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Lithuania 2016 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2016 parliamentary election in Lithuania?

Lithuanian Peasant Union won 54 of 141 seats with 22.4% of the vote. 50.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Lithuania
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Lithuanian Peasant Union won 54 of 141 seats with 22.4% of the vote; 50.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.3 points on 2012.

  • Homeland Union 31 −2 seats 22.6% +7.5 points
  • Lithuanian Peasant Union 54 +53 seats 22.4% +18.6 points
  • Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 17 −21 seats 15.0% −3.3 points
  • Liberals' Movement 14 +4 seats 9.4% +0.9 points
  • Lithuanian Centre Party 1 6.3%
  • Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance 8 0 seats 5.7% −0.1 points
  • Order and Justice 8 −4 seats 5.5% −1.8 points
  • Labour Party 2 −27 seats 4.9% −14.9 points
  • Lithuanian Green Party 1 2.0%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Lithuania 2012 parliamentary election, party by party.

71 of 141 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 22.4%

    Share of the vote won by Lithuanian Peasant Union

    Lithuanian Peasant Union won 54 of 141 seats. A majority needs 71.

  2. +53 seats

    Seats gained by Lithuanian Peasant Union

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2012. Labour Party lost 27 seats.

  3. 50.6%

    Voter turnout

    Down 2.3 points on 2012.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Homeland Union31−222.6+7.5276,275
Lithuanian Peasant Union54+5322.4+18.6274,108
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania17−2115.0−3.3183,597
Liberals' Movement14+49.4+0.9115,361
Lithuanian Centre Party16.377,114
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance805.7−0.169,810
Order and Justice8−45.5−1.867,817
Labour Party2−274.9−14.959,620
Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals)02.227,274
Lithuanian Green Party12.024,727
Unnamed party with one seat11.821,966
Largest party without seats01.112,851
Independents4+1

± is the change against the Lithuania 2012 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Homeland Union 276,275
  • Lithuanian Peasant Union 274,108
  • Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 183,597
  • Liberals' Movement 115,361
  • Lithuanian Centre Party 77,114
  • Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance 69,810
  • Order and Justice 67,817
  • Labour Party 59,620
  • Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) 27,274
  • Lithuanian Green Party 24,727
  • Unnamed party with one seat 21,966
  • Largest party without seats 12,851
  • Independents

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

50.6% of the 2,514,657 registered voters cast a ballot (1,273,427 ballots), down 2.3 points on 2012. 1,220,958 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Lithuanian Peasant Union22.4% of votes38.3% of seats
  • Homeland Union22.6% of votes22.0% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party of Lithuania15.0% of votes12.1% of seats
  • Liberals' Movement9.4% of votes9.9% of seats
  • Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance5.7% of votes5.7% of seats
  • Order and Justice5.5% of votes5.7% of seats
  • Labour Party4.9% of votes1.4% of seats
  • Lithuanian Centre Party6.3% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Lithuanian Green Party2.0% of votes0.7% of seats
  • Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals)2.2% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 12.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.8 by votes and 4.4 by seats; Homeland Union led Lithuanian Peasant Union by 0.2 points of the vote.

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