1992 Lithuanian parliamentary election

1992 Lithuanian parliamentary election

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All 141 seats in the Seimas 71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	75.24%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– LDDP Algirdas Brazauskas 43.98 73 +27 Sąjūdis Vytautas Landsbergis 21.17 30 −28 LKDP–LPKTS–LDP Povilas Katilius 12.61 18 +13 LSDP Aloyzas Sakalas 6.05 8 −1 LKDS–LTJS Kazys Bobelis 3.55 1 New LCS Romualdas Ozolas 2.52 2 New ZPL Jan Sienkiewicz 2.14 4 New LTS–NP Rimantas Smetona 1.99 4 New Independents – – 1 −5 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Aleksandras Abišala Independent (endorsed by Sąjūdis) Bronislovas Lubys Independent (endorsed by LDDP)

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Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania in two stages on 25 October and 15 November 1992.^[1] A total of 141 members were elected to the Seimas, which replaced the Supreme Council; 70 were elected using proportional representation and 71 from single-member constituencies. Where no candidate in the single-member constituecies received more than 50% of the vote on 25 October, a run-off was held on 15 November. The first round of the elections were held simultaneously with a referendum on the adoption of a new constitution.

The result was a victory for the Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (LDDP), which won 73 seats. Analysts attributed the surprisingly decisive victory to support from farmers and the Russian and Polish minorities, as well as widespread dissatisfaction with the economic situation and the policies of the ruling Sąjūdis political movement, which only won 30 seats. LDDP leader Algirdas Brazauskas was subsequently elected the Speaker of the Sixth Seimas and assumed the title of acting President. Bronislovas Lubys was appointed Prime Minister.

The elections were the first in Europe following the fall of the Iron Curtain in which a former communist party received the most votes and returned to government. They were also the only ones to date in which a single party won an absolute majority in the Seimas. The LDDP received the highest vote share of any party in free and fair elections in Lithuania since 1920.