2014 European Parliament election in Lithuania

The 2014 European Parliament election in Lithuania was an election of the delegation from Lithuania to the European Parliament in 2014. It was part of the wider 2014 European election.

2014 European Parliament election in Lithuania
25 May 2014[1]
All 11 Lithuanian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout47.35%[2]
  First party Second party
 
Leader Andrius Kubilius Algirdas Butkevičius
Party Homeland Union Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Alliance EPP
Leader since 2003 2009
Seats before 4 3
Seats won 2 2
Seat change 2 1
Popular vote 199,393 197,477
Percentage 17.43 17.26
Election campaign poster in Vilnius

Background

In 2013, Elections to the European Parliament Act introduced public election committees. Prior to these elections, only two public election committees collected signatures, but none of them collected enough signatures to be registered and take part in elections.[3][4]

Results
Party Votes % Seats
Homeland Union 199,393 17.43 2
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 197,477 17.26 2
Liberal Movement 189,373 16.55 2
Order and Justice 163,049 14.25 2
Labour Party 146,607 12.38 1
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania–Russian Alliance 92,108 8.05 1
Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union 75,643 6.61 1
Lithuanian Green Party 40,696 3.56 0
Lithuanian Nationalist Union 22,858 2.00 0
Liberal and Centre Union 16,927 1.48 0
Total 1,144,131 100.00 11

Analysis

Although opinion polls and pundits claimed for large Social Democratic Party victory, but elections were won by the Homeland Union by around 2,000 votes.[5][6]

The Homeland Union won only in six municipalities (including Vilnius and Kaunas). The Social Democratic Party came at close second by the number of votes. The Liberal Movement came third, but it won in two municipalities only (Klaipėda and Neringa).[7] The Order and Justice mainly won in northwest of the country.

See also

References
  1. VRK.lt
  2. "Results of the 2014 European elections - Results by country - Lithuania - European Parliament".
  3. "XII-588 Lietuvos Respublikos rinkimų į Europos Parlamentą įstatymo pakeitimo įstatymas".
  4. "Rinkimams į Europos Parlamentą pagrįstai atsisakyta registruoti 10 000 rinkėjų palaikymo neturintį kandidatų sąrašą".
  5. "Lithuania's Presidential and European elections may see 'anti-euro' sentiments, but not outright Euroscepticism". 24 May 2014.
  6. "Lithuania: European Parliament results". 30 November 2001.
  7. https://www.electoralgeography.com/new/en/wp-content/gallery/lithuania2014e/2014-lithuania-european.png


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