Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania

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Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos demokratinė darbo partija, LDDP) was a social democratic political party in Lithuania, that emerged from the Lithuanian section of the CPSU in December 1989^[1] LDDP was led by Algirdas Brazauskas, the first president of independent Lithuania. Because Brazauskas was elected as the first president, he was required to stop his activities in any parties. Adolfas Šleževičius became the party leader and the Prime Minister. After Šleževičius was charged with corruption, he was replaced by Česlovas Juršėnas.

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The LDDP won the 1992 parliamentary elections, gaining 43% of the vote giving it 73 seats in the Seimas.^[2] In 1996 Seimas elections, LDDP got about 9.5% of the votes and won 10 seats in the parliament. In 2000 elections LDDP formed a coalition with other three parties named after Algirdas Brazauskas and won majority of the votes. In 2001, LDDP merged with the Lithuanian Social-Democratic Party to form the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija). The youth organization of LDDP was called Lithuanian Labourist Youth Union (Lietuvos leboristų jaunimo unija).

Notes and references

↑ "Algirdas Brazauskas". The Daily Telegraph (London). 27 June 2010.
↑ 1992 Parliamentary elections

Political parties in Lithuania

Parties in the Seimas	Social Democratic Party (38) Homeland Union (33) Labour Party (29) Liberal Movement (11) Order and Justice (11) Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (8) The Way of Courage (7) Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (1) Lithuanian Green Party (1)

Other active parties	Lithuanian Centre Party Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) Lithuanian National Union Lithuanian Nationalist Union Lithuanian People's Party Lithuanian Russian Union Party of National Progress Samogitian Party Socialist People's Front Young Lithuania

Defunct parties (Since 1990)	Centre Union of Lithuania Christian Conservative Social Union Christian Democratic Union Christian Party Civic Democratic Party Communist Party of Lithuania Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania Front Party Independence Party Liberal and Centre Union Liberal Union of Lithuania Lithuanian Christian Democrats Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party Lithuanian Democratic Party Lithuanian Liberty League Lithuanian Liberty Union Lithuanian Peasants Party Lithuanian Social Democratic Union Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees Modern Christian-Democratic Union National Democratic Party of Lithuania National Resurrection Party New Democracy Party New Union (Social Liberals) Sąjūdis Socialist Party of Lithuania Unified Lithuanian National Workers Movement YES Young Communist League of Lithuania

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