At stake in this election:

• 141 seats in the Parliament (Seimas)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Valdas ADAMKUS
• Head of Government: Premier Algirdas Mykolas BRAZAUSKAS
• Assembly: Lithuania has a unicameral Parliament (Seimas) with 141 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• In the Parliament (Seimas), 70 members are elected by proportional representation to serve 4-year terms and 71 members are elected by direct popular vote to serve 4-year terms.

Main parties in the Second Round of the electoral race:

• Party: Labor Party (DP)
  • Leader: Viktor USPAKICH
  • Seats won in this election: 38
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Coalition: Working for Lithuania**
  • Leader: Algirdas Mykolas BRAZAUSKAS
  • Seats won in this election: 32
  • Seats won in last election: 5
• Party: Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservative Party (TS)
  • Leader: Andrius KUBILIUS
  • Seats won in this election: 25
  • Seats won in last election: 9
• Party: Liberal and Central Union (LiCs)****
  • Leader: Arturas ZUOKAS, Kestutis GLAVECKAS, Petras AUSTREVICIUS
  • Seats won in this election: 18
  • Seats won in last election: 34
• Coalition: For the Order and Justice*****
  • Leader: Rolandas PAKSAS
  • Seats won in this election: 10
  • Seats won in last election: N/A
• Party: Peasant and New Democracy Party
  • Leader: Kazimiera PRUNSKIENE
  • Seats won in this election: 10
  • Seats won in last election: 2

** "Working for Lithuania" is a coalition consisting of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSPD) and the New Union - Social Liberal Party (NS)
**** After the 2000 election, the Liberal Union of Lithuania (LLS) which secured 34 seats in the last election merged with the Centre Union of Lithuania (LCS) which had 2 seats and the Modern Christian-Democratic Union to create the Liberal and Central Union (LiCs) bloc.
***** For the Order and Justice" is a coalition consisting of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Lithuanian People's Union "For the Fair Lithuania"

Last Parliamentary election:

• The last parliamentary elections were held on October 8, 2000.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 3,607,899 (July 2004 est.)
• Registered Voters: 2,666,196 (October 2004)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 1,803,426 (2004)

·         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: 31 (following the 2004 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: 506,561 (est.)