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1893:Independents
1363:Labour Party
1144:Proportional
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802:centre-right
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588:Presidential
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331:Independents
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2776:Referendums
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2189:21 December
2024:Total votes
1966:Valid votes
1616:Front Party
641:Referendums
490:Legislature
2883:Categories
2856:See also:
2814:1996 (Nov)
2809:1996 (Oct)
2799:1992 (Oct)
2794:1992 (Jun)
2789:1992 (May)
2129:References
1055:), review
1015:referendum
870:Background
797:was held.
791:referendum
681:Elderships
2640:Municipal
2429:Elections
2096:Aftermath
2072:2,581,305
2064:2,696,075
2056:2,696,090
2035:1,309,780
2027:1,309,955
1977:1,228,199
1969:1,236,716
1936:1,228,199
1927:1,236,716
901:, as the
775:Lithuania
548:Elections
524:Judiciary
459:President
452:Executive
2738:European
2350:21 April
2328:21 April
2305:21 April
2271:21 April
2211:18 April
2164:18 April
2082:Source:
997:Campaign
671:Counties
615:European
439:Taxation
79:48.59% (
2460:2002–03
2455:1997–98
2238:31 July
2043:835,640
1985:800,047
1945:800,047
1368:111,149
1365:+ Youth
1343:136,345
1334:175,023
1325:144,890
1292:147,656
1283:156,777
1250:116,728
1241:186,629
1217:283,629
1208:240,408
1199:243,823
1123:Results
808:of the
506:Speaker
206:–Youth
101:Leader
76:Turnout
2046:100.00
2038:100.00
2030:100.00
2014:35,593
2006:81,581
1998:73,239
1948:100.00
1939:100.00
1930:100.00
1907:38,804
1898:33,156
1783:10,396
1774:10,642
1739:11,357
1697:13,775
1655:21,589
1629:38,192
1620:40,016
1587:54,502
1578:45,061
1554:36,658
1545:64,328
1536:46,162
1512:29,744
1503:58,883
1494:59,237
1470:56,571
1461:94,585
1452:66,078
1428:50,066
1419:78,539
1410:70,862
1386:27,441
1377:92,185
1301:81,188
1259:44,386
992:(LSDP)
828:, and
779:Seimas
561:Seimas
496:Seimas
384:TS–LKD
359:before
192:11.72
171:12.68
150:15.09
129:19.72
120:TS–LKD
109:Seats
68:Seimas
2075:32.37
2067:48.58
2059:48.59
1988:95.74
1980:93.77
1972:94.41
1924:Total
1846:1,547
1818:1,776
1809:8,669
1748:3,654
1715:5,264
1706:8,568
1673:3,366
1664:7,080
1596:6,585
1346:17.04
1337:14.25
1328:11.72
1304:10.15
1295:12.02
1286:12.68
1244:15.09
1220:35.45
1211:19.57
1202:19.72
1187:Seats
1181:Votes
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1172:Votes
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1163:Votes
1155:seats
1153:Total
1141:Party
816:of a
365:after
319:3.64
298:3.73
277:4.79
256:5.34
235:5.73
214:8.99
98:Party
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2839:2019
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2819:2003
2804:1994
2784:1991
2766:2024
2761:2019
2756:2014
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2746:2004
2728:2023
2723:2019
2718:2015
2713:2011
2708:2007
2703:2002
2698:2000
2693:1997
2688:1995
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2678:1940
2673:1934
2668:1931
2663:1929
2658:1924
2653:1919
2648:1918
2629:2024
2623:2020
2618:2016
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2598:2000
2593:1996
2588:1992
2583:1990
2578:1985
2573:1980
2568:1975
2563:1971
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2553:1963
2548:1959
2543:1955
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2533:1947
2528:1940
2523:1936
2518:1926
2513:1923
2508:1922
2503:1920
2485:2024
2480:2019
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2450:1993
2431:and
2352:2016
2330:2016
2307:2016
2273:2016
2240:2015
2213:2016
2191:2015
2166:2016
2088:CLEA
2017:4.26
2009:6.23
2001:5.59
1910:4.85
1901:2.70
1875:0.08
1849:0.13
1821:0.14
1812:0.70
1786:0.85
1777:0.86
1751:0.30
1742:0.92
1718:0.66
1709:0.70
1700:1.11
1676:0.42
1667:0.58
1658:1.75
1632:3.11
1623:3.24
1599:0.82
1590:4.44
1581:3.64
1557:4.58
1548:5.24
1539:3.73
1515:3.72
1506:4.79
1497:4.79
1473:7.07
1464:7.70
1455:5.34
1431:6.26
1422:6.39
1413:5.73
1389:3.43
1380:7.51
1371:8.99
1262:5.55
1253:9.50
1040:and
1011:euro
874:The
630:2024
624:2019
619:2014
603:2024
597:2019
592:2014
576:2024
570:2020
565:2016
375:LSDP
325:−10
289:LVLS
268:LLRA
262:−10
247:LiCS
241:New
220:−29
183:LSDP
156:New
135:+20
85:2.51
54:2012
42:2004
2084:VRK
1954:141
1872:993
1727:New
1643:New
1608:–10
1482:–10
1440:New
1398:–29
1271:New
1229:+20
1158:+/–
1057:VAT
927:In
344:−2
304:−7
283:+1
238:11
217:10
198:+5
195:25
177:+5
174:15
153:16
141:TPP
132:45
113:+/–
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1951:68
1933:70
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