2024 European Parliament election in Lithuania
The 2024 European Parliament election in Lithuania were held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the first to take place after Brexit.[2]
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All 11 Lithuanian seats in the European Parliament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 28.94% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Background
Lithuania will elect 11 Members of the European Parliament.[3]
Two out of the eleven incumbents opted not to seek reelection: Aušra Maldeikienė, of the TS-LKD, and Viktor Uspaskich from Labour, both citing personal reasons for their decision.[4]
The remaining nine incumbents, however, sought another term. Among them Andrius Kubilius, Rasa Juknevičienė, Liudas Mažylis, all from TS-LKD, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė and Juozas Olekas, representing the LSDP, Petras Auštrevičius (LRLS), and Bronis Ropė (LVŽS) expressed their desire to continue serving in parliament.[4]
Waldemar Tomaszewski, from the EAPL–CFA, had initially announced his retirement,[4] but ran for reelection regardless. Stasys Jakeliūnas, an independent politician, previously associated with the LVŽS, was ostracized by the party due to his stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5] Following this, Jakeliūnas switched party allegiances and ran on the LRP's list.
Participating parties and coalitions
15 electoral lists were registered by the Central Election Commission on 7 May 2024. Two parties, the Lithuanian People's Party and the Lithuanian List, were unable to gather the required 10 thousand signatures, and one, Young Lithuania, withdrew from the race on their own accord.[6] The order of the ballot was determined by lot on 26 April 2024.[7]
Opinion polling
Parliamentary election poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order. The highest percentage figure in each poll is displayed in bold, and its background is shaded in the leading party's colour. The "Lead" column shows the percentage point difference between the two parties with the highest figures.
| Pollster | Fieldwork dates | Sample size | TS–LKD EPP |
LVŽS G/EFA |
DP NI |
LSDP S&D |
LP Renew |
LRLS Renew |
LRP | PLT | DSVL G/EFA |
Others[lower-alpha 1] | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltijos tyrimai | 10-21 April 2024 | 1,020 | 14.3 2 |
11.6 1 |
8.9 1 |
27.1 3 |
4.1 0 |
6.6 1 |
5.1 1 |
2.7 0 |
13.3 2 |
6.5[lower-alpha 2] 0 |
12.8 |
| 2020 Lithuanian parliamentary election | 1,133,561 | 25.77 (4) |
18.07 (3) |
9.77 (1) |
9.58 (1) |
9.45 (1) |
7.04 (1) |
3.28 (0) |
2.06 (0) |
– | 9.22 (0) |
7.70 | |
| 2019 European Parliament election | 1,259,954 | 19.74 3 |
12.56 2 |
8.99 1 |
15.88 2 |
– | 6.59 1 |
2.36 0 |
1.92 0 |
– | 31.96 2 |
3.86 | |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats | 144,525 | 21.33 | 3 | |
| Social Democratic Party of Lithuania | 121,880 | 17.99 | 2 | |
| Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union | 61,880 | 9.13 | 1 | |
| Freedom Party | 54,797 | 8.09 | 1 | |
| Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" | 40,351 | 5.95 | 1 | |
| Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania | 39,199 | 5.78 | 1 | |
| People and Justice Union | 36,941 | 5.45 | 1 | |
| Liberals' Movement | 36,640 | 5.41 | 1 | |
| Lithuanian Regions Party | 35,596 | 5.25 | 0 | |
| Lithuanian Green Party | 27,431 | 4.05 | 0 | |
| National Alliance | 25,688 | 3.79 | 0 | |
| Coalition of Peace (LKDP–ŽP) | 23,750 | 3.50 | 0 | |
| Labour Party | 11,232 | 1.66 | 0 | |
| Christian Union | 9,300 | 1.37 | 0 | |
| Freedom and Justice | 8,451 | 1.25 | 0 | |
| Total | 677,661 | 100.00 | 11 | |
| Valid votes | 677,661 | 98.08 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 13,239 | 1.92 | ||
| Total votes | 690,900 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,387,328 | 28.94 | ||
| Source: VRK | ||||
Once the officials confirmed the results from Lithuania, it became clear that the Homeland Union maintained its status for the next term. It gained three seats, which is the same results as in 2019. It was fourth consecutive election to the European Parliament when Homeland Union won plurarity of the votes. The party is a member of the European People's Party.
In second place emerged the Social Democratic Party with two seats. The results remained stable. It is a member of the European Socialists. In third place finished the union of Farmers and Greens with a single mandate, a decrease by one from 2019. The party has been a member of the Greens/European Free Alliance since 2014.
The newly founded Freedom Party is following the list with one delegate. Formerly, it was part of the Liberals' Movement, which also gained a mandate. Both of the parties belong to ALDE, marking an increase in liberals from the country from 1 to 2 delegates in total.
The Union of Democrats and the Electoral Action of Poles got one mandate each as well. The first one is a member of the European Green Party, while the other later one is a member of the ECR. The People and Justice Union got a single delegate, however, as of 10 June 2024, the party has yet to join the European family in case it is willing to do so.
Aftermath
Poor election results caused a crisis within the Labour Party and resignation of its leader, Andrius Mazuronis.
Notes
- Parties which received less than 1% of the vote.
- Coalition of Peace 1.5%, Lithuanian Green Party 1.4%, National Alliance 1.4%, People and Justice Union 0.9%, Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania 0.7%, Christian Union 0.2%, Lithuanian People's Party 0.2%, Lithuanian List 0.2%
References
- VRK.lt
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