VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuania’ s center-left opposition parties celebrated victory on Monday after prevailing over the center-right ruling coalition in the final round of national elections. With 100% of votes counted from Sunday’s polls, the Social Democrats won 52 seats in the 141-seat parliament, known as the Seimas, ending the four-year rule of the Homeland Union government led by conservative Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The Social Democrats will start talks on forming a majority cabinet with two smaller center-left parties, the Democratic Union and the Union of Peasants and Greens, which won respectively 14 and 8 seats.
Social Democrats Win Lithuania’s Election, Overcoming Center-right Government
Liudas Dapkus / AP, Time
Mon, 10/28/2024 - 4:02am
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