2012 Lithuanian parliamentary election

2012 Lithuanian parliamentary election

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All 141 seats in the Seimas 71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	52.93% ( 4.34 pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/– DP Viktor Uspaskich 20.69 29 +19 LSDP Algirdas Butkevičius 19.18 38 +13 TS–LKD Andrius Kubilius 15.75 33 −12 LRLS Eligijus Masiulis 8.95 10 −1 DK Neringa Venckiene 8.34 7 New TT Rolandas Paksas 7.63 11 −4 LLRA Valdemar Tomaševski 6.08 8 +5 LVŽS Ramūnas Karbauskis 4.05 1 −2 Independents – – 3 −1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Andrius Kubilius TS–LKD Algirdas Butkevičius LSDP

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Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 14 October 2012, with a second round on 28 October 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. Together with the elections, a referendum on the construction of a new nuclear power plant was held.^[1]

The Homeland Union, which had led the outgoing government, suffered as a result of its deeply unpopular austerity policies. The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party became the largest party in the Seimas after the elections, initially winning 38 seats (increasing to 39 after two by-elections). The Social Democratic Party and other left-wing parties had campaigned on the promise of ending the austerity, increasing the minimum wage, reducing unemployment and boosting public spending.

The Social Democratic Party formed a coalition with the Labour Party, Order and Justice and the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania. The resulting government was led by Algirdas Butkevičius.