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 Conservatism,
Christian democracy,
Liberal conservatism,
National 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,
Pro-Europeanism,
Technocracy
22 / 141
2 / 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
Liberal Movement,
Liberalų sąjūdis		 LRLS Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen Liberalism,
Classical liberalism,
Conservative liberalism,
Pro-Europeanism
13 / 141
1 / 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,
Conservative liberalism,
Populism
10 / 141
1 / 11
Lithuanian Regions Party,
Lietuvos regionų partija		 LRP Gediminas Kirkilas Social democracy,[3]
Third Way,[3]
Paternalistic conservatism,[3]
Social market economy,[3]
Left-wing nationalism,[3]
Pro-Europeanism,[3]
Populism
3 / 141
0 / 11
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania,
Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija,
Akcja Wyborcza Polaków na Litwie		 LLRA Valdemar Tomaševski Polish minority interests,
Social conservatism,
Christian fundamentalism,
Clericalism,
Soft euroscepticism,
Russophilia
3 / 141
1 / 11
Freedom and Justice,
Laisvė ir teisingumas		 LT Remigijus Žemaitaitis Liberalism,[4]
Conservative liberalism
1 / 141
0 / 11
Lithuanian Green Party,
Lietuvos žaliųjų partija		 LŽP Remigijus Lapinskas Centrism,
Green liberalism,
Pro-Europeanism,
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. Partija "Laisvė ir teisingumas". "Lietuvos Respublikos seimo rinkimų programos metmenys" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
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