Ninth Seimas of Lithuania

Ninth Seimas of Lithuania
Ninth Seimas of Lithuania
Overview
Legislative body	Seimas
Jurisdiction	Lithuania
Term	2004—2008

The Ninth Seimas of Lithuania was a parliament (Seimas) elected in Lithuania. Elections took place on 10 October 2004, with the run-off on 24 October. The Seimas commenced its work on 15 November 2004 and served a four-year term, with the last session on 16 November 2008.

Elections[]

In the elections in 2004, 70 members of the parliament were elected on proportional party lists and 71 in single member constituencies. Elections took place on 10 October 2004. Run-off elections were held on 24 October in the single-seat constituencies where no candidate secured a seat in the first round.

Party or alliance			Proportional			Constituency			Total seats
Party or alliance			Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats
	Labour Party (DP)		340,035	28.4	22		21.4	17	39
	Working for Lithuania (UDL)	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	246,852	20.7	16		17.6	15	20
	Working for Lithuania (UDL)	New Union (Social Liberals)	246,852	20.7	16		17.6	15	11
	Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives) (TS)		176,409	14.8	11		14.4	14	25
	For the Order and Justice (TT)	Liberal Democratic Party	135,807	11.3	9		8.4	1	10
	For the Order and Justice (TT)	Lithuanian People's Union For a Fair Lithuania	135,807	11.3	9		8.4	1	10
	Liberal and Centre Union (LiCS)		109,872	9.2	7		12.4	11	18
	Peasants and New Democratic Party Union (VNDPS)	Lithuanian Peasants Party	78,902	6.6	5		7.7	5	10
	Peasants and New Democratic Party Union (VNDPS)	New Democracy Party	78,902	6.6	5		7.7	5	10
	Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA)		45,302	3.8	0		4.5	2	2
	Christian Conservative Social Union		23,426	1.9	0		1.9	0	0
	Lithuanian Christian Democrats		16,362	1.4	0		2.5	0	0
	National Centre Party		5,989	0.5	0			0	0
	Republican Party		4,326	0.4	0			0	0
	Union of Lithuanian Socialists		3,977	0.3	0			0	0
	Lithuanian Liberty Union		3,337	0.3	0		0.2	0	0
	National Party Lithuanian Road		2,577	0.2	0		0.5	0	0
	Lithuanian Nationalist Union		2,482	0.2	0			0	0
	Young Lithuania		–	–	–		0.2	0	0
	Lithuanian Russian Union		–	–	–		0.2	0	0
	Independents		–	–	–			6	6
Invalid/blank votes			32,998	–	–	67,149	–	–	–
Total			1,228,653	100	70	1,227,648	100	71	141
Registered voters/turnout			2,666,196	46.1	–	2,666,199	46.1	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Strathclyde University, VRK

Activities[]

Speaker of the Seimas

Artūras Paulauskas (New Union (Social Liberals))
15 November 2004 - 11 April 2006

Viktoras Muntianas (Labor Party/Civic Democratic Party)
13 April 2006 - 1 April 2008

Česlovas Juršėnas (Social Democrats)
1 April 2008 - 17 November 2008

After the elections, Social Democrats led the coalition together with the New Union (Social Liberals), Labor and Peasants and New Democratic Party Union.^[1] Artūras Paulauskas was reelected as the Speaker of the Ninth Seimas, having served as the Speaker in the previous term.

In April 2006 the parliament expressed no confidence in the Speaker and Paulauskas was forced to resign, taking New Union out of the coalition. He was replaced as the Speaker of the Seimas by Viktoras Muntianas of Labor Party, who soon left the party to form Civic Democratic Party.^[1]

After another disagreement in May 2006, Labor Party joined the opposition. The decision was affected by the decision of the leader of the Party Viktor Uspaskich to resign as the Minister of the Economy after being accused of conflicts of interest. Opposition Liberal and Centre Union joined the minority government that ruled with some support of other opposition parties. At the beginning of 2008 New Union rejoined the coalition.^[1] Viktoras Muntianas resigned as the Speaker of the Seimas after a corruption scandal in April 2008 and Česlovas Juršėnas was elected in his stead.^[2]

This parliament passed legislation for possible introduction of euro.

Composition[]

Parliamentary groups[]

During the first session of the Seimas the following parliamentary groups were registered: Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDPF), Labour Party (DPF), Liberal and Centre (LCSF), Liberal Democrats (LDF), New Union (NSF), Homeland Union (TSF), Peasant and New Democracy (VNDF, later VLF) and the Mixed Group of Members of the Seimas (MSNG).

The term of the Seimas was noted for particularly significant shifts among parliamentary groups.^[1] For example, only 20 Social Democrats were elected to the Seimas, but Social Democratic Party political group in the Seimas had 38 members at the end of the term. Parliamentary groups formed during the term included Liberals (LF), Order and Justice Liberal Democrats (TTLDF), Civic Democratic (PDF), as well as Peasant Popular and Civic Democratic (VLPDF) groups.

By the end of the term of the Seimas, the following parliamentary groups were active.^[1]

Name	Abbr.	Members

Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	LSDPF	38
Homeland Union	TSF	26
Labor Party	DPF	23
Peasant Popular Union	VLF	14
Order and Justice	TTLDF	11
Liberal and Center Union	LCSF	10
New Union (Social Liberals)	NSF	9
Liberal Movement	LSF	9
Others	MSNG	1

Members[]

A total of 158 members served on the Ninth Seimas.^[3]

Name, Surname	Constituency	Electoral list	Parliamentary group	Notes
	Nationwide	TT	LDF TTLDF (from 23 May 2006)
Vilija Aleknaitė-Abramikienė	Nationwide	TS	TSF
Petras Auštrevičius	Senamiesčio	LiCS	LCSF LF (from 20 October 2005) LSF (from 26 April 2006)
Audronius Ažubalis	Nationwide	TS	TSF
	Nationwide	DP	DPF MSNG (from 22 December 2005) PDF (from 2 May 2006) VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) PDF (from 17 January 2008) LSDPF (from 4 April 2008)	From 21 December 2004
Zigmantas Balčytis	Šilalės – Šilutės	UDL	LSDPF
	Nationwide	TT	LDF	Until 17 March 2006
	Nationwide	DP	DPF	From 13 December 2005
	Nationwide	TT	LDF TTLDF (from 23 May 2006)	From 18 March 2006
	Nationwide	DP	DPF PDF (from 2 May 2006) VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) PDF (from 17 January 2008) LSDPF (from 4 April 2008)
	Saulės	DP	DPF
Rima Baškienė	Šiaulių kaimiškoji	VNDPS	VNDF VLF (from 13 December 2005) VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) VLF (18 January 2008)
	Karoliniškių	TS	TSF
Juozas Bernatonis	Nationwide	UDL	LSDPF	From 16 April 2007
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė	Šeškinės	UDL	NSF LSDPF (from 25 May 2006)
Kazys Bobelis	Nationwide	VNDPS	VNDF VLF (from 13 December 2005) LDF (from 20 April 2006) TTLDF (from 23 May 2006)	Until 31 May 2006
Vytautas Bogušis	Nationwide	LiCS	LCSF
	Nationwide	LiCS	LCSF MSNG (from 18 October 2005) LSF (from 25 April 2006) LSDPF (from 27 March 2007)
	Baltijos	DP	DPF
	Kaišiadorių – Elektrėnų	UDL	LSDPF
	Akmenės – Joniškio	DP	DPF
	Telšių	DP	DPF
Algirdas Butkevičius	Vilkaviškio	UDL	LSDPF
	Nationwide	DP	DPF	Until 20 December 2004
	Žirmūnų	LiCS	LCSF
	Nationwide	LiCS	LCSF	From 16 November 2004
	Nationwide	LiCS	LCSF LF (from 20 October 2005) LSF (from 20 April 2006) LSDPF (from 4 July 2007)
	Panemunės	Independent	TSF
Rimantas Jonas Dagys	Šilainių	TS	TSF
	Nationwide	DP	DPF
	Nevėžio	TS	TSF
Irena Degutienė	Naujamiesčio	TS	TSF
	Kretingos	DP	DPF VLF (from 19 July 2006) VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) VLF (from 18 January 2008)
	Suvalkijos	DP	DPF
	Kalniečių	TS	TSF
	Šilutės – Pagėgių	Independent	LCSF LF (from 20 October 2005) LSF (from 20 April 2006)
	Nationwide	VNDPS	-	13 June 2006
	Anykščių – Kupiškio	TT	LDF TTLDF (from 23 May 2006)
	Nationwide	TS	TSF
	Nationwide	DP	DPF	Until 16 January 2005
Vydas Gedvilas	Nationwide	DP	DPF
	Nationwide	DP	DPF
Kęstutis Glaveckas	Dainavos	LiCS	LCSF LF (from 20 October 2005) LSF (from 20 April 2006)
Loreta Graužinienė	Nationwide	DP	DPF
	Gargždų	Independent	MSNG TTLDF (from 11 September 2007)
	Danės	LiCS	LCSF LF (from 20 October 2005) LSF (from 20 April 2006)
	Nationwide	DP	DPF PDF (from 2 May 2006) VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) PDF (from 17 January 2008) LSDPF (from 4 April 2008)
	Plungės – Rietavo	DP	DPF LSDPF (from 14 September 2006)
	Nationwide	UDL	NSF VLF (16 July 2008)
	Nationwide	TS	TSF
	Kauno kaimiškoji	TS	TSF
	Jonavos	DP	DPF PDF (from 2 May 2006) VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) PDF (from 17 January 2008) LSDPF (from 4 April 2008)
Rasa Juknevičienė	Žaliakalnio	TS	TSF
	Pakruojo – Joniškio	UDL	LSDPF
Česlovas Juršėnas	Ignalinos – Švenčionių	UDL	LSDPF
	Nationwide	DP	DPF TTDPF (from 10 March 2008)	From 17 January 2005
	Tauragės	UDL	NSF
	Lazdijų – Druskininkų	UDL	LSDPF
	Nationwide	DP	DPF	From 13 April 2006
	Varėnos – Eišiškių	LiCS	LCSF LF (from 20 October 2005) LSF (from 20 April 2006)
Gediminas Kirkilas	Nationwide	UDL	LSDPF
Egidijus Klumbys	Nationwide	TT	LDF TTLDF (from 23 May 2006)
	Nationwide	DP	DPF
Andrius Kubilius	Antakalnio	TS	TSF
	Aleksoto – Vilijampolės	TS	TSF
	Jurbarko	LiCS	LCSF
	Nationwide	LiCS	LCSF
	Nationwide	DP	DPF PDF (from 2 May 2006) LSDPF (from 3 May 2007)
Vincė Vaidevutė Margevičienė	Centro	TS	TSF
Bronius Markauskas	Nationwide	VNDPS	-	1 June 2006
	Nationwide	DP	DPF
Eligijus Masiulis	Nationwide	LiCS	LCSF LF (from 20 October 2005) LSF (from 20 April 2006)
	Pasvalio – Panevėžio	TS	TSF
	Nationwide	TT	LDF PDF (from 2 May 2006) VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) PDF (from 17 January 2008) MSNG (from 4 April 2008)
Valentinas Mazuronis	Nationwide	TT	LDF TTLDF (from 23 May 2006)
	Nationwide	DP	DPF	Until 23 March 2006
	Raseinių	UDL	LSDPF
	Trakų – Elektrėnų	Independent	DPF
	Kelmės	DP	DPF
	Nationwide	VNDPS	VNDPF VLF (13 December 2005) VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) VLF (from 18 January 2008)
Algirdas Monkevičius	Nationwide	UDL	NSF
Viktoras Muntianas	Kauno – Kėdainių	DP	DPF PDF (from 17 January 2008) LSDPF (from 4 April 2008)
	Nationwide	VNDPS	VNDF VLF (from 13 December 2005) VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) VLF (from 18 January 2008)
Juozas Olekas	Nationwide	UDL	LSDPF
	Nationwide	DP	DPF PDF (from 2 May 2006) VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) PDF (from 17 January 2008) LSDPF (from 4 April 2008)
	Nationwide	DP	DPF VLF (from 19 July 2006) VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) VLF (from 18 January 2008)
	Nationwide	DP	-	Until 15 November 2004
Raimundas Palaitis	Pajūrio	LiCS	LCSF
Algirdas Paleckis	Nationwide	UDL	LSDPF	Until 15 April 2007
	Prienų	UDL	LSDPF
Artūras Paulauskas	Nationwide	UDL	NSF
	Nationwide	DP	DPF LSDPF (from 26 September 2006)
Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė	Nationwide	TT	LDF TTLDF (from 23 May 2006) LSDPF (from 25 October 2007)
Rolandas Pavilionis	Nationwide	TT	LDF	Until 15 November 2004
Saulius Pečeliūnas	Nationwide	TS	TSF
	Aukštaitijos	VNDPS	VNDF VLF (from 13 December 2005) VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) VLF (18 January 2008)
	Nationwide	UDL	LSDPF
Jonas Pinskus	Nationwide	DP	DPF	From 21 December 2004
	Skuodo – Mažeikių	DP	DPF
Leokadija Počikovska	Širvintų – Vilniaus	LLRA	VNDF VLF (from 13 December 2005) VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) VLF (18 January 2008)
	Nationwide	DP	DPF	Until 20 December 2004
Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė	Molėtų – Švenčionių	VNDPS	VNDF VLF (from 13 December 2005) VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) VLF (18 January 2008)
	Utenos	TS	TSF
	Šakių	VNDPS	VNDF VLF (from 13 December 2005) MSNG (from 9 January 2006) PDF (from 4 May 2006) MSNG (from 8 May 2007) LCSF (from 10 May 2007) TTLDF (from 26 September 2007)
Jurgis Razma	Nationwide	TS	TSF
	Justiniškių	LiCS	LCSF
	Marijampolės	UDL	LSDPF
	Biržų – Kupiškio	VNDPS	VNDF VLF (from 13 December 2005) VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) VLF (18 January 2008)
Bronis Ropė	Nationwide	VNDPS	-	Until 15 November 2004
Irina Rozova	Nationwide	VNDPS	VLF VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) VLF (18 January 2008)	From 11 July 2006
Julius Sabatauskas	Alytaus	Independent	LSDPF
Liudvikas Sabutis	Nationwide	TS	TSF
	Nationwide	UDL	NSF
	Nationwide	UDL	LSDPF
	Rokiškio	UDL	LSDPF
	Nationwide	TT	LDF LSDPF (from 30 June 2005)
	Dainų	UDL	NSF
	Nationwide	VNDPS	-	29 June 2006
Algirdas Sysas	Nationwide	UDL	LSDPF
	Nationwide	UDL	NSF MSNG (from 20 July 2006) VLF (from 17 October 2006) VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) VLF (18 January 2008)
	Nationwide	VNDPS	VNDF MSNG (from 17 June 2005) LDF (from 2 May 2006) TTLDF (from 23 May 2006)
	Marių	UDL	NSF
	Nationwide	VNDPS	VNDF VLF (from 13 December 2005) VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) VLF (18 January 2008)	From 16 November 2004
	Pramonės	TS	TSF
	Nationwide	TS	TSF
	Nationwide	UDL	NSF
Gintaras Steponavičius	Lazdynų	LiCS	LCSF LF (from 20 October 2005) LSF (from 20 April 2006)
	Nationwide	DP	DPF LSDPF (from 7 December 2007)	From 16 November 2004
	Nationwide	DP	-	From 2 April 2006 until 4 April 2006
Irena Šiaulienė	Nationwide	UDL	LSDPF
	Vakarinė	LiCS	LCSF LF (from 20 October 2005) LSF (from 20 April 2006)
	Nationwide	DP	DPF LSDPF (from 11 September 2007)
Raimondas Šukys	Fabijoniškių	LiCS	LCSF
	Nationwide	LiCS	LCSF LF (from 20 October 2005) LSF (from 20 April 2006)
Valdemar Tomaševski	Vilniaus – Šalčininkų	LLRA	VNDF VLF (from 13 December 2005) VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) VLF (18 January 2008)
Rimvydas Turčinskas	Nationwide	DP	DPF PDF (from 2 May 2006) LSDPF (from 3 May 2007)
	Nationwide	VNDPS	-	22 June 2006
Viktor Uspaskich	Kėdainių	DP	DPF	Until 22 June 2005
Antanas Valionis	Nationwide	UDL	NSF
	Nationwide	TT	LDF TTLDF (from 23 May 2006)
	Nationwide	TS	TSF
	Mažeikių	DP	DPF PDF (from 2 May 2006) VLPDF (from 8 May 2007) PDF (from 17 January 2008) DPF (from 30 January 2008)
	Nationwide	DP	DPF LSDPF (14 September 2006)
Birutė Vėsaitė	Nationwide	UDL	LSDPF
	Ukmergės	TT	LDF TTLDF (from 23 May 2006) MSNG (from 14 December 2006) TTLDF (from 25 October 2007)
Pranas Vilkas	Nationwide	DP	DPF LSDPF (from 3 October 2006) DPF (from 19 October 2006)
	Nationwide	DP	DPF
	Vilniaus – Trakų	DP	DPF LCSF (from 21 December 2007)
	Dzūkijos	TS	TSF	Until 11 April 2007
Emanuelis Zingeris	Nationwide	TS	TSF
	Naujosios Vilnios	DP	DPF
Artūras Zuokas	Nationwide	LiCS	-	Until 15 November 2004
	Aušros	UDL	LSDPF
	Nationwide	UDL	LSDPF
Vidmantas Žiemelis	Nationwide	TS	TSF MSNG (from 19 October 2006) TSF (from 27 June 2008)
	Zarasų – Visagino	DP	DPF
	Nationwide	TT	DPF MSNG (from 9 December 2004) PDF (from 2 May 2006) MSNG (from 8 May 2007) LCSF (from 10 May 2007)
	Radviliškio	DP	DPF

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Seimas 2004-2008 m.: valdantieji rūbą keitė kelis kartus" [2004-2008 Seimas: the governing coalition changed its clothes several times] (in Lithuanian). Verslo Žinios. 13 September 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
^ "Šeši Seimo amžiai: nuo karalių rinkimų iki narių komunistų" [Six centuries of the Seimas: from royal elections to communist members] (in Lithuanian). Delfi.lt. 25 October 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
^ "Seimo narių sąrašas" [List of members of the Seimas] (in Lithuanian). Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

[VZ-1] "Seimas 2004-2008 m.: valdantieji rūbą keitė kelis kartus" [2004-2008 Seimas: the governing coalition changed its clothes several times] (in Lithuanian). Verslo Žinios. 13 September 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

[2] "Šeši Seimo amžiai: nuo karalių rinkimų iki narių komunistų" [Six centuries of the Seimas: from royal elections to communist members] (in Lithuanian). Delfi.lt. 25 October 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2015.

[3] "Seimo narių sąrašas" [List of members of the Seimas] (in Lithuanian). Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

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