List of political parties in Lithuania

This article lists political parties in Lithuania. Lithuania has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. As of 2020, there are 29 political parties registered with the Ministry of Justice, 2 of them in the process of being deregistered.[1]

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Major parties

Current parties in the parliament

There are currently ten parties represented in the Seimas. The current government is a broad majority coalition of the Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats, Liberal Movement and Freedom Party.

Name Abbr. Leader Ideology Seimas MEPs
Homeland Union,
Tėvynės sąjunga		 TS–LKD Gabrielius Landsbergis Christian democracy,
Liberal conservatism,
Lithuanian nationalism,
Pro-Europeanism
50 / 141
3 / 11
Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union,
Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjunga		 LVŽS Ramūnas Karbauskis Centrism,
Agrarianism,
Green conservatism,
Social conservatism
21 / 141
2 / 11
Union of Democrats "For Lithuania",
Demokratų sąjunga „Vardan Lietuvos“		 DSVL Saulius Skvernelis Social conservatism,
Centre-left,
Green conservatism,
Pro-Europeanism
15 / 141
0 / 11
Liberal Movement,
Liberalų sąjūdis		 LRLS Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen Liberalism,
Classical liberalism,
Conservative liberalism,
Pro-Europeanism
13 / 141
1 / 11
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania,
Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija		 LSDP Vilija Blinkevičiūtė Social democracy,[2]
Democratic socialism,[2]
Feminism,[2]
Progressivism,[2]
Pro-Europeanism[2]
13 / 141
2 / 11
Freedom Party,
Laisvės Partija		 LP Aušrinė Armonaitė Liberalism,
Progressivism,
Feminism,
Pro-Europeanism
11 / 141
0 / 11
Labour Party,
Darbo partija		 DP Viktor Uspaskich Centrism,
Social liberalism,
Social conservatism,
Populism
10 / 141
1 / 11
Lithuanian Regions Party,
Lietuvos regionų partija		 LRP Jonas Pinskus Social democracy,[3]
Social conservatism,[3]
Populism
3 / 141
0 / 11
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania,
Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija,
Akcja Wyborcza Polaków na Litwie		 LLRA Waldemar Tomaszewski Polish minority interests,
Social conservatism,
Christian democracy,
Soft euroscepticism
3 / 141
1 / 11
Lithuanian Green Party,
Lietuvos žaliųjų partija		 LŽP Ieva Budraitė Centrism,
Green liberalism,
Pro-Europeanism
1 / 141
0 / 11
Freedom and Justice,
Laisvė ir teisingumas		 LT Artūras Paulauskas Conservative liberalism
National liberalism
1 / 141
0 / 11
People and Justice Union (Centrists, Nationalists),
Tautos ir teisingumo sąjunga (centristai, tautininkai)		 TTS Petras Gražulis National conservatism
Euroscepticism[4][5]
LGBT rights opposition
1 / 141
0 / 11

Parties without parliamentary representation

Defunct and unregistered parties

Historical parties

See also

References
  1. Lithuanian Ministry of Justice (2020-04-07). "LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS POLITINIŲ PARTIJŲ SĄRAŠAS" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  2. "Partijos statutas". LSDP (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  3. "Partijos programa". LSDDP (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  4. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Lithuania". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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