2004 Lithuanian parliamentary election

2004 Lithuanian parliamentary election
Lithuania
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All 141 seats in the Seimas
71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout46.08% (Decrease12.55pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/–
DP Viktor Uspaskich 28.44 39 New
LSDPNS Algirdas Brazauskas 20.65 31 −41
TS Andrius Kubilius 14.75 25 +16
TT Rolandas Paksas 11.36 10 New
LiCS Gintautas Babravičius 9.19 18 −21
VNDPS Kazimira Prunskienė 6.60 10 +3
LLRA Valdemar Tomaševski 3.79 2 0
Independents 6 +3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Algirdas Brazauskas
LSDP
Algirdas Brazauskas
LSDP

Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 10 October 2004, with a second round on 24 October 2004 in the constituencies where no candidate won a majority in the first round of voting. All 141 seats in the Seimas were up for election; 71 in single-seat constituencies elected by majority vote and the remaining 70 in a nationwide constituency based on proportional representation.

The elections were won by the Labour Party with around 28% of the vote in the nationwide constituency and 39 seats in the Eighth Seimas, far short of the 71-seat majority. Outgoing government coalition "Working for Lithuania", consisting of the ruling Social Democratic Party of Lithuania and New Union (Social Liberals), won a total of 31 seats.

Despite finishing behind Labour, the Social Democrats led a coalition government with New Union, Labour and the Peasants and New Democratic Party Union. Algirdas Brazauskas continued as the Prime Minister of Lithuania.


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