Lithuanian Social Democratic Union

Lithuanian Social Democratic Union

Leader	Arvydas Akstinavičius
Founded	December 27, 1999 (1999-12-27)
Headquarters	Vilniaus g. 22, Vilnius
Membership	1222^[1]
Ideology	Social democracy, Left-wing nationalism
Political position	centre-left
International affiliation	none
Colours	Violet and red
Seimas	0 / 141
European Parliament	0 / 12
Municipal councils	6 / 1,526
Website
www.lsds.lt
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Lithuanian Social Democratic Union (Lithuanian: Lietuvos socialdemokratų sąjunga) is a minor social democratic political party in Lithuania. The party has 6 representatives at the municipal level^[2] and has no seats in either Seimas or EP. The leader of the party is Arvydas Akstinavičius.

In 2012 it participated in the Parliamentarian election having formed joint alliance with 2 euroskeptic nationalist parties, named "For Lithuania in Lithuania".^[3] The controversial symbol of this electoral union was a white sheep kicking a black sheep out of the logo. The alliance received 0.94% of votes.

References

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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