2020 Lithuanian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 11 and 25 October 2020 to elect the 141 members of the Seimas. 71 were elected in single-member constituencies using the two-round system, and the remaining 70 in a single nationwide constituency using proportional representation. The first round was held on 11 October and the second round on 25 October.

2020 Lithuanian parliamentary election
11 October 2020 (first round)
25 October 2020 (second round)
All 141 seats in the Seimas
71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout47.81% (2.80pp)
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
TS–LKD Gabrielius Landsbergis 25.77 50 +19
LVŽS Ramūnas Karbauskis 18.07 32 −22
DP Viktor Uspaskich 9.77 10 +8
LSDP Gintautas Paluckas 9.58 13 −4
LP Aušrinė Armonaitė 9.45 11 New
LRLS Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen 7.04 13 −1
LLRA–KŠS Valdemar Tomaševski 4.97 3 −5
LSDDP Gediminas Kirkilas 3.28 3 New
LT Remigijus Žemaitaitis 2.06 1 New
LŽP Remigijus Lapinskas 1.70 1 0
Independents – – 4 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Saulius Skvernelis
Independent
(endorsed by LVŽS)		 Ingrida Šimonytė
Independent
(endorsed by TS-LKD)

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Lithuanian parliamentary election had the second-lowest turnout in first round elections to the Seimas since the Republic of Lithuania was restored in the early 1990s (the lowest occurred in 2004).

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