Seventh Seimas of Lithuania

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Seventh Seimas of Lithuania
Sixth Seimas of Lithuania Eighth Seimas of Lithuania
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Seimas Palace
Overview
Jurisdiction  Lithuania
Term 1996—2000

The Seventh Seimas of Lithuania was the parliament (Seimas) elected in Lithuania. Elections took place on 20 October 1996, with the second round on 10 November. The Seimas commenced its work on 25 November 1996 and served a four-year term, with the last session on 18 October 2000.

Elections

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In the elections in 1996, 70 members of the parliament were elected on proportional party lists and 71 in single member constituencies. Elections took place on 20 October 1996. In those constituencies where no candidate gained a majority of votes on 20 October, a run-off was held on 10 November.

The elections were won by the Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservative Party, which gained 70 seats, followed by 16 seats won by Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party. Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, which had decisively won the previous elections, ended up with only 12 seats.

Party Abbr. PR votes % Seats
PR Constituency Total
Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives TSLK 409,585 31.34 33 37 70
Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party LKDP 136,259 10.43 11 5 16
Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania LDDP 130,837 10.01 10 2 12
Centre Union of Lithuania LCS 113,333 8.67 9 4 13
Lithuanian Social-Democrat Party LSDP 90,756 6.94 7 5 12
Young Lithuania JL 52,423 4.01 0 1 1
Lithuanian Women's Party LMP 50,494 3.86 0 1 1
Lithuanian Christian Democratic Union LKDS 42,346 3.24 0 1 1
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania LLRA 39,773 3.14 0 1 1
Alliance of the Lithuanian National Minorities 33,389 2.55 0 0 0
Lithuanian Nationalist Union LTS 28,744 2.20 0 2 2
Lithuanian Democratic Party LDP 1 1
Liberal Union of Lithuania LLS 25,279 1.93 0 1 1
Lithuanian Peasants Party LVP 22,826 1.75 0 1 1
Union of the Russians of Lithuania 22,395 1.71 0 0 0
Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees LPKTS 20,580 1.57 0 1 1
Lithuanian Liberty Union 20,511 1.57 0 0 0
Lithuanian Party of Economy 16,475 1.26 0 0 0
Lithuanian Liberty League 12,562 0.96 0 0 0
Lithuanian Social Justice Union 12,234 0.94 0 0 0
Lithuanian Socialist Party 9,985 0.76 0 0 0
Republican Party 5,063 0.39 0 0 0
National Progress Party 3,922 0.30 0 0 0
Lithuanian Party Life's Logic 3,361 0.26 0 0 0
Lithuanian Peoples Party 2,622 0.26 0 0 0
Independence Party 0 0
Independents 0 0 0 4 4
Invalid/blank votes 67,751 4.9
Total 1,374,673 100 70 67 137
Registered voters/turnout 2,597,530 52.9

Activities

Speaker of the Seimas
Vytautas Landsbergis
Vytautas Landsbergis (Homeland Union)
25 November 1996 - 18 October 2000

Vytautas Landsbergis was elected as the Speaker of the Seventh Seimas and served throughout the term.

The Seventh Seimas laid the foundations for parliamentary control in Lithuania. The Seimas and the Government also proceeded with the privatization of large public enterprises.[1]

Composition

Parliamentary groups

During the first session of the Seimas the following parliamentary groups were registered: Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives, Christian Democrats, Center, Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, Social Democrats, Joint Group (Joint Group of the Peasants' party, the Christian Democratic Union and the National Party "Young Lithuania"), Independent Group and the Mixed Group of Members of the Seimas.

Several splits occurred during the term. In late 1998 Laima Andrikienė and Vidmantas Žiemelis were ejected from Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives. They were followed by another 10 parliament members who formed the parliamentary group of Moderate Conservatives in 2000. In the same year, Modern Christian Democrats (4 members) split from the Christian Democrats and Social Democracy 2000s (4 members at the time) split from the Social Democrats. However, similarly to the Sixth Seimas, the Seventh Seimas saw few defections across ideological borders, due to the vast gulf between ruling and opposition parties.[2]:354

By the end of the term of the Seimas, the following parliamentary groups were active.[3]

Name Abbr. Members
Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives TSLK 48
Christian Democrats KDF 12
Center CF 17
Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania LDDPF 11
Social Democrats SDF 7
Joint Group of the Peasants' party, the Christian Democratic Union and the National Party "Young Lithuania" JF 5
Social Democracy 2000s S 2000 5
Modern Christian Democrats MKD 4
Moderate Conservatives NKF 12
Joint Group of the Democratic Party and the National People's Party DF 3
Independent Group NF 2
Others MSNG 2

Members

A total of 151 members were elected to the Seventh Seimas (Virgilijus Bulovas and Naglis Puteikis were elected but did not take their seats),[4][2]:348 including 126 men and 25 women.[5] Seimas had 137 members at the end of the term, as no new elections would take place in single-seat constituencies with less than 6 months of the term left.[2]:348-349

Name, Surname Electoral list Constituency Parliamentary group Notes
Arvydas Akstinavičius LSDP Nationwide SDF
S 2000 (From 19 December 1999)
Vilija Aleknaitė-Abramikienė TSLK Tauragės TSLK
Raimundas Alekna TSLK Nationwide TSLK from 5 March 1997
Danutė Aleksiūnienė LCS Trakų CF From 23 April 1997
Ignas Aleškevičius TSLK Nationwide until 4 February 1997
Nijolė Ambrazaitytė TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Laima Andrikienė TSLK Pramonės TSLK
MSNG (from 1 January 1999)
DF (from 2 May 2000)
Vytenis Andriukaitis LSDP Žirmūnų SDF
Alfonsas Andriuškevičius TSLK Nationwide TSLK From 24 April 1997
Jonas Avyžius TSLK Nationwide TSLK Until 7 July 1999
Audronius Ažubalis TSLK Fabijoniškių TSLK
Alfonsas Bartkus TSLK Šilalės Šilutės TSLK
NKF (from 28 March 2000)
Julius Beinortas LKDP Nationwide KDF
Juozas Bernatonis LDDP Nationwide LDDPF From 1 May 1998
Egidijus Bičkauskas LCS Justiniškių CF
Kazys Bobelis LKDS Marijampolės JF
Vytautas Bogušis LKDP Nationwide KDF
MKDF (from 23 December 1999)
Mindaugas Briedis TSLK Radviliškio TSLK
Virgilijus Vladislovas Bulovas LDDP Nationwide From 1 April 1998 until 1 May 1998
Sigita Burbienė LDDP Nationwide LDDPF
Stanislovas Buškevičius JL Kalniečių JF
Algirdas Butkevičius LSDP Vilkaviškio SDF
Audrius Butkevičius Independent Naujamiesčio CF
MSNG (from 15 June 1999)
Vytautas Aleksandras Cinauskas TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Algis Čaplikas LCS Nationwide CF
Vytautas Čepas LCS Nationwide CF
Sigitas Čirba TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Regimantas Čiupaila LCS Nationwide CF
Rimantas Dagys LSDP Nationwide SDF
S 2000 (from 19 December 1999)
Sofija Daubaraitė TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Irena Degutienė TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Rimantas Didžiokas TSLK Baltijos TSLK
Roma Dovydėnienė LSDP Nationwide SDF
Juozas Dringelis TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Vytautas Dudėnas TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Jadvyga Dunauskaitė TSLK Akmenės TSLK
Vytautas Einoris LDDP Nationwide LDDPF
Juozas Galdikas TSLK Lazdijų Druskininkų TSLK
Povilas Gylys LDDP Nationwide LDDPF
Vincas Girnius TSLK Nationwide TSLK Until 4 February 1997
Kęstutis Glaveckas LCS Alytaus CF
Petras Gražulis LKDP Nationwide KDF
Arūnas Grumadas LCS Nationwide CF
Romualda Hofertienė TSLK Marių TSLK
Gražina Imbrasienė TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Žibartas Juozas Jackūnas TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Kęstutis Jakelis TSLK Nationwide TSLK From 18 July 1999
Vladimir Jarmolenko TSLK Dainavos TSLK Until 21 November 1999
Česlovas Juršėnas LDDP Nationwide LDDPF
Sigitas Kaktys TSLK Mažeikių TSLK
Ramūnas Karbauskis Independent Šiaulių kaimiškoji JF
Justinas Karosas LDDP Nationwide LDDPF
Algis Kašėta LKDP Varėnos Eišiškių KDF
MSNG (from 14 December 1999)
MKDF (from 23 December 1999)
Povilas Katilius LKDP Nationwide KDF
Juozapas Algirdas Katkus TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Gediminas Kirkilas LDDP Nationwide LDDPF
Vytautas Petras Knašys TSLK Raseinių TSLK
Mindaugas Končius LCS Nationwide CF
Kazimieras Vytautas Kryževičius LKDP Nationwide KDF
Andrius Kubilius TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Saulius Kubiliūnas TSLK Nationwide TSLK From 17 November 1997
Elvyra Janina Kunevičienė TSLK Lazdynų TSLK
NKF (from 28 March 2000)
Rytas Kupčinskas TSLK Aleksoto Vilijampolės TSLK
Bronislavas Juozas Kuzmickas TSLK Gargždų TSLK
Kazimieras Kuzminskas LKDP Panemunės KDF
Vytautas Landsbergis TSLK Kauno kaimiškoji TSLK
Vaclovas Lapė TSLK Skuodo Mažeikių TSLK
Mečys Laurinkus TSLK Nevėžio TSLK Until 1 July 1998
Juozas Listavičius TSLK Kelmės TSLK
NKF (from 28 March 2000)
Zygmunt Mackevič TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Stasys Malkevičius TSLK Pajūrio TSLK
Virginijus Martišauskas Independent Šilutės CF
Jūratė Matekonienė LTS and LDP Jonavos CF
Antanas Matulas TSLK Pasvalio Panevėžio TSLK
Alvydas Medalinskas Independent Šeškinės LRF
MSNG (from 1 January 1999)
Nikolaj Medvedev LSDP Pakruojo Joniškio SDF
Rasa Melnikienė LCS Nationwide CF
Gabriel Jan Mincevič LLRA Širvintų Vilniaus NF
Jonas Mocartas TSLK Nationwide TSLK
MSNG (from 1 February 2000)
NKF (from 28 March 2000)
From 4 February 1997
Juozas Olekas LSDP Suvalkijos SDF
Romualdas Ozolas LCS Dzūkijos CF
Nijolė Oželytė TSLK Nationwide TSLK (until 27 December 1999)
NKF (from 28 March 2000)
Vytautas Pakalniškis TSLK Nationwide TSLK
NKF (from 28 March 2000)
Feliksas Palubinskas LKDP Centro KDF
MKDF (from 19 January 2000)
Petras Papovas LDDP Zarasų-Visagino LDDPF
Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas LKDP Nationwide KDF
Dainius Petras Paukštė LSDP Nationwide S 2000 From 9 April 2000
Saulius Pečeliūnas LTS and LDP Kaišiadorių-Elektrėnų MSNG
DF (from 2 May 2000)
Simas Ramutis Petrikis TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Elena Petrošienė TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Algirdas Petrusevičius TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Rimantas Pleikys TSLK Senamiesčio TSLK
NKF (from 28 March 2000)
Artur Plokšto LDDP Nationwide LDDPF
Zigmantas Pocius TSLK Nationwide TSLK Until 3 November 1997
Mykolas Pronckus LDDP Nationwide LDDPF
Kazimira Prunskienė LMP Molėtų Švenčionių NF
Naglis Puteikis TSLK Nationwide TSLK From 4 February 1997 until 24 April 1997
Antanas Račas TSLK Jurbarko TSLK
Raimundas Leonas Rajeckas TSLK Aukštaitijos TSLK Until 20 August 1997
Rasa Rastauskienė TSLK Anykščių Kupiškio TSLK
Arimantas Juvencijus Raškinis LKDP Nationwide KDF
Jurgis Razma TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Rūta Rutkelytė LCS Nationwide CF
Liudvikas Sabutis TSLK Plungės TSLK
Joana Danguolė Sadeikienė TSLK Žaliakalnio TSLK
Aloyzas Sakalas LSDP Antakalnio SDF
Algimantas Salamakinas LDDP Kėdainių LDDPF
Algirdas Saudargas LKDP Karoliniškių KDF
Algimantas Sėjūnas TSLK Aušros TSLK
Jan Senkevič LLRA Vilniaus - Šalčininkų NF From 23 March 1997
Romualdas Sikorskis TSLK Nationwide TSLK Until 5 March 1997
Algirdas Sysas LSDP Nationwide SDF
Kęstutis Skrebys TSLK Vakarinė TSLK
NKF (from 28 March 2000)
Sigitas Slavickas TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Rimantas Smetona LTS and LDP Ukmergės JF
Stasys Stačiokas TSLK Nationwide TSLK Until 18 March 1999
Česlovas Stankevičius LKDP Nationwide KDF
Laurynas Stankevičius LDDP Nationwide LDDPF Until 31 March 1998
Antanas Napoleonas Stasiškis TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Alfredas Henrikas Stasiulevičius TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Vida Stasiūnaitė LSDP Nationwide SDF
MSNG (from 1 January 1999)
Until 8 April 2000
Ona Suncovienė TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Rimvydas Raimondas Survila TSLK Nationwide TSLK From 19 March 1999
Petras Šakalinis TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Petras Antanas Šalčius TSLK Rokiškio TSLK
Saulius Šaltenis TSLK Nationwide TSLK
NKF (from 28 March 2000)
Kazimieras Šavinis LCS Dainų CF
Marija Šerienė LKDP Nationwide KDF
MKDF(from 23 December 1999)
Irena Šiaulienė LDDP Nationwide LDDPF
Gintaras Šileikis LCS Nationwide CF
Jonas Šimėnas LKDP Utenos KDF
Albertas Šimėnas LKDP Nationwide KDF
Virginijus Šmigelskas LCS Nationwide CF From 15 May 2000
Antanas Švitra LPKTS Kretingos MSNG
Kęstutis Trapikas LLS Ignalinos Švenčionių LRF
CF (from 1 January 1999)
Sigitas Urbonas TSLK Prienų TSLK
Ignacas Stasys Uždavinys LKDP Nationwide KDF
Gediminas Vagnorius TSLK Telšių TSLK
NKF (from 28 March 2000)
Alfonsas Vaišnoras TSLK Šilainių TSLK
MSNG (from 1 February 2000)
NKF (from 28 March 2000)
Kęstutis Vaitukaitis LCS Nationwide CF Until 14 May 2000
Albinas Vaižmužis LVP Biržų Kupiškio NF
Jonas Valatka LSDP Nationwide SDF
S 2000 (from 19 December 1999)
Virmantas Velikonis LDDP Aukštaitijos LDDPF From 21 December 1997
Arvydas Vidžiūnas TSLK Šakių TSLK
Vladas Vilimas TSLK Kauno Kėdainių TSLK
Birutė Teodora Visokavičienė TSLK Saulės TSLK
NKF (from 28 March 2000)
Vytenis Albertas Zabukas TSLK Danės TSLK
Emanuelis Zingeris TSLK Nationwide TSLK
Rolandas Zuoza LSDP Nationwide SDF
S 2000 (from 14 December 1999)
Vidmantas Žiemelis TSLK Nationwide TSLK
MSNG (from 1 January 1999)
DF (from 2 May 2000)
Algis Žvaliauskas TSLK Nationwide TSLK (until 11 May 2000)

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