Municipal elections in Lithuania were held on 5 March 2023[1] and saw 1,498 members of the municipal councils and 60 mayors elected to office for a four-year term.
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Election system
editSize of cabinet in each municipality varies depending on populations. Lowest population municipalities with up to 5,000 inhabitants have 15 seats, while largest municipalities with over 500,000 inhabitants have 51 seats.[2]
During mayoral elections, a single candidate must receive over 50% in first round, otherwise the top two candidates will participate in second round. If turnout is less than 40% in specific municipality, the candidate must receive at least 20% of all registered votes to win the title.
Changes in regulations
editNew Lithuanian Elections Codecs came into power on 1 September 2022. With new regulations all elected mayors will no longer have a seat in the municipality cabinet and the number of mayoral terms is now capped at a maximum of three.[3]
Mayoral elections
editVilnius Mayor
editCandidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Valdas Benkunskas | Homeland Union | 68,788 | 31.13 | 116,464 | 52.73 | |
Artūras Zuokas | Freedom and Justice | 47,805 | 21.64 | 104,412 | 47.27 | |
Mykolas Majauskas | Independent | 23,789 | 10.77 | |||
Tomas Vytautas Raskevičius | Freedom Party | 22,146 | 10.02 | |||
Waldemar Tomaszewski | Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania | 19,018 | 8.61 | |||
Vytautas Sinica | National Alliance | 8,347 | 3.78 | |||
Rasa Budbergytė | Social Democratic Party of Lithuania | 5,606 | 2.54 | |||
Lukas Savickas | Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" | 4,515 | 2.04 | |||
Eglė Radvilė | Liberals' Movement | 4,106 | 1.86 | |||
Valdas Tutkus | Lithuanian Regions Party | 4,048 | 1.83 | |||
Ieva Kačinskaitė-Urbonienė | Labour Party | 3,183 | 1.44 | |||
Stasys Jakeliūnas | Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union | 2,965 | 1.34 | |||
Petras Gražulis | Lithuanian Centre Party | 2,352 | 1.06 | |||
Aidas Gedvilas | Independent | 2,190 | 0.99 | |||
Remigijus Lapinskas | Lithuanian Green Party | 1,661 | 0.75 | |||
Ramojus Girinskas | Young Lithuania | 436 | 0.20 | |||
Total | 220,955 | 100.00 | 220,876 | 100.00 | ||
Source: VRK (first round), VRK (second round) |
Municipal councils' results
editPolitical party | Municipality elections | Mayoral elections | Note | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | %[6] | Seats | Seats | |||
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania | 204,029 | 17.45 | 358 | 17 | ||
Homeland Union | 189,396 | 16.20 | 239 | 5 | ||
Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union | 107,568 | 9.20 | 185 | 8 | ||
Public election committees | 161,861 | 13.84 | 183 | 11 | ||
Liberals' Movement | 81,262 | 6.95 | 135 | 9 | ||
Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" | 78,052 | 6.68 | 124 | 5 | New | |
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance | 62,359 | 5.33 | 57 | 1 | ||
Lithuanian Regions Party | 28,927 | 2.47 | 56 | 1 | ||
Freedom and Justice | 60,794 | 5.20 | 55 | 2 | ||
Labour Party | 42,927 | 3.67 | 46 | 0 | ||
Freedom Party | 41,522 | 3.55 | 13 | 0 | New | |
Lithuanian Green Party | 19,386 | 1.66 | 12 | 0 | ||
Christian Union | 6,124 | 0.52 | 8 | 0 | ||
People and Justice Union | 10,704 | 0.92 | 7 | 0 | ||
Central Right Coalition | Homeland Union | 7,566 | 0.65 | 6 | 0 | |
Liberals' Movement | ||||||
Freedom Party | ||||||
Visaginians coalition | Homeland Union | 1,487 | 0.13 | 5 | – | New |
Liberals' Movement | ||||||
National Alliance | 13,140 | 1.12 | 3 | 0 | New | |
Coalition „Best Choice“ | Freedom and Justice | 2,060 | 0.18 | 3 | – | New |
Freedom Party | ||||||
Liberals' Movement | ||||||
Coalition „For Freedom to Grow“ | Liberals' Movement | 1,209 | 0.10 | 3 | – | |
Lithuanian Green Party | ||||||
Coalition „Strong Family - Strong Kaunas“ | Christian Union | 3,049 | 0.26 | 0 | – | New |
People and Justice Union | ||||||
Young Lithuania | 1,495 | 0.13 | 0 | 0 | ||
Samogitian Party | 741 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | ||
Independent candidates | – | – | – | 1 | ||
Void votes | 43,516 | 3.72 | – | I - 29,656 | 2.54% | |
II - 8,763
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1.34% | |||||
Total | 1,169,174 | 100 | 1,498 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 2,389,342 | 48.93 | ||||
Source: VRK[7] |
Vilnius City Council
editParty | Votes | % | Seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Homeland Union | 65,718 | 30.45 | 19 | |
Freedom and Justice | 31,537 | 14.61 | 9 | |
Freedom Party | 29,330 | 13.59 | 9 | |
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania | 23,892 | 11.07 | 7 | |
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania | 13,811 | 6.40 | 4 | |
National Alliance | 10,416 | 4.83 | 3 | |
Liberals' Movement | 8,365 | 3.88 | 0 | |
Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" | 8,361 | 3.87 | 0 | |
Labour Party | 6,098 | 2.83 | 0 | |
Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union | 5,020 | 2.33 | 0 | |
Lithuanian Regions Party | 4,237 | 1.96 | 0 | |
Lithuanian Green Party | 3,910 | 1.81 | 0 | |
Lithuanian Centre Party | 2,470 | 1.14 | 0 | |
Young Lithuania | 1,495 | 0.69 | 0 | |
Christian Union | 1,191 | 0.55 | 0 | |
Total | 215,851 | 100.00 | 51 | |
Source: VRK |
References
edit- ^ "Lithuania looks to hold mayoral, municipal council elections on March 5". lrt.lt. 2022-09-09. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
- ^ LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS RINKIMŲ KODEKSO PATVIRTINIMO, ĮSIGALIOJIMO IR ĮGYVENDINIMO KONSTITUCINIS ĮSTATYMAS
- ^ https://www.vrk.lt/naujienos/-/content/10180/5/pradeda-galioti-rinkimu-kodeksas Pradeda galioti
- ^ Merai
- ^ Rinkimai 2023
- ^ of all votes
- ^ 2023 m. kovo 5 d. savivaldybių tarybų ir merų rinkimai - Partijų, komitetų gautų balsų ir mandatų skaičius Lietuvoje