Parliamentary election in Lithuania 2012
The first round of parliamentary elections in Lithuania in 2012 took place on October 14, 2012 and the second round took place on October 28, 2012. In addition, a referendum was held on October 14th to decide whether a new nuclear power plant should be built in Lithuania .
Election mode
The Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas , has 141 members. 70 seats are allocated proportionally to the parties that cross the five percent hurdle (seven percent hurdle for list connections). The remaining 71 are assigned as direct mandates through constituencies. In the first ballot, anyone who has received more than half of the votes cast is elected. If the voter turnout is below 40%, an additional check is made as to whether the candidate was elected by at least 20% of the eligible voters. If none of the candidates achieved an absolute majority in the first ballot, a run-off election took place two weeks later on October 28, 2012 between the two first-placed candidates .
Parties
The following parties submitted lists of candidates (with the number of candidates):
- Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija (141)
- Lietuvos rusų sąjunga (34)
- "Fronto" partija (88)
- Lietuvos centro partija (55)
- Tėvynės sąjunga - Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai (142)
- Naujoji sąjunga (socialliberalai) (138)
- Pilietinės democijos partija (36)
- Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija (143)
- Tautos prisikėlimo partija (73)
- Koalicija Darbo partija + jaunimas (130)
- Lietuvos Respublikos liberalų sąjūdis (101)
- Lietuvos valstiečių liaudininkų sąjunga (125)
- Partija Tvarka ir teisingumas (140)
- Liberalų ir centro sąjunga (141)
- Partija "Jaunoji Lietuva" (46)
- Lietuvos socialdemokratų sąjunga (50)
- Darbo partija (32)
- Leiboristų partija (37)
- Lietuvos laisvės sąjunga (3)
- Lietuvos liaudies sąjunga "Už teisingą Lietuvą" (2)
Survey
| Institute | date | TS-LKD | TT | LSDP | DP | LRLS | LiCS | LLRA | LVŽS | TAIP | DK | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spinter tyrimai | 10/11/2012 | 7.9% | 8.2% | 16.9% | 15.8% | 5.8% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 3.9% | 1.7% |
| Spinter tyrimai | 09/27/2012 | 7.6% | 9.5% | 16.3% | 14.5% | 4.8% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 2.3% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 1.1% |
| Spinter tyrimai | 09/27/2012 | 7.7% | 9.4% | 17.9% | 16.6% | 5.2% | 1.0% | 1.7% | 3.2% | 3.8% | 1.6% | 0.6% |
| Vilmorus | 09/22/2012 | 12.3% | 13.9% | 23.4% | 21.1% | 5.3% | 2.7% | 1.5% | 3.5% | 6.5% | 1.5% | - |
| Spinter tyrimai | 07/10/2012 | 8.5% | 11.2% | 14.2% | 13.3% | 6.1% | 1.5% | - | 1.3% | 4.5% | 3.5% | 1.2% |
| Spinter tyrimai | 06/14/2012 | 7.2% | 9.3% | 13.6% | 12.3% | 5.7% | 1.3% | - | 2.0% | 3.9% | - | 2.9% |
| Spinter tyrimai | 05/09/2012 | 7.7% | 10.4% | 14.1% | 12.6% | 5.8% | 1.1% | - | 2.4% | 4.2% | - | 2.9% |
| Spinter tyrimai | 05/09/2012 | 8.2% | 9.0% | 12.0% | 14.8% | 7.2% | 1.3% | - | 4.2% | 5.0% | - | - |
| General election | 10/2008 | 19.7% | 12.7% | 11.7% | 9.0% | 5.7% | 5.3% | 4.8% | 3.7% | - | - | 27.4% |
Election result
The turnout in the first ballot was 52.92%. Only 3 MPs achieved an absolute majority: Virginija Baltraitiené (Labor Party) in the constituency of Kėdainių , Leonard Talmont (party of the Polish minority) in the constituency of Vilniaus - Šalčininkų and Algirdas Butkevičius (leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party) in the constituency of Vilkaviškio . In the remaining 67 constituencies therefore found ballot instead.
The first ballot was overshadowed by over twenty cases of alleged election fraud and vote buying. The Central Election Commission then canceled a direct mandate from the Labor Party in one constituency ; this was confirmed by the Constitutional Court on October 26, 2012.
After the results of the second ballot have been announced, a coalition of the opposition parties Labor Party, Social Democrats and Order and Justice could replace the center-right government of Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius. Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė , who confirms the Prime Minister and his cabinet according to the constitution, spoke out against the Labor Party's possible participation in government. The police are investigating 27 cases of electoral fraud and vote buying in which the Labor Party is involved. Also against their party leader Viktor Uspaskich several criminal cases and a. pending for tax evasion.
| Political party | be right | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | % | +/- | number | +/- | ||
| Labor Party (DP) | 271,520 | 19.82 | +10.83 | 29 | +19 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP) | 251.610 | 18.37 | +6.65 | 38 | +7 | |
| Fatherland League - Christian Democrats of Lithuania (TS-LKD) | 206,590 | 15.08 | −4.64 | 33 | −12 | |
| Liberal Movement of the Republic of Lithuania (LRLS) | 117,476 | 8.57 | +2.84 | 10 | −1 | |
| Way of Courage (DK) | 109,448 | 7.99 | New | 7th | New | |
| Order and Justice (TT) | 100,120 | 7.31 | −5.37 | 11 | −4 | |
| Electoral Action of the Poles of Lithuania (LLRA) | 79,840 | 5.83 | +1.04 | 8th | +5 | |
| Association of Peasants and Greens of Lithuania (LVŽS) | 53,141 | 3.88 | +0.15 | 1 | −2 | |
| Liberal and Center Union (LiCS) | 28,263 | 2.06 | −3.28 | 0 | −8 | |
| YES | 24,129 | 1.76 | New | 0 | New | |
| Popular Socialist Front (SPF) | 16,515 | 1.21 | New | 0 | New | |
| Christian Party (KP) | 16,494 | 1.20 | New | 0 | New | |
| For a Lithuanian Lithuania | 12,854 | 0.94 | New | 0 | New | |
| Young Lithuania Party | 8,632 | 0.63 | −1.12 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Democratic Labor and Unity Party | 4,383 | 0.32 | New | 0 | New | |
| Emigrant party | 4.015 | 0.29 | New | 0 | New | |
| Republican Party (RP) | 3,661 | 0.27 | New | 0 | New | |
| Lithuanian People's Party | 3,399 | 0.25 | New | 0 | New | |
| Independent | - | - | - | 3 | −1 | |
| total | 1,312,090 | 100.00 | 140 | |||
| Valid votes | 1,312,090 | 95.77 | +1.36 | |||
| Invalid votes | 57,924 | 4.23 | −1.36 | |||
| voter turnout | 1,370,014 | 52.93 | +4.34 | |||
| Non-voters | 1,218,404 | 47.07 | −4.34 | |||
| Registered voters | 2,588,418 | |||||
| Source: Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania | ||||||
List of members
Government formation
Shortly after the election, the chairman of the Social Democrats , Algirdas Butkevičius, initially agreed on a three-party coalition with the Labor Party (DP) and the Party of Order and Justice (TT). However, the incumbent President Dalia Grybauskaitė said she wanted to entrust Butkevičius with forming a government, but that she was against his favored coalition. According to the constitution , however, it could not prevent the formation of coalitions, only the appointment of individual ministers. It was therefore suspected that Grybauskaitė wanted to prevent Labor Party leader Viktor Uspaskich from receiving a ministerial post. Several allegations of corruption were made against Uspaskich.
On November 22, 2012, Butkevičius was elected as the new head of government by parliament, despite all attempts by the president to prevent him. It was also announced that a fourth coalition partner, the Election Action of the Poles of Lithuania (LLRA), was to be added to the three-party alliance that had already been announced .
On December 13, 2012, the government program was finally confirmed by the Seimas and the government officially sworn in. The coalition partners were:
- Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP)
- Labor Party (DP)
- Order and Justice (TT)
- Electoral Action of the Poles of Lithuania (LLRA)
The governing coalition thus had a clear majority of 86 of the 140 seats in parliament. For the first time a party belonging to the Polish minority took part in the government.
See also
Web links
- Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania Official Website (Lithuanian, English)
- Lithuanian Parliament - Seimas Official Website (Lithuanian, English, French, Chinese, Russian, German)
- Deutschlandfunk October 15, 2012: Lithuanians reject new construction of nuclear power plants and old government (MP3; 1.4 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Official result of the parliamentary elections 2012 Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania (English)
- ^ Lietuvos Respublikos Seimo rinkimai. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 31, 2012 ; Retrieved October 28, 2012 (Lithuanian / English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Law on Elections to the Seimas. Retrieved October 18, 2012 (English, Lithuanian Electoral Law, Article 88 (2)).
- ↑ Apklausoje pirmauja socdemai ir Darbo partija DELFI (Lithuanian)
- ↑ Apklausa: socdemų ir “darbiečių” populiarumas nežymiai smuko, “Drąsos kelio” augo DELFI (Lithuanian)
- ↑ Apklausa: socdemų ir “darbiečių” populiarumas nežymiai smuko, “Drąsos kelio” augo DELFI (Lithuanian)
- ↑ "Vilmorus" apklausa rodo, kad labai daug gyventojų neapsisprendę, už ką balsuoti Bernardinai.lt (Lithuanian)
- ↑ "Drąsos keliui" kol kas patekimu į Seimą nekvepia DELFI (Lithuanian)
- ↑ Apklausa: V.Uspaskichas jau nebėra trokštamiausias premjeras DELFI (Lithuanian)
- ↑ Apklausa: premjero poste gyventojai nori matyti nebe I.Degutienę, o V.Uspaskichą DELFI (Lithuanian)
- ↑ Apklausa: premjero poste gyventojai nori matyti nebe I.Degutienę, o V.Uspaskichą DELFI (Lithuanian)
- ^ Elected Candidates in Single-member Constituencies. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on October 28, 2012 (English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Cancellation of election results in Lithuania confirmed news.ORF.at , October 26, 2012
- ↑ Lithuania President rejects government from opposition alliance at Spiegel Online , October 29, 2012 (accessed October 30, 2012).
- ^ Konrad Schuller , Reinhard Veser : Parliamentary elections in Lithuania: dispute over coalition formation at faz.net, October 29, 2012.
- ^ Government formation blocked taz.de , October 29, 2012
- ^ Allianz im Kleinkrieg taz.de , November 23, 2012
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