List of political parties in Lithuania

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 2020, there are 29 political parties registered with the Ministry of Justice, 2 of them in the process of being deregistered.^[1]

Major parties[]

Current parties in the parliament[]

There are currently ten parties represented in the Seimas. The current government is a broad majority coalition of the Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats, Liberal Movement and Freedom Party.

	Abbreviation	Leader	Ideology	Seimas	MEPs
Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats Tėvynės sąjunga - Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai	TS-LKD	Gabrielius Landsbergis	Conservatism Christian democracy Liberal conservatism National conservatism Lithuanian nationalism Pro-Europeanism	50	3
Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjunga	LVŽS	Ramūnas Karbauskis	Centrism Agrarianism Green conservatism Pro-Europeanism Technocracy	32	2
Liberal Movement Liberalų sąjūdis	LRLS	Viktorija Čmilytė - Nielsen	Liberalism Classical liberalism Conservative liberalism Pro-Europeanism	13	1
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija	LSDP	Gintautas Paluckas	Social democracy^[2] Democratic socialism^[2] Feminism^[2] Progressivism^[2] Pro-Europeanism^[2]	13	2
Freedom Party Laisvės Partija	LP	Aušrinė Armonaitė	Liberalism Progressivism Feminism Pro-Europeanism	11	0
Labour Party Darbo partija	DP	Viktor Uspaskich	Centrism Conservative liberalism Populism	10	1
Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania Lietuvos socialdemokratinė darbo partija	LSDDP	Gediminas Kirkilas	Social democracy^[3] Third Way^[3] Paternalistic conservatism^[3] Social market economy^[3] Left-wing nationalism^[3] Pro-Europeanism^[3]Populism	3	0
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija Akcja Wyborcza Polaków na Litwie	LLRA	Valdemar Tomaševski	Polish minority interests Social conservatism Christian fundamentalism Clericalism Soft euroscepticism Russophilia	3	1
Freedom and Justice Laisvė ir teisingumas	LT	Remigijus Žemaitaitis	Liberalism^[4] Conservative liberalism	1	0
Lithuanian Green Party Lietuvos žaliųjų partija	LŽP	Remigijus Lapinskas	Centrism Green liberalism Pro-Europeanism	1	0

Parties without parliamentary representation[]

Lithuanian People's Party (Lietuvos Liaudies Partija)^[1]
Christian Union (Lithuania) (Krikščionių Sąjunga)
Lithuanian Centre Party - Nationalists (Centro partija – Tautininkai)
Lithuanian Nationalist and Republican Union (Lietuvių tautininkų ir respublikonų sąjunga)^[1]
Young Lithuania (Jaunoji Lietuva)^[1]
The Way of Courage (Drąsos kelias)^[1]
Samogitian Party (Žemaičių partija, Samogitian: Žemaitiu partėjė)^[1]
Lithuanian List (Lietuvos sąrašas)^[1]
(Rusų aljansas)^[1]
(Kovotojų už Lietuvą sąjunga)^[1]
(Kartų solidarumo sąjunga - Santalka Lietuvai)
(Lietuva - Visų)
(Lietuvos krikščioniškosios demokratijos sąjunga)^[1]
National Alliance (Nacionalinis susivienijimas)^[1]
(Profesinių sąjungų centras)^[1]

Defunct and unregistered parties[]

Civic Democratic Party (Pilietinės demokratijos partija)
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)
Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) (Lietuvos Laisvės Sąjunga (Liberalai))
Socialist People's Front (Socialistinis liaudies frontas)

Historical parties[]

Lithuanian Democratic Party
Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party
Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party
Democratic National Freedom League
Farmers Party
Communist Party of Lithuania

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Lithuanian Ministry of Justice (2020-04-07). "LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS POLITINIŲ PARTIJŲ SĄRAŠAS" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Partijos statutas". LSDP (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Partijos programa". LSDDP (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
^ Partija "Laisvė ir teisingumas". "Lietuvos Respublikos seimo rinkimų programos metmenys" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2020-07-07.

[:3-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Lithuanian Ministry of Justice (2020-04-07). "LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS POLITINIŲ PARTIJŲ SĄRAŠAS" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-07-07.

[:1-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Partijos statutas". LSDP (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2020-07-07.

[:0-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Partijos programa". LSDDP (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2020-07-07.

[4] Partija "Laisvė ir teisingumas". "Lietuvos Respublikos seimo rinkimų programos metmenys" (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 2020-07-07.

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