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 2023, there are 21 active political parties, two inactive political parties, and four political parties that are in the process of disestablishment registered with the Ministry of Justice.[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 – Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai		 TS–LKD Gabrielius Landsbergis Christian democracy,
Liberal 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,
Social conservatism
21 / 141
2 / 11
Union of Democrats "For Lithuania",
Demokratų sąjunga „Vardan Lietuvos“		 DSVL Saulius Skvernelis Social conservatism,
Centre-left,
Green conservatism,
Pro-Europeanism
15 / 141
0 / 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,
Social liberalism,
Social conservatism,
Populism
10 / 141
1 / 11
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania,
Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija,
Akcja Wyborcza Polaków na Litwie		 LLRA Waldemar Tomaszewski Polish minority interests,
Social conservatism,
Christian democracy,
Soft euroscepticism
3 / 141
1 / 11
Lithuanian Regions Party,
Lietuvos regionų partija		 LRP Jonas Pinskus Social democracy,[3]
Social conservatism,[3]
Populism
3 / 141
0 / 11
Lithuanian Green Party,
Lietuvos žaliųjų partija		 LŽP Ieva Budraitė Centrism,
Green liberalism,
Pro-Europeanism
1 / 141
0 / 11
Freedom and Justice,
Laisvė ir teisingumas		 LT Artūras Paulauskas Conservative liberalism
National liberalism
1 / 141
0 / 11
People and Justice Union (Centrists, Nationalists),
Tautos ir teisingumo sąjunga (centristai, tautininkai)		 TTS Petras Gražulis National conservatism
Euroscepticism[4][5]
LGBT rights opposition
1 / 141
0 / 11

Parties without parliamentary representation

Inactive parties

As of 2023, these parties failed to provide relevant documents to be registered for the upcoming elections.[1]

Parties undergoing liquidation

  • Order and Justice (Tvarka ir teisingumas)[1] - since 2020 merger to form Freedom and Justice
  • Russian Alliance (Rusų aljansas)[6]
  • Union for National Unity (Tautos vienybės sąjunga)[1] - since 2016
  • Lithuanian Political Prisoners Party (Lietuvos politinių kalinių partija)[1] - since 2008

Defunct and unregistered parties

Historical parties

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Kiek politinių organizacijų galėtų dalyvauti kitų metų rinkimuose?". Anyksta (in Lithuanian). VR. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Partijos statutas". LSDP (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  3. 1 2 "Partijos programa". LSDDP (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  4. ↑ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Lithuania". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. ↑ Liesener, Leon Andrius (9 October 2020). "Lithuanian Parliamentary Elections: Two-Rounds, Zero Certainty". Europe Elects. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Lithuanian Ministry of Justice (2020-04-07). "LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS POLITINIŲ PARTIJŲ SĄRAŠAS" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
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