Mayor of Vilnius and former Prime Minister Rolandas Paksas, became as the largest single party in the parliament, with 34 seats and 17.25 per cent of the vote in the nationwide constituency. The possible "New Politics" Coalition (consisting Liberal Union, New Union (Social Liberals), Lithuanian Centre Union and Modern Christian-Democratic Union) won 66 seats, but it too came short of absolute majority. The Homeland Union, which had led the government for the previous four years, performed poorly in the elections, receiving only 8.62 per cent of the vote and winning eight seats, down from more than 30% of the vote and 70 seats in the previous elections. Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius and many other prominent ministers were beaten in their constituencies. In the electoral campaign dominated by economic issues, the party was punished by voters for the economic recession and high unemployment, as well as its austerity policy. The Social Democratic coalition, on the other hand, had promised the end to austerity, including lower taxes and higher social spending. File:Lithuania Seimas 2000.svg Proportional Constituency Social-DemocraticCoalition ofAlgirdas Brazauskas 4 Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania 457294 4 12 156354 14 26 +14 #E30613 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 12 120672 7 19 +7 Lithuanian Russian Union 3 4446 0 3 +3 New Democracy Party 1 12454 2 3 +2 New Union (Social Liberals)MCDU 288895 18 225878 11 28 New Liberal Union of LithuaniaMCDU 253823 16 229438 18 33 +32 Homeland Union – Lithuanian ConservativesOne Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees candidate was elected in the nationwide constituency, having run on the list of the Homeland Union. 126850 8 104631 1 8 –62 Christian Democratic Union 61583 0 33221 1 1 0 Lithuanian Peasants Party 60040 0 96853 4 4 +3 Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party 45227 0 69827 2 2 –14 Lithuanian Centre Union 42030 0 89837 2 2 –11 Union of Moderate Conservatives 29615 0 42116 1 1 New Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania 28641 0 40376 2 2 +1 Lithuanian People's Union "For Just Lithuania" 21583 0 5323 0 0 0 Lithuanian Liberty Union 18622 0 23202 1 1 0 Union of Young Lithuania, New Nationalists and Political PrisonersLDP 16941 0 16729 1 1 0 Lithuanian NationalistUnion 2 Lithuanian Nationalist Union 12884 2 0 5567 0 0 0 Lithuanian Nationalist and Republican Union Lithuanian Liberty League 0 4685 0 0 0 Lithuanian Party "Social Democracy – 2000" 7219 0 32336 0 0 New Modern Christian-Democratic UnionMCDU Two Modern Christian-Democratic Union candidates were elected in the nationwide constituency, having run on the lists of the New Union (Social Liberals) and the Liberal Union of Lithuania. 3 17929 1 3 New Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees 3 8495 0 1 0 Homeland People's Party 3 7038 0 0 New National Democratic Party of Lithuania 3 5082 0 0 New Lithuanian Democratic PartyLDP Candidates of Lithuanian Democratic Party ran on the list of the Union of Young Lithuania, New Nationalists and Political Prisoners.2000 Parliamentary Elections University of Essex 3 3323 0 0 –2 Socialist Party of Lithuania 3 1701 0 0 0 Republican Party 3 1380 0 0 0 Lithuanian Justice Party 3 515 0 0 0 Independents 3 106806 3 3 –1 68496 72585 0 2626321 2626321 University of Essex Analysis Social Democratic coalition won most votes in most of Lithuania. Kaunas and Vilnius were narrowly won by the Liberal Union of Lithuania, while New Union (Social Liberals) got the most votes in Trakai, Širvintos, Varėna, Kėdainiai and, to lesser extent, Vilnius districts.https://vrk.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?layers=44656569b7c1496ba59b623d3f626df1 daugiamandate_pagal_metus In these municipalities Liberal Union and New Union had their best performances in municipal elections of 2000. Aftermath After disastrous results leaders of the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party and the Lithuanian Centre Union, Algirdas Saudargas and Romualdas Ozolas, respectively, tendered resignations from their positions. Poor results would also affect other minor parties. Homeland People's Party leader Laima Liucija Andrikienė proposed merger of all center-right parties.https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/tevynes-liaudies-partija-kur-nauja-partiju-bloka.d?id=202331 Tėvynės liaudies partija kur naują partijų bloką Delfi 10 December 2022 It would happen gradually from 2001 to 2008, when the Homeland Union (which received their worst result ever in these elections) would merge with most them. Poor results also caused disintegration of the Lithuanian Centre Union, which would merge with the Liberal Union of Lithuania in 2003. Government formation The Liberal Union, the New Union (Social Liberals), the Centre Union, the Modern Christian Democrats and the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania formed a coalition after the election (these parties combined and two MPs, who joined New Union's parliamentary group, had 68 members), with Rolandas Paksas appointed as the new Prime Minister and Artūras Paulauskas elected as the Speaker of the Seimas. The coalition was not long-lasting and collapsed in June 2001 amid disagreements over privatisation and other reforms.Brazauskas returns as Lithuanian PM https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1420594.stm BBC News 18 December 2015 3 July 2001 Notes References External links The Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania en lt Category:Parliamentary elections in Lithuania Lithuania Parliamentary Lithuania