Eleventh Seimas of Lithuania
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| Jurisdiction |  Lithuania |
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| Term | 2012—2016 | ||||
The Eleventh Seimas of Lithuania is a parliament (Seimas) elected in Lithuania. Elections took place on 14 October 2012, with the run-off on 28 October. The Seimas commenced its work on 17 November 2012 and is serving a four-year term. The next elections to Seimas are due to take place on 9 October 2016.
Elections
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In the elections in 2012, 70 members of the parliament were elected on proportional party lists and 71 in single member constituencies. Elections took place on 14 October 2012. Run-off elections were held on 28 October in the single-seat constituencies where no candidate secured a seat in the first round.
| Party | Proportional | Constituency seats |
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| Social Democrats | 251,610 | 18.37 | 15 | 23 | 38 |  13 |
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| Homeland Union | 206,590 | 15.08 | 13 | 20 | 33 |  12 |
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| Labour Party | 271,520 | 19.82 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 19 |
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| Order and Justice | 100,120 | 7.31 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 |
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| Liberal Movement | 117,476 | 8.57 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
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| Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania | 79,840 | 5.83 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
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| The Way of Courage | 109,448 | 7.99 | 7 | – | 7 | New | |
| Peasant and Greens Union | 53,141 | 3.88 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| Liberal and Centre Union | 28,263 | 2.06 | – | – | – | 8 |
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| YES | 24,129 | 1.76 | – | – | – | New | |
| Socialist People's Front | 16,515 | 1.21 | – | – | – |  |
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| Christian Party | 16,494 | 1.20 | – | – | – | New | |
| For Lithuania in Lithuania | 12,854 | 0.94 | – | – | – | New | |
| Young Lithuania | 8,632 | 0.63 | – | – | – | |
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| 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 |
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| 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: Central Electoral Commission[1][2] | |||||||
Activities
Social Democrats have been the largest party in the Eleventh Seimas and form a coalition government with the Labour Party and the Order and Justice party. Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania was initially a member of the ruling coalition, but left in 2014.[3]
Vydas Gedvilas of the Labour Party was elected as the Speaker of the Seimas during the first session. He resigned less than a year later and was replaced by Loreta Graužinienė.
Composition
Parliamentary groups
After the elections, the parliamentary groups were formed in the Seimas, largely on the party lines: Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDPF), Labour Party (DPF), Liberal Movement (LSF), Order and Justice(FTT), Electoral Action of the Poles in Lithuania (LLRAF), Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TSLKDF), Way of Courage (FDK) and the Mixed Group of Members of the Seimas (MSNG).[4]
Members
154 members have served on the Eleventh Seimas.[5]
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