At stake in this election:

• 141 seats in the Parliament (Seimas)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Dalia GRYBAUSKAITE
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Andrius KUBILIUS
• Assembly: Lithuania has a unicameral Parliament (Seimas) with 141 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by plurality vote to serve a 5-year term.
• Prime Minister is appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament.
• In the Parliament (Seimas), 71 members are elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 70 members are elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***

*** In the nominal tier, if 40 percent of registered voters turn out, the winner must have an absolute majority. If fewer than 40 percent turn out, the winner must have at least 20 percent of votes. If neither condition is satisfied and there have been at least two candidates, there is a runoff round. In the proportional tier, an election is valid of at least 25 percent of registered voters turn out.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats / Tėvynės sąjunga - Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai (TS-LKD)
  • Leader: Andrius KUBILIUS
  • Seats won in this election: 33
  • Seats won in last election: 46
• Party: Order and Justice / Tvarka ir Teisingumas (TT)
  • Leader: Rolandas PASKAS
  • Seats won in this election: 11
  • Seats won in last election: 15
• Party: Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (Algirdas) / Lietuvos Socialdemokratų Partija (LSDP)
  • Leader: BUTKEVIČIUS
  • Seats won in this election: 38
  • Seats won in last election: 25
• Alliance: Labour Party / Darbo Partija (DP)
  • Leader: Viktor USPASKICH
  • Seats won in this election: 29
  • Seats won in last election: 10
• Party: Liberal Movement / Liberalų Sąjūdis (LRLS)
  • Leader: Eligijus MASIULIS
  • Seats won in this election: 10
  • Seats won in last election: 11
• Party: Liberal and Centre Union / Liberalų ir Centro Sąjunga (LiCS)
  • Leader: Algis ČAPLIKAS
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 8
• Party: Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania / Lietuvos Lenkų Rinkimų Akcija (AWPL)
  • Leader: Waldemar TOMASZEWSKI
  • Seats won in this election: 8
  • Seats won in last election: 3
• Party: Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union / Lietuvos Valstiečių ir Žaliųjų Sąjunga (LVŽS)
  • Leader: Ramunas KARBAUSKIS
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: 3
• Party: Homeland Revival and Perspective / Tėvynės Atgimimas ir Perspektyva (TAIP)
  • Leader: Arturas ZUOKAS
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Way of Courage / Drąsos Kelias
  • Leader: Neringa VENCKIENĖ
  • Seats won in this election: 7
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Christian Party / Krikščionių Partija (KP)
  • Leader: Gediminas VAGNORIUS
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: N/A

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 2,987,773 (2012)
• Registered Voters: 2,588,556 (October 2012)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 1,611,827 (2012)

·         Is Lithuania a signatory to CEDAW: N/A

·         Has Lithuania ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (18 January 1994)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 34 (following the 2012 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 37 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Lithuania a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Lithuania ratified CRPD: Yes (18 August 2010)

·         Population with a disability: 448,165 (est.)