2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election
Lithuania
By 6 October 2024

All 141 seats in the Seimas
71 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader Current seats
TS–LKD Gabrielius Landsbergis 50
LVŽS Ramūnas Karbauskis 20
DSVL Saulius Skvernelis 16
LRLS Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen 13
LSDP Vilija Blinkevičiūtė 12
LP Aušrinė Armonaitė 11
DP Andrius Mazuronis 8
LLRA–KŠS Valdemar Tomaševski 2
LRP Jonas Pinskus 2
LT Artūras Paulauskas (interim) 1
Independents 4
Incumbent Prime Minister
Ingrida Šimonytė
TS–LKD

Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Lithuania by 6 October 2024, with a second round two weeks thereafter.

Electoral system

The Seimas has 141 members, elected to a four-year term in parallel voting, with 71 members elected in single-seat constituencies and 70 members elected by proportional representation.[1] The voting in the elections is open to all citizens of Lithuania who are at least 18 years old.

Parliament members in the 71 single-seat constituencies are elected in a majority vote, with a run-off held within 15 days, if necessary. The remaining 70 seats are allocated to the participating political parties using the largest remainder method. Parties normally need to receive at least 5% (7% for multi-party electoral lists) of the votes to be eligible for a seat. Candidates take the seats allocated to their parties based on the preference lists submitted before the election and adjusted by preference votes given by the voters.[1]

Background

Changes to the constitution and new electoral code

After passing amendment of Constitution's article № 56 in April 2022, to be eligible for election, candidates must be at least 21 years old on the election day, not under allegiance to a foreign state and permanently reside in Lithuania,[2] while previously, candidates needed to be at least 25 years old on the election day. Persons serving or due to serve a sentence imposed by the court 65 days before the election are not eligible. Also, judges, citizens performing military service, and servicemen of professional military service and officials of statutory institutions and establishments may not stand for election.[1] In addition, a person who has been removed from office through impeachment may be elected after 10 year period after impeachment.[3][4]

On 23 June 2022 the Electoral Code was passed. The Code replaced various elections' acts and introduced several changes to the parliamentary elections. Firstly, it gave possibility to establish more than one worldwide constituency. Secondly, it removed a ban of political parties' agitation on Saturdays (e. g. one day prior elections).[5]

Impeached politicians that will be eligible for reelection

Politician Party Impeachment date Eligibility for standing date
President of the Republic Rolandas Paksas Independent 6 April 2004 6 April 2014
Member of Seimas Linas Karalius National Resurrection Party 11 November 2010 11 November 2020
Member of Seimas Neringa Venckienė The Way of Courage 19 June 2014 19 June 2024

Boundary changes

In 2023, single-member constituencies were redrawn. Most boundary changes took part in Klaipėda, Kaunas, Vilnius and their suburbs.[6][7]

Opinion polls

LOESS curve of the polling for the 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election.

Parliamentary election poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order. The highest percentage figure in each poll is displayed in bold, and its background is shaded in the leading party's colour. The "Lead" column shows the percentage point difference between the two parties with the highest figures.

Pollster Fieldwork dates Sample size TS–LKD LVŽS DP LSDP LP LRLS LLRA−KŠS LRP TTS LT DSVL Lead
Spinter tyrimai 15–23 December 2023 1,012 15.9 13.8 3.2 24.0 3.8 9.1 2.9 2.9 3.8 8.9 8.1
Vilmorus 22 November – 2 December 2023 1,000 12.6 12.5 5.9 32.7 4.6 5.9 1.9 5.1 3.6 12.3 20.1
Spinter tyrimai 17–29 November 2023 1,015 15.4 12.7 21.9 5.2 10.5 3.2 4.1 4.0 6.3 6.5
Baltijos tyrimai 16–27 November 2023 1,018 11.5 15.5 7.0 23.4 2.8 8.4 2.8 5.7 2.8 14.8 7.9
Vilmorus 9–19 November 2023 12.6 12.1 4.4 32.1 3.0 9.0 2.0 3.6 3.7 4.2 10.6 19.5
Baltijos tyrimai 23 October – 7 November 2023 1,013 11.9 14.1 9.7 25.9 2.8 9.9 1.4 4.6 1.4 3.5 13.6 11.8
Spinter tyrimai 17–28 October 2023 1,011 16.3 10.0 24.0 5.4 11.4 5.2 3.2 3.4 8.5 7.7
Vilmorus 12–21 October 2023[lower-alpha 1] 1,003 15.0 11.8 4.6 29.1 3.8 7.6 2.5 3.8 4.3 3.3 12.1 14.1
Spinter tyrimai 18–26 September 2023 1,013 15.3 9.4 4.7 22.8 5.7 12.6 3.5 5.0 8.9 7.5
Vilmorus 14–23 September 2023 1,003 19.2 12.4 4.5 31.9 3.7 7.4 1.7 3.9 2.8 4.0 9.3 14.7
Baltijos tyrimai 24 August – 5 September 2023 1,016 12.5 12.8 7.5 21.8 3.9 9.5 2.9 3.5 1.2 5.0 18.9 2.9
Spinter tyrimai 20–29 July 2023 1,009 17.4 12.1 3.8 19.6 4.2 10.7 3.3 3.9 12.4 2.2
Vilmorus 17–19 July 2023 1,003 16.0 12.6 5.2 31.0 4.3 6.9 1.6 3.9 2.1 2.6 12.3 15.0
Spinter tyrimai 19–28 June 2023 1,012 12.8 9.7 4.0 18.4 7.0 11.5 3.2 5.8 11.4 5.6
Baltijos tyrimai 14–29 June 2023 1,020 11.8 11.5 7.8 23.2 3.5 9.0 4.2 5.5 2.8 2.9 18.6 4.6
Baltijos tyrimai 12–29 May 2023 1,009 11.2 13.0 6.2 23.2 4.1 9.5 4.3 2.7 0.9 5.0 19.1 4.1
Spinter tyrimai 19–26 May 2023 1,009 13.1 12.5 5.4 20.7 5.5 9.7 3.4 5.1 9.4 7.6
Vilmorus 17–21 May 2023 1,000 13.0 15.4 6.2 29.8 3.9 7.0 1.6 2.6 1.4 4.4 13.5 14.4
Baltijos tyrimai 20 April – 5 May 2023 1,026 13.4 9.7 9.1 25.8 3.5 9.7 3.4 2.3 1.9 3.2 17.2 8.6
Spinter tyrimai 18–27 April 2023 1,014 16.6 13.7 2.7 23.5 3.8 9.8 3.8 10.1 6.7
Vilmorus 14–22 April 2023 1,000 15.6 13.1 3.9 28.8 4.1 8.0 2.3 3.6 2.6 3.3 12.9 13.2
Spinter tyrimai 17–27 March 2023 1,016 16.5 12.0 3.0 18.1 5.8 9.5 6.1 11.5 1.6
Vilmorus 9–18 March 2023 1,000 15.1 14.0 4.3 28.2 3.9 7.1 2.0 2.8 3.2 4.2 13.4 13.1
2023 municipal elections 5 March 2023 1,169,174 16.2 9.2 3.67 17.45 3.55 6.95 5.33 2.47 2.6 0.92 6.68 1.25
Baltijos tyrimai 15–28 February 2023[lower-alpha 2] 1,003 14.2 10.0 8.9 18.3 3.4 7.4 4.8 3.6 2.3 4.7 18.3 Tie
Spinter tyrimai 18–27 February 2023 1,012 16.7 12.3 5.5 17.2 5.8 7.8 3.9 13.9 0.5
Vilmorus 9–18 February 2023 1,000 16.1 14.9 5.1 24.4 5.1 5.3 1.7 3.5 2.4 3.8 16.2 8.2
Baltijos tyrimai 19–31 January 2023[lower-alpha 3] 1,023 15.7 9.7 7.9 19.4 3.6 7.1 2.8 2.8 1.4 3.7 19.8 0.4
Spinter tyrimai 18–27 January 2023 1,010 16.4 13.1 4.6 17.6 6.8 8.9 3.0 17.3 0.3
Spinter tyrimai 15–24 December 2022 1,010 19.8 8.8 3.0 17.8 4.5 8.6 3.9 14.5 2.0
Vilmorus 8–15 December 2022 1,000 16.7 12.7 6.0 25.0 3.6 9.3 1.8 2.7 1.9 3.4 15.3 8.3
Baltijos tyrimai 17 November – 2 December 2022[lower-alpha 4] 1,026 12.2 11.3 7.3 16.2 3.8 9.5 3.0 2.6 2.1 8.6 18.9 2.7
Spinter tyrimai 18–29 November 2022 1,013 18.8 12.5 3.6 16.9 4.1 8.3 5.0 12.1 1.9
Vilmorus 10–19 November 2022 1,000 17.1 10.5 5.6 24.3 2.5 8.1 2.9 3.4 1.2 9.5 13.1 7.2
Baltijos tyrimai 26 October – 8 November 2022[lower-alpha 5] 1,026 15.7 12.4 8.0 17.7 3.7 7.5 2.6 3.2 2.2 8.0 16.1 1.6
Spinter tyrimai 18–28 October 2022 1,011 21.5 10.4 3.6 17.8 5.4 8.8 8.0 11.2 3.7
Vilmorus 11–16 October 2022 1,002 18.7 10.1 5.8 23.7 2.7 8.6 1.4 4.4 1.9 7.5 11.4 3.5
Spinter tyrimai 20–30 September 2022 1,010 18.7 10.1 5.8 17.6 6.1 9.7 7.5 10.1 1.1
Baltijos tyrimai 16−27 September 2022[lower-alpha 6] 1,024 13.4 10.6 8.3 20.0 3.6 7.0 4.2 3.4 2.4 8.9 15.7 4.3
Vilmorus 15–24 September 2022 1,000 18.9 11.6 5.9 22.4 2.8 6.4 1.9 5.4 2.8 8.6 12.3 2.5
Spinter tyrimai 25 August – 2 September 2022 1,006 19.1 10.8 3.6 12.7 7.8 9.8 6.4 14.5 4.6
Baltijos tyrimai August 2022[lower-alpha 7] 15.0 10.6 6.4 18.3 3.1 9.4 2.7 2.2 1.1 8.7 20.1 1.8
Baltijos tyrimai 12–28 July 2022 1,021 15.8 7.4 6.5 20.0 2.5 9.9 3.3 2.2 1.8 12.7 16.9 3.1
Spinter tyrimai 18–28 July 2022 1,013 16.5 10.9 3.6 14.8 6.6 9.4 7.0 16.5 Tie
Vilmorus 15–23 July 2022 1,003 17.4 11.6 6.1 20.8 3.9 8.7 1.3 3.6 1.8 6.8 16.2 3.4
Spinter tyrimai 18–28 June 2022 1,015 19.7 9.5 4.2 16.4 5.2 8.0 7.5 17.0 2.7
Vilmorus 9–18 June 2022 1,003 18.1 11.5 4.7 22.5 4.2 7.6 1.1 4.3 2.2 8.1 14.7 4.4
Baltijos tyrimai 16–28 May 2022 1,021 15.4 7.3 6.8 17.1 3.7 8.5 2.9 2.5 3.0 10.7 20.9 3.8
Spinter tyrimai 18–27 May 2022 1,013 20.3 8.6 5.1 18.7 6.5 8.1 6.8 12.8 1.6
Vilmorus 12–18 May 2022 1,001 19.9 9.1 6.1 25.8 4.3 8.7 1.6 2.5 2.5 19.1 5.9
Spinter tyrimai 20–28 April 2022 1,007 20.1 10.2 6.1 13.9 6.5 9.3 6.4 14.8 5.3
Baltijos tyrimai 13–27 April 2022 1,009 14.7 6.6 6.3 19.0 2.9 9.5 3.8 1.0 1.0 10.7 22.0 3.0
Open Agency/Norstat 15–22 April 2022[lower-alpha 8] 1,000 23.4 11.8 4.5 16.6 6.5 7.1 2.5 1.3 2.0 5.5 12.4 6.8
Spinter tyrimai 17–25 March 2022 1,007 19.3 9.7 6.2 15.1 5.5 8.9 6.9 15.8 3.5
Baltijos tyrimai 10–24 March 2022 1,000 13.3 7.5 7.7 18.0 4.2 10.7 5.0 2.1 0.9 9.8 18.8 0.8
Vilmorus 10–19 March 2022 1,005 19.0 10.7 6.9 23.0 2.3 8.2 1.3 4.0 3.5 19.8 3.2
Baltijos tyrimai 22 February – 3 March 2022 1,017 16.6 8.7 8.8 17.1 4.1 9.5 3.7 1.4 0.7 8.8 19.5 2.4
Spinter tyrimai 17–25 February 2022 1,010 17.3 9.6 9.4 17.6 6.5 8.6 5.9 12.5 0.3
Vilmorus 3–8 February 2022 1,005 15.8 12.8 8.6 26.9 3.2 7.7 1.5 3.6 17.8 9.1
Baltijos tyrimai 24 January – 4 February 2022 1,022 11.9 13.4 13.4 23.9 4.5 10.5 4.5 1.5 1.5 11.9 13.5
Spinter tyrimai 17–29 January 2022 1,010 16.9 11.2 8.7 14.9 7.9 9.6 5.8 11.9 2.0
Spinter tyrimai 13–25 December 2021 1,012 17.0 10.6 6.6 17.2 7.4 11.3 5.7 11.3 0.2
Open Agency/Norstat 10–18 December 2021[lower-alpha 9] 1,002 24.6 8.9 7.5 17.8 4.6 9.8 2.4 0.9 4.9 10.5 6.8
Vilmorus 10–18 December 2021 1,000 17.5 13.7 9.9 32.0 3.8 10.9 1.2 5.5 14.5
Baltijos tyrimai 16 November – 2 December 2021 1,009 15.5 15.0 7.8 25.7 4.1 11.2 3.3 2.6 2.6 10.1 10.2
Spinter tyrimai 11–28 November 2021 1,015 16.5 13.4 9.0 19.4 8.0 9.0 3.0 5.0 2.9
Vilmorus 18–27 November 2021 1,000 19.3 17.6 8.7 27.3 4.7 9.4 3.2 4.5 8.0
Baltijos tyrimai 17 October – 5 November 2021 1,004 14.1 14.1 10.3 26.7 3.1 10.9 4.3 2.0 2.3 10.4 12.7
Spinter tyrimai 18–28 October 2021 1,015 17.4 13.2 9.8 19.5 7.4 11.4 4.4 2.1
Vilmorus 15–22 October 2021 1,000 16.7 16.1 9.8 28.9 4.6 10.8 2.2 5.2 12.2
Baltijos tyrimai 17 September – 3 October 2021 1,004 15.5 15.1 7.8 25.7 4.1 11.2 3.4 2.7 2.7 10.2 10.2
Spinter tyrimai 17–26 September 2021 1,009 18.6 13.8 9.4 21.2 8.0 10.1 3.0 2.6
Vilmorus 9–16 September 2021 1,003 21.6 17.4 9.4 29.6 3.0 10.1 2.0 2.5 8.0
Spinter tyrimai 24–31 August 2021 1,014 18.9 17.3 9.5 18.6 8.3 10.9 4.5 0.3
Baltijos tyrimai 20–31 August 2021 1,006 15.7 17.3 7.4 25.9 5.0 9.1 5.5 2.5 8.6 8.6
Vilmorus 29 July – 5 August 2021 1,000 19.5 23.2 8.7 23.6 4.4 8.1 2.6 4.0 0.4
Spinter tyrimai 17–28 June 2021 1,003 20.8 22.8 6.3 15.3 8.5 10.9 2.7 2.0
Vilmorus 9–18 June 2021 1,000 20.2 25.9 8.9 22.8 5.0 10.3 1.4 3.4 5.7
Baltijos tyrimai 20 May – 2 June 2021 1,018 17.3 22.0 11.9 20.0 5.4 12.9 4.9 5.1 2.0
Spinter tyrimai 18–28 May 2021 1,011 23.0 22.0 7.6 10.9 8.6 12.6 2.7 1.0
Vilmorus 11–21 May 2021 1,004 24.5 26.8 7.3 16.9 5.8 10.2 2.1 5.1 2.3
Spinter tyrimai 19–28 April 2021 1,006 23.7 23.1 7.4 8.2 9.0 12.5 3.6 0.6
Vilmorus 8–17 April 2021 1,001 29.2 26.5 6.7 11.7 6.9 9.1 1.0 7.0 2.7
Spinter tyrimai 17–23 March 2021 1,011 23.5 21.1 7.4 8.6 9.8 12.8 3.9 3.0 2.4
Spinter tyrimai 17–26 February 2021 1,014 25.6 18.3 5.8 6.5 11.8 12.9 4.5 4.3 7.3
Spinter tyrimai 18–27 January 2021 1,013 27.2 16.1 6 8.5 11.8 12.6 4.2 2.4 11.1
Spinter tyrimai 10–20 December 2020 1,007 23.3 19.7 8.1 7.8 11.7 12.1 4.6 3.6
Baltijos tyrimai 6–30 November 2020 1,004 22.7 19.0 10.5 9.4 11.3 12.9 4.7 1.9 2.5 4.2 3.7
2020 parliamentary election 1,174,843 25.77 18.07 9.77 9.59 9.45 7.05 4.97 3.28 2.36 2.06 7.7

Notes

References

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