List of political parties in Lithuania

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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 2008, there are 37 political parties registered with the Ministry of Justice.^[1]

Major parties

Current parties in the parliament

There are currently eight parties represented in the Seimas.

The current government is a centre-left one, formed between the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, the Labour Party, Order and Justice and the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania under the leadership of the Social Democrats Algirdas Butkevičius. Together, they have 85 seats: giving them a majority in the 141-seat Seimas.

		Leader	Ideology	Seimas	MEPs
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija	LSDP	Algirdas Butkevičius	Social democracy	37	2
Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats Tėvynės sąjunga - Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai	TS-LKD	Gabrielius Landsbergis	Conservatism, Christian democracy	33	2
Labour Party Darbo partija	DP	Loreta Graužinienė	Centrism, Populism	29	1
Liberal Movement Liberalų sąjūdis	LS	Eligijus Masiulis	Liberalism	11	2
Order and Justice Tvarka ir teisingumas	TT	Rolandas Paksas	National conservatism, Populism	11	2
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija Akcja Wyborcza Polaków na Litwie	LLRA	Valdemar Tomaševski	Polish minority, Conservatism	8	1
The Way of Courage Drąsos kelias	DK	Jonas Varkala	Anti-corruption, Populism	7	0
Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjunga	LVŽS	Ramūnas Karbauskis	Agrarianism	1	1
Lithuanian Green Party Lietuvos Žaliųjų Partija	LŽP	Linas Balsys	Green politics	1	0

Minor parties

Civic Democratic Party (Pilietinės demokratijos partija)
Lithuanian Centre Party (Lietuvos centro partija)
Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) (Lietuvos Laisvės Sąjunga (Liberalai))
Lithuanian Nationalist Union (Lietuvių tautininkų sąjunga)
Lithuanian Union of Russians (Lietuvos rusų sąjunga)
Russian Alliance (Rusų aljansas)
Socialist People's Front (Socialistinis liaudies frontas)

Former parties

Centre Union of Lithuania (Lietuvos centro sąjunga)
Liberal and Centre Union (Lietuvos liberalų ir centro sąjunga)
Christian Conservative Social Union (Krikščionių konservatorių socialinė sąjunga)
Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (Lietuvos demokratine darbo partija)
Front (Frontas)
Christian Democratic Union (Krikščionių demokratų sąjunga)
Liberal Union of Lithuania (Lietuvos liberalų sąjunga)
Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai)
Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees (Lietuvos politinių kalinių ir tremtinių sąjunga)
Lithuanian Peasants Party (Lietuvos valstiečių partija)
Modern Christian-Democratic Union (Moderniųjų krikščionių demokratų sąjunga)
National Resurrection Party ( Tautos prisikėlimo partija)
New Democracy Party (Naujosios demokratijos partija)
New Union (Social Liberals) (Naujoji Sąjunga (Socialliberalai)
Socialist Party of Lithuania ( Lietuvos socialistų partija )

Historical parties

Lithuanian Democratic Party
Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party
Lithuanian Peasants' Union
Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party
Democratic National Freedom League
Farmers Party

References

↑ "Partijų derliaus metais užderėjo ir profsąjungų partija". Lietuvos Rytas. 2008-05-26. Retrieved 2008-05-28.

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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