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]

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
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
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
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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