Eleventh Seimas of Lithuania

Eleventh Seimas of Lithuania
Eleventh Seimas of Lithuania
Overview
Legislative body	Seimas
Jurisdiction	Lithuania
Term	2012—2016

The Eleventh Seimas of Lithuania was 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 served a four-year term, with the last session taking place on 10 November 2016.

Elections[]

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	Total seats	+/–
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Constituency seats	Total seats	+/–
	Labour Party	271,520	20.69	17	12	29	+19
	Social Democrats	251,610	19.18	15	23	38	+13
	Homeland Union	206,590	15.75	13	20	33	–12
	Liberal Movement	117,476	8.95	7	3	10	–1
	The Way of Courage	109,448	8.34	7	–	7	New
	Order and Justice	100,120	7.63	6	5	11	–4
	Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania	79,840	6.08	5	3	8	+5
	Peasant and Greens Union	53,141	4.05	–	1	1	–2
	Liberal and Centre Union	28,263	2.15	–	–	–	–8
	YES	24,129	1.84	–	–	–	New
	Socialist People's Front	16,515	1.26	–	–	–	0
	Christian Party	16,494	1.26	–	–	–	New
	For Lithuania in Lithuania	12,854	0.98	–	–	–	New
	Young Lithuania	8,632	0.66	–	–	–	0
	Democratic Labour and Unity Party	4,383	0.33	–	–	–	New
	Emigrants' Party	4,015	0.31	–	–	–	New
	Republican Party	3,661	0.28	–	–	–	New
	Lithuanian People's Party	3,399	0.26	–	–	–	New
Independents		–	–	–	3	3	–1
Invalid/blank votes		57,924	–	–	–	–	–
Total		1,370,014	100	70	70	140	–
Registered voters/turnout		2,588,418	52.93	–	–	–	–
Source: Central Electoral Commission^[1]^[2]

Activities[]

Speaker of the Seimas

Vydas Gedvilas (Labour Party)
17 November 2012 – 3 October 2013

Loreta Graužinienė (Labour Party)
3 October 2013 – 14 November 2016

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 for the rest of the term.

This parliament led to the adoption of the euro and introduced direct mayoral elections.

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]

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

Name	Abbr.	Members

Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	LSDPF	39
Homeland Union	TS-LKDF	30
Labor Party	DPF	28
Liberal Movement	LSF	12
Order and Justice	TTLDF	9
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance	LLRA–KŠSF	8
Others	MSNG	13
Vacant		2

Members[]

155 members have served on the Eleventh Seimas.^[5] After the resignation of Vytautas Gapšys, Aurimas Truncė qualified for a Seimas seat through the electoral list of the Labour Party but relinquished the seat before taking oath.

Name, Surname	Constituency	Electoral list	Notes
	Nationwide	TT
Mantas Adomėnas	Nationwide	TS
Vilija Aleknaitė-Abramikienė	Nationwide	TS
Vytenis Andriukaitis	4 Žirmūnų	LSDP	Until 15 September 2014
Arvydas Anušauskas	2 Senamiesčio	TS
Petras Auštrevičius	Nationwide	LS	Until 27 June 2014
Audronius Ažubalis	6 Šeškinės	TS
Zigmantas Balčytis	Nationwide	LSDP	Until 16 November 2012
	8 Karoliniškių	Independent
	43 Kėdainių	DP
	38 Mažeikių	TT
	64 Šakių	LSDP
Rima Baškienė	45 Šiaulių kaimiškoji	LVŽS
Juozas Bernatonis	Nationwide	LSDP
Agnė Bilotaitė	Nationwide	TS
Šarūnas Birutis	53 Ignalinos - Švenčionių	DP
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė	Nationwide	LSDP	Until 16 November 2012
	59 Kaišiadorių - Elektrėnų	LSDP
	Nationwide	DK	From 1 July 2014
	39 Akmenės - Joniškio	DP
	40 Telšių	DP
Algirdas Butkevičius	68 Vilkaviškio	LSDP
	18 Panemunės	TS
	54 Molėtų - Švenčionių	DP
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen	Nationwide	LS	From 21 April 2015
Rimantas Dagys	11 Šilainių	TS
	Nationwide	DP
Irena Degutienė	1 Naujamiesčio	TS
	Nationwide	DP
	Nationwide	DP
	Nationwide	LSDP
	52 Zarasų - Visagino	TT	From 22 March 2013
	15 Kalniečių	TS
	Nationwide	DP
	Nationwide	DP
	46 Pakruojo - Joniškio	LS
	Nationwide	DP	Until 7 August 2016
Vydas Gedvilas	Nationwide	DP
Eugenijus Gentvilas	Nationwide	LS
	Nationwide	DK
Kęstutis Glaveckas	Nationwide	LS
Loreta Graužinienė	Nationwide	DP
	31 Gargždų	TT
	61 Ukmergės	LSDP	From 22 March 2013
Šarūnas Gustainis	4 Žirmūnų	LS	From 24 March 2015
	Nationwide	DP
	Nationwide	DP	From 14 September 2016
	66 Kauno kaimiškoji	TS
	Nationwide	LLRA	From 19 November 2012
	42 Raseinių	LSDP
Sergejus Jovaiša	Nationwide	TS
Rasa Juknevičienė	14 Žaliakalnio	TS
	Nationwide	LSDP
Vytautas Juozapaitis	Nationwide	TS
	Nationwide	TT
	70 Varėnos - Eišiškių	LS	Until 8 April 2015
	Nationwide	TS
Gediminas Kirkilas	Nationwide	LSDP
	Nationwide	TT
	Nationwide	DP
Vanda Kravčionok	Nationwide	LLRA
Dainius Kreivys	5 Fabijoniškių	TS
Andrius Kubilius	3 Antakalnio	TS
	Nationwide	LS
	12 Aleksoto - Vilijampolės	TS
	16 Dainavos	TS
	Nationwide	LLRA
	Nationwide	LSDP	From 19 November 2012
	Nationwide	LS	From 1 July 2014
Michal Mackevič	Nationwide	LLRA
Vincė Vaidevutė Margevičienė	13 Centro	TS
	69 Dzūkijos	DP
Eligijus Masiulis	21 Marių	LS	Until 19 May 2016
	Nationwide	TS
	47 Pasvalio - Panevėžio	TS
	Nationwide	DK
Andrius Mazuronis	Nationwide	TT
Valentinas Mazuronis	Nationwide	TT	Until 25 June 2014
Vidas Mikalauskas	70 Varėnos - Eišiškių	LSDP	From 29 June 2015
	Nationwide	LSDP	From 19 November 2012
	58 Trakų - Elektrėnų	DP
	71 Lazdijų - Druskininkų	LSDP
	29 Marijampolės	LSDP
	24 Saulės	LSDP
	41 Kelmės	LSDP
Audrius Nakas	Nationwide	DK	From 14 April 2015
Jaroslav Narkevič	57 Vilniaus - Trakų	LLRA
	26 Nevėžio	DP
	Nationwide	LSDP
Juozas Olekas	63 Suvalkijos	LSDP
Andrius Palionis	67 Prienų - Birštono	Independent
	Nationwide	LLRA	Until 16 November 2012
	20 Baltijos	DP
Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas	Nationwide	DK	Until 3 April 2015
Artūras Paulauskas	Nationwide	DP
	62 Jurbarko	LSDP
Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė	Nationwide	LSDP
	51 Utenos	LSDP
	34 Tauragės	LSDP
	28 Aukštaitijos	LSDP
	37 Skuodo - Mažeikių	DP
Raminta Popovienė	65 Kauno - Kėdainių	LSDP
Juras Požela	Nationwide	LSDP
	Nationwide	LSDP
Naglis Puteikis	19 Danės	TS
Jurgis Razma	35 Plungės - Rietavo	TS
Irina Rozova	Nationwide	LLRA	From 19 November 2012
	Nationwide	TT	From 26 June 2014
Julius Sabatauskas	30 Alytaus	LSDP
	44 Radviliškio	LSDP
	49 Anykščių - Kupiškio	DP
Paulius Saudargas	7 Justiniškių	TS
	50 Rokiškio	LSDP
	25 Dainų	LSDP
Rimantas Sinkevičius	60 Jonavos	LSDP
Algirdas Sysas	Nationwide	LSDP
	Nationwide	DP
	32 Šilutės - Pagėgių	LSDP
	Nationwide	DK
	17 Pramonės	TS
Gintaras Steponavičius	Nationwide	LS
	9 Lazdynų	TS
	Nationwide	TS
	Nationwide	LSDP
Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė	Nationwide	LSDP
	Nationwide	TS
Irena Šiaulienė	Nationwide	LSDP
Remigijus Šimašius	Nationwide	LS	Until 20 April 2015
	56 Vilniaus - Šalčininkų	LLRA
Rita Tamašunienė	55 Širvintų - Vilniaus	LLRA
	Nationwide	DP	From 5 June 2014
	Nationwide	LS
Valdemar Tomaševski	Nationwide	LLRA	Until 16 November 2012
	Nationwide	DP
	27 Vakarinė	Independent
	10 Naujosios Vilnios	DP
Viktor Uspaskich	Nationwide	DP	Until 3 June 2016
	36 Kretingos	TT
	Nationwide	TT
	Nationwide	TS
	Nationwide	DK
	Nationwide	DK
Neringa Venckienė	Nationwide	DK	Until 19 June 2014
	61 Ukmergės	TT	Until 16 November 2012
Birutė Vėsaitė	Nationwide	LSDP
	Nationwide	TS
	Nationwide	DP
	Nationwide	DP
	48 Biržų - Kupiškio	LSDP	From 22 March 2013
Emanuelis Zingeris	Nationwide	TS
	23 Aušros	LSDP
	22 Pajūrio	TS
Remigijus Žemaitaitis	33 Šilalės - Šilutės	TT
Rokas Žilinskas	Nationwide	TS
	Nationwide	DP

References[]

^ "Balsavimo rezultatai daugiamandatėje apygardoje". Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
^ "2012 m. spalio 28 d. pakartotinio balsavimo rezultatai". Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
^ "Vyriausybe apsivalė, V. Tomaševskio partija - už borto" [The government has cleaned up, the party of V. Tomaševski is overboard] (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos Rytas. August 26, 2014. Archived from the original on October 6, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
^ "XI SEIMAS (2012–2016)" (in Lithuanian). Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
^ "Seimo narių abėcėlinis sąrašas" [Alphabetical List of the members of the Seimas] (in Lithuanian). Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

[1] "Balsavimo rezultatai daugiamandatėje apygardoje". Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

[2] "2012 m. spalio 28 d. pakartotinio balsavimo rezultatai". Central Electoral Commission. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

[3] "Vyriausybe apsivalė, V. Tomaševskio partija - už borto" [The government has cleaned up, the party of V. Tomaševski is overboard] (in Lithuanian). Lietuvos Rytas. August 26, 2014. Archived from the original on October 6, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2015.

[XISeimas-4] "XI SEIMAS (2012–2016)" (in Lithuanian). Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

[5] "Seimo narių abėcėlinis sąrašas" [Alphabetical List of the members of the Seimas] (in Lithuanian). Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 15 January 2016.

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