2019 European Parliament election in Lithuania

2019 European Parliament election in Lithuania

26 May 2019[1]
All 11 Lithuanian seats in the European Parliament
Turnout	53.48%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– TS–LKD Gabrielius Landsbergis 19.74 3 +1 LSDP Gintautas Paluckas 15.88 2 0 LVŽS Ramūnas Karbauskis 12.56 2 +1 DP Viktor Uspaskich 8.99 1 0 LS Eugenijus Gentvilas 6.59 1 0 AMT Aušra Maldeikienė 6.51 1 New LLRA–KŠS Valdemar Tomaševski 5.50 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2019 European Parliament election in Lithuania was held on 26 May 2019 to elect delegation from Lithuania to the European Parliament. It was part of the wider 2019 European election. The second round of the 2019 Lithuanian presidential election took place at the same time.^[2]

301 candidates from 16 parties stood for 11 seats.^[3]

Results

The Homeland Union received the most votes (19.74 per cent) and most seats (3), although it won only in 12 (or just over one-fifth of) municipalities. The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania received 15.88 per cent of the votes and 2 seats. This party won in 35 municipalities. The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union received 12.56 per cent of the votes and 2 seats. This party won in 6 municipalities. The Labour Party received 8.99 per cent of the votes and won 1 seat. This party won in 1 municipality.

Although Order and Justice and the Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania failed to win seats, these parties managed to obtain plurarities in two municipalities (one municipality for each party).^[4]

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Homeland Union	248,736	19.74	3
	Social Democratic Party	200,105	15.88	2
	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union	158,190	12.56	2
	Labour Party	113,243	8.99	1
	Liberal Movement	83,083	6.59	1
	Aušra Maldeikienė's Train	82,005	6.51	1
	Waldemar Tomaszewski Bloc (LLRA–KŠS–LRS)	69,347	5.50	1
	Lithuanian Centre Party	64,595	5.13	0
	President Rolandas Paksas' Movement (VKM–PRPJ)	50,410	4.00	0
	Vytautas Radžvilas: Recover the State! (VKM–VRSV)	42,228	3.35	0
	Order and Justice	34,442	2.73	0
	Social Democratic Labour Party	29,706	2.36	0
	Lithuanian Green Party	28,562	2.27	0
	Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals)	24,143	1.92	0
	Strong Lithuania in United Europe	16,850	1.34	0
	Decisive Leap	14,309	1.14	0
Total		1,259,954	100.00	11
Valid votes		1,259,954	94.59
Invalid/blank votes		72,066	5.41
Total votes		1,332,020	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,490,542	53.48
Source: VRK

See also

• Lithuania (European Parliament constituency)
• List of members of the European Parliament for Lithuania, 2019–24
• Members of the European Parliament 2019–2024

References

1. "12 May 2019 Elections of the President of the Republic, Referendum on the Amendment of Article 12 of the Constitution, Referendum on the Amendment of Article 55 of the Constitution and 26 May 2019 Elections to the European Parliament". The Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania.
2. "Open data - vrk.lt". www.vrk.lt.
3. "Lithuania - News - European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu.
4. "Rezultatai - Rinkimai į Europos Parlamentą 2019".

External links

• Official page