2019 European Parliament election in Lithuania

The 2019 European Parliament election in Lithuania was held on 26 May 2019 to elect delegation from Lithuania to the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2019 European election. The second round of the 2019 Lithuanian presidential election took place at the same time.[2]

2019 European Parliament election in Lithuania
Lithuania
26 May 2019[1]
All 11 Lithuanian seats in the European Parliament
Turnout53.48%
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
TS–LKD Gabrielius Landsbergis 19.74 3 +1
LSDP Gintautas Paluckas 15.88 2 0
LVŽS Ramūnas Karbauskis 12.56 2 +1
DP Viktor Uspaskich 8.99 1 0
LRLS Eugenijus Gentvilas 6.59 1 0
AMT Aušra Maldeikienė 6.51 1 New
LLRA–KŠS Valdemar Tomaševski 5.50 1 0

301 candidates from 16 parties stood for 11 seats.[3]

Results

The Homeland Union received the most votes (19.74 per cent) and most seats (3), although it won only in 12 (or just over one-fifth of) municipalities. The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania received 15.88 per cent of the votes and 2 seats. This party won in 35 municipalities. The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union received 12.56 per cent of the votes and 2 seats. This party won in 6 municipalities. The Labour Party received 8.99 per cent of the votes and won 1 seat. This party won in 1 municipality.

Although Order and Justice and the Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania failed to win seats, these parties managed to obtain plurarities in two municipalities (one municipality for each party).[4]

PartyVotes%Seats
Homeland Union248,73619.743
Social Democratic Party200,10515.882
Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union158,19012.562
Labour Party113,2438.991
Liberal Movement83,0836.591
Aušra Maldeikienė's Train82,0056.511
Waldemar Tomaszewski Bloc (LLRA–KŠS–LRS)69,3475.501
Lithuanian Centre Party64,5955.130
President Rolandas Paksas' Movement (VKM–PRPJ)50,4104.000
Vytautas Radžvilas: Recover the State! (VKM–VRSV)42,2283.350
Order and Justice34,4422.730
Social Democratic Labour Party29,7062.360
Lithuanian Green Party28,5622.270
Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals)24,1431.920
Strong Lithuania in United Europe16,8501.340
Decisive Leap14,3091.140
Total1,259,954100.0011
Valid votes1,259,95494.59
Invalid/blank votes72,0665.41
Total votes1,332,020100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,490,54253.48
Source: VRK

See also

References
  1. "12 May 2019 Elections of the President of the Republic, Referendum on the Amendment of Article 12 of the Constitution, Referendum on the Amendment of Article 55 of the Constitution and 26 May 2019 Elections to the European Parliament". The Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania.
  2. "Open data - vrk.lt". www.vrk.lt.
  3. "Lithuania - News - European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu.
  4. "Rezultatai - Rinkimai į Europos Parlamentą 2019".


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