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Lithuania 2000 parliamentary election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Liberal and Centre Union won 34 of 141 seats with 17.2% of the vote; 58.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 5.7 points on 1996.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania26+1431.1+21.1457,294
New Union2919.6288,895
Liberal and Centre Union34+3317.3+15.3253,823
Homeland Union9−618.6−22.7126,850
Christian Democratic Union104.2+0.961,583
Lithuanian Peasants Party4+34.1+2.360,040
Lithuanian Christian Democrats2−143.1−7.445,227
Lithuanian Centre Union2−112.9−5.842,030
Christian Conservative Social Union12.029,615
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance2+11.9−1.228,641
Peoples Union "For Just Lithuania"01.521,583
Lithuanian Liberty Union1+11.3−0.318,622
The other parties and groups
PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Young Lithuaniawith Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees101.1−2.916,941
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania19+7
Independents3−1
Lithuanian Russian Union3+3
New Democracy Party3+2
Unnamed party with one seat1

± is the change against the Lithuania 1996 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania 457,294
  • New Union 288,895
  • Liberal and Centre Union 253,823
  • Homeland Union 126,850
  • Christian Democratic Union 61,583
  • Lithuanian Peasants Party 60,040
  • Lithuanian Christian Democrats 45,227
  • Lithuanian Centre Union 42,030
  • Christian Conservative Social Union 29,615
  • Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance 28,641
  • Peoples Union "For Just Lithuania" 21,583
  • Lithuanian Liberty Union 18,622
  • Young Lithuania 16,941
  • Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
  • Independents
  • Lithuanian Russian Union
  • New Democracy Party
  • Unnamed party with one seat

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

Share of the vote

Turnout

58.6% of the 2,626,321 registered voters cast a ballot (1,539,743 ballots), up 5.7 points on 1996. 1,471,247 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Liberal and Centre Union17.3% of votes24.1% of seats
  • New Union19.6% of votes20.6% of seats
  • Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania31.1% of votes18.4% of seats
  • Homeland Union8.6% of votes6.4% of seats
  • Lithuanian Peasants Party4.1% of votes2.8% of seats
  • Lithuanian Christian Democrats3.1% of votes1.4% of seats
  • Lithuanian Centre Union2.9% of votes1.4% of seats
  • Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance1.9% of votes1.4% of seats
  • Christian Democratic Union4.2% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Christian Conservative Social Union2.0% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Lithuanian Liberty Union1.3% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Young Lithuania1.1% of votes0.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 14.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.6 by votes and 6.3 by seats; Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania led New Union by 11.4 points of the vote. How these are computed.

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