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2014 European Parliament election in Lithuania
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Lithuania 2009 2019 All 11 Lithuanian seats in the European Parliament 25 May 2014VRK.lt 47.35% Homeland Union Andrius Kubilius 17.43 2 4 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania Algirdas Butkevičius 17.26 2 3 Liberal Movement (Lithuania) Eligijus Masiulis 16.55 2 1 Order and Justice Rolandas Paksas 14.25 2 2 Labour Party (Lithuania) Loreta Graužinienė 12.81 1 1 Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania Valdemar Tomaševski 8.05 1 1 Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union Ramūnas Karbauskis 6.61 1 0thumb|right|Election campaign poster in Vilnius
The 2014 European Parliament election in Lithuania was an election of the delegation from Lithuania to the European Parliament in 2014. It was part of the wider 2014 European election.
Background
In 2013, Elections to the European Parliament Act introduced public election committees. Prior to these elections, only two public election committees collected signatures, but none of them collected enough signatures to be registered and take part in elections.https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/TAIS.460137 XII-588 Lietuvos Respublikos rinkimų į Europos Parlamentą įstatymo pakeitimo įstatymashttps://www.teismai.lt/lt/rinkimams-i-europos-parlamenta-pagristai-atsisakyta-registruoti-10-000-rinkeju-palaikymo-neturinti-kandidatu-sarasa/901 Rinkimams į Europos Parlamentą pagrįstai atsisakyta registruoti 10 000 rinkėjų palaikymo neturintį kandidatų sąrašą
Results
350px Homeland Union 199393 2 Social Democratic Party 197477 2 Liberal Movement 189373 2 Order and Justice 163049 2 Labour Party 146607 1 Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania–Lithuanian Russian Union 92108 1 Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union 75643 1 Lithuanian Green Party 40696 0 Lithuanian Nationalist Union 22858 0 Liberal and Centre Union 16927 0 67148 2557950 VRK
Analysis
Although opinion polls and pundits claimed for large Social Democratic Party victory, but elections were won by the Homeland Union by around 2,000 votes.https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2014/05/24/lithuanias-presidential-and-european-elections-may-see-anti-euro-sentiments-but-not-outright-euroscepticism/ Lithuania's Presidential and European elections may see 'anti-euro' sentiments, but not outright Euroscepticism 24 May 2014https://www.politico.eu/article/lithuania-european-parliament-results/ Lithuania: European Parliament results 30 November 2001
The Homeland Union won only in six municipalities (including Vilnius and Kaunas). The Social Democratic Party came at close second by the number of votes. The Liberal Movement
came third, but it won in two municipalities only (Klaipėda and Neringa).Lithuania. European Parliament Election 2014 The Order and Justice mainly won in northwest of the country.
See also
MEPs for Lithuania 2014–2019
Members of the European Parliament 2014–2019
References
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