Seimas
| Seimas | |
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| Type | |
| Type | Unicameral |
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| Speaker | Vydas Gedvilas, Darbo partija Since 14 September 2012 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 141 |
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| Political groups | Social Democratic (38) Homeland Union (33) Labour (29) Order and Justice(11) Liberal Movement (10) Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (8) The Way of Courage (7) Others (4) |
| Elections | |
| Voting system | Parallel voting with a 5% election threshold for proportional seats (7% for coalitions) |
| Last election | 14 and 28 October 2012 |
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| Seimas Palace, Vilnius | |
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| www.lrs.lt | |
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| This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Lithuania |
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The Seimas of the Lithuanian Republic (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas), or simply the Seimas (pronounced [sæ̠iˑmɐs]), is the unicameral Lithuanian parliament. It has 141 members that are elected for a four-year term. About half of the members of this legislative body are elected in individual constituencies (71), and the other half (70) are elected by nationwide vote according to proportional representation. A party must receive at least 5%, and a multi-party union at least 7%, of the national vote to be represented in the Seimas.
Elections
The Seimas uses parallel voting, with elections for the 70 proportional seats and the 71 constituency seats held on separate days. The proportional seats are allocated by the Hare quota, with a 5% election threshold (or 7% for electoral alliances) to gain list seats.
Latest election
| Party | Proportional | Constituency seats |
Total seats |
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| Votes | % | Seats | ||||
| Social Democrats | 251,610 | 18.37 | 15 | 23 | 38 |  13 |
| Homeland Union | 206,590 | 15.08 | 13 | 20 | 33 |  12 |
| Labour Party | 271,520 | 19.82 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 19 |
| Order and Justice | 100,120 | 7.31 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 |
| Liberal Movement | 117,476 | 8.57 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania | 79,840 | 5.83 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| The Way of Courage | 109,448 | 7.99 | 7 | – | 7 | New |
| Peasant and Greens Union | 53,141 | 3.88 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Liberal and Centre Union | 28,263 | 2.06 | – | – | – | 8 |
| YES | 24,129 | 1.76 | – | – | – | New |
| Socialist People's Front | 16,515 | 1.21 | – | – | – |  |
| Christian Party | 16,494 | 1.20 | – | – | – | New |
| For Lithuania in Lithuania | 12,854 | 0.94 | – | – | – | New |
| Young Lithuania | 8,632 | 0.63 | – | – | – | |
| Democratic Labour and Unity Party | 4,383 | 0.32 | – | – | – | New |
| Emigrants Party | 4,015 | 0.29 | – | – | – | New |
| Republican Party | 3,661 | 0.27 | – | – | – | New |
| Lithuanian People's Party | 3,399 | 0.25 | – | – | – | New |
| Independents | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 57,924 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,370,014 | 100 | 70 | 70 (1 to go) | 140 | – |
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,588,418 | 52.93 | – | – | – | – |
| Source: VRK | ||||||
Seimas Palace
Seimas Palace (Lithuanian: Seimo Rūmai) was designed by architects Algimantas Nasvytis, his brother Vytautas Nasvytis, and Robertas Stasėnas.[1]
Plenary Sittings
In the Seimas there are four plenary sitting a week - two on Tuesday and two on Thursday, which are represented by the speaker of the Seimas or his deputy. As a rule, all sittings of the Seimas are open.
Members (since 1990)
- List of members of the Parliament of Lithuania, 1990–1992
- List of members of the Parliament of Lithuania, 1992–1996
- List of members of the Parliament of Lithuania, 1996–2000
- List of members of the Parliament of Lithuania, 2000–2004
- List of members of the Parliament of Lithuania, 2004–2008
- List of members of the Parliament of Lithuania, 2008–2012
- List of members of the Parliament of Lithuania (current)
Notes and references
- ^ Tomas Venclova. Vilnius. R. Paknys Publishing House, Vilnius, 2002, p. 191.
External links
- (Lithuanian) Seimas official website
- History of Seimas
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