2024 European Parliament election in Lithuania

2024 European Parliament election in Lithuania
9 June 2024
All 11 Lithuanian seats to the European Parliament
Turnout28.94% (Decrease 24.54pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Andrius Kubilius Vilija Blinkevičiūtė Aurelijus Veryga
Party TS–LKD LSDP LVŽS
Alliance EPP S&D ECR
Last election 3 seats, 19.74% 2 seats, 15.88% 2 seats, 12.56%
Seats won 3 2 1
Seat change Steady Steady Decrease1
Popular vote 144,689 121,929 61,907
Percentage 21.33% 17.98% 9.13%
Swing Increase1.59pp Increase1.1pp Decrease3.43pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Dainius Žalimas Virginijus Sinkevičius Waldemar Tomaszewski
Party LP DSVL LLRA–KŠS
Alliance RE Greens–EFA ECR
Last election New New 1 seat, 5.5%
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change New New Steady
Popular vote 54,916 40,365 39,202
Percentage 8.1% 5.95% 5.78%
Swing New New Increase0.28pp
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Petras Gražulis Eugenijus Gentvilas
Party TTS LS
Alliance ESN RE
Last election 0 seats, 5.13% 1 seat, 6.59%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 36,958 36,739
Percentage 5.45% 5.42%
Swing Increase0.32pp Decrease1.17pp

The 2024 European Parliament election in Lithuania were held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the first to take place after Brexit.[1]

Background

Main article: List of members of the European Parliament for Lithuania, 2019–2024

Lithuania will elect 11 Members of the European Parliament.[2]

Two out of the eleven incumbents opted not to seek reelection: Aušra Maldeikienė, of the TS-LKD, and Viktor Uspaskich from Labour, both citing personal reasons for their decision.[3]

The remaining nine incumbents, however, sought another term. Among them Andrius Kubilius, Rasa Juknevičienė, Liudas Mažylis, all from TS-LKD, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė and Juozas Olekas, representing the LSDP, Petras Auštrevičius (LRLS), and Bronis Ropė (LVŽS) expressed their desire to continue serving in parliament.[3]

Waldemar Tomaszewski, from the EAPL–CFA, had initially announced his retirement,[3] but ran for reelection regardless. Stasys Jakeliūnas, an independent politician, previously associated with the LVŽS, was ostracized by the party due to his stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4] Following this, Jakeliūnas switched party allegiances and ran on the LRP's list.

Participating parties and coalitions

15 electoral lists were registered by the Central Election Commission on 7 May 2024. Two parties, the Lithuanian People's Party and the Lithuanian List, were unable to gather the required 10 thousand signatures, and one, Young Lithuania, withdrew from the race on their own accord.[5] The order of the ballot was determined by lot on 26 April 2024.[6]

Number Party / Electoral list Leader Ideology European affiliation Current seats
Party Electoral list
1 Freedom Party
Laisvės partija		 Aušrinė Armonaitė Dainius Žalimas[7] Liberalism Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 0
2 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija		 Vilija Blinkevičiūtė[7] Social democracy Party of European Socialists 2
3 Labour Party
Darbo partija		 Andrius Mazuronis Valentinas Bukauskas[7] Populism Non-Inscrits 1
4 Lithuanian Regions Party
Lietuvos regionų partija		 Jonas Pinskus Živilė Pinskuvienė[7] Regionalism none 0
5 Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Lietuvos valstiečių ir žaliųjų sąjunga		 Ramūnas Karbauskis Aurelijus Veryga[7] Agrarianism
Social conservatism		 none (Greens/EFA group) 2
6 Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance
Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija – Krikščioniškų šeimų sąjunga		 Waldemar Tomaszewski[8] Polish interests
Social conservatism		 European Conservatives and Reformists 1
7 Lithuanian Green Party
Lietuvos žaliųjų partija		 Ieva Budraitė[9] Green liberalism none 0
8 People and Justice Union (centrists, nationalists)
Tautos ir teisingumo sąjunga (centristai, tautininkai)		 Petras Gražulis[7] National conservatism
Euroscepticism		 none 0
9 Liberals' Movement
Liberalų sąjūdis		 Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen Eugenijus Gentvilas[7] Classical liberalism Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 1
10 Coalition of Peace
Taikos koalicija		 Lithuanian Christian Democracy Party Mindaugas Puidokas Mindaugas Puidokas[7] Christian right none 0
Samogitian Party Stasys Gvažiauskas Regionalism none 0
11 Freedom and Justice
Laisvė ir teisingumas		 Artūras Zuokas Artūras Paulauskas[7] Conservative liberalism none 0
12 Christian Union
Krikščionių sąjunga		 Rimantas Dagys Algimantas Rusteika[7] Christian right none 0
13 Union of Democrats "For Lithuania"
Demokratų sąjunga "Vardan Lietuvos"		 Saulius Skvernelis Virginijus Sinkevičius[7] Green conservatism European Green Party 0
14 Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats
Tėvynės sąjunga – Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai		 Gabrielius Landsbergis Andrius Kubilius[7] Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy		 European People's Party 4
15 National Alliance
Nacionalinis susivienijimas		 Vytautas Radžvilas[7] National conservatism
Euroscepticism		 none 0

Opinion polling

See also: Opinion polling for the 2024 European Parliament election

Parliamentary election poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order. The highest percentage figure in each poll is displayed in bold, and its background is shaded in the leading party's colour. The "Lead" column shows the percentage point difference between the two parties with the highest figures.

Pollster Fieldwork dates Sample size TS–LKD
EPP 		LVŽS
G/EFA 		DP
NI 		LSDP
S&D 		LP
Renew 		LRLS
Renew 		LRP PLT DSVL
G/EFA 		Others[a] Lead
Baltijos tyrimai 10-21 April 2024 1,020 14.3
2 		11.6
1 		8.9
1 		27.1
3 		4.1
0 		6.6
1 		5.1
1 		2.7
0 		13.3
2 		6.5[b]
0 		12.8
2020 Lithuanian parliamentary election 1,133,561 25.77
(4) 		18.07
(3) 		9.77
(1) 		9.58
(1) 		9.45
(1) 		7.04
(1) 		3.28
(0) 		2.06
(0) 		– 9.22
(0) 		7.70
2019 European Parliament election 1,259,954 19.74
3 		12.56
2 		8.99
1 		15.88
2 		– 6.59
1 		2.36
0 		1.92
0 		– 31.96
2 		3.86

Results

Once the officials confirmed the results from Lithuania, it became clear that the Homeland Union maintained its status for the next term. It gained three seats, which is the same results as in 2019. It was fourth consecutive election to the European Parliament when Homeland Union won plurarity of the votes. The party is a member of the European People's Party.

In second place emerged the Social Democratic Party with two seats. The results remained stable. It is a member of the European Socialists. In third place finished the union of Farmers and Greens with a single mandate, a decrease by one from 2019. The party has been a member of the Greens/European Free Alliance since 2014 but connected with the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) this time.

The newly founded Freedom Party is following the list with one delegate. Formerly, it was part of the Liberals' Movement, which also gained a mandate. Both of the parties belong to ALDE, marking an increase in liberals from the country from 1 to 2 delegates in total.

The Union of Democrats and the Electoral Action of Poles got one mandate each as well. The first one is a member of the European Green Party, while the other later one is a member of the ECR. The People and Justice Union got a single delegate, however, as of 10 June 2024, the party co-founded Europe of Sovereign Nations.

PartyVotes%Seats
Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats144,68921.333
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania121,92917.982
Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union61,9079.131
Freedom Party54,9168.101
Union of Democrats "For Lithuania"40,3655.951
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania39,2025.781
People and Justice Union36,9585.451
Liberals' Movement36,7395.421
Lithuanian Regions Party35,6145.250
Lithuanian Green Party27,4914.050
National Alliance25,7263.790
Coalition of Peace (LKDP–ŽP)23,7773.510
Labour Party11,2381.660
Christian Union9,3101.370
Freedom and Justice8,4581.250
Total678,319100.0011
Valid votes678,31998.08
Invalid/blank votes13,2531.92
Total votes691,572100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,387,32728.97
Source: VRK

European groups

PartySeats+/–
European People's Party Group3-1
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats20
European Conservatives and Reformists Group2+1
Renew Europe2+1
Greens–European Free Alliance1-1
Europe of Sovereign Nations Group1New
Total11–

By municipality

Breakdown of votes by municipality for parties with at least 5% of the total votes.

Results by municipality
Municipality TS-LKD LSDP LVŽS LP DSVL LLRA-KŠS TTS LS LRP
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Akmenė 424 9.71 1705 39.03 824 18.86 126 2.88 148 3.39 12 0.27 313 7.17 161 3.69 171 3.91
Alytus (city) 2031 20.21 2507 24.95 917 9.13 548 5.45 755 7.51 34 0.34 834 8.30 503 5.01 535 5.32
Alytus (district) 983 15.75 1452 23.27 651 10.43 267 4.28 916 14.68 11 0.18 624 10.00 195 3.13 311 4.98
Anykščiai 1164 19.25 1479 24.45 784 12.96 301 4.98 537 8.88 22 0.36 302 4.99 301 4.98 361 5.97
Birštonas 259 17.34 460 30.79 108 7.23 102 6.83 57 3.82 5 0.33 66 4.42 70 4.69 134 8.97
Biržai 881 15.31 1750 30.42 770 13.38 209 3.63 358 6.22 17 0.30 393 6.83 201 3.49 308 5.35
Druskininkai 1135 22.48 1143 22.64 393 7.78 257 5.09 502 9.94 54 1.07 325 6.44 175 3.47 303 6.00
Elektrėnai 813 17.43 1017 21.80 365 7.82 259 5.55 426 9.13 74 1.59 315 6.75 432 9.26 319 6.84
Ignalina 516 12.76 871 21.54 1025 25.35 185 4.57 188 4.65 105 2.60 277 6.85 152 3.76 137 3.39
Jonava 1127 15.12 2446 32.82 824 11.06 365 4.90 453 6.08 70 0.94 341 4.58 294 3.94 400 5.37
Joniškis 487 9.84 1662 33.58 699 14.12 168 3.39 178 3.60 14 0.28 327 6.61 579 11.70 223 4.51
Jurbarkas 886 16.59 1376 25.76 591 11.07 222 4.16 343 6.42 13 0.24 417 7.81 272 5.09 525 9.83
Kaišiadorys 1051 16.13 1521 23.34 691 10.60 392 6.02 314 4.82 22 0.34 490 7.52 508 7.80 552 8.47
Kalvarija 229 12.41 517 28.01 261 14.14 67 3.63 117 6.34 5 0.27 199 10.78 64 3.47 70 3.79
Kaunas (city) 19401 28.02 9912 14.32 6809 9.83 5162 7.46 4557 6.58 294 0.42 3350 4.84 4088 5.90 2494 3.60
Kaunas (district) 6062 26.07 4885 21.01 2042 8.78 1680 7.23 1346 5.79 47 0.20 943 4.06 1285 5.53 999 4.30
Kazlų Rūda 388 16.73 597 25.74 256 11.04 113 4.87 144 6.21 8 0.34 181 7.81 104 4.48 117 5.05
Kelmė 569 10.82 1578 30.02 1010 19.21 182 3.46 230 4.38 39 0.74 476 9.05 159 3.02 379 7.21
Kėdainiai 1367 13.39 2689 26.34 1182 11.58 464 4.54 601 5.89 39 0.38 844 8.27 505 4.95 680 6.66
Klaipėda (city) 5789 20.70 3667 13.11 2888 10.33 1737 6.21 1545 5.52 1979 7.08 1685 6.02 2419 8.65 1411 5.04
Klaipėda (district) 2502 18.45 2159 15.92 1604 11.83 834 6.15 774 5.71 133 0.98 1857 13.70 989 7.29 671 4.95
Kretinga 1334 16.79 1881 23.67 962 12.11 353 4.44 490 6.17 17 0.21 793 9.98 336 4.23 433 5.45
Kupiškis 604 15.30 1173 29.72 679 17.20 125 3.17 202 5.12 9 0.23 302 7.65 152 3.85 237 6.00
Lazdijai 674 14.12 1256 26.30 414 8.67 206 4.31 728 15.25 17 0.36 457 9.57 151 3.16 324 6.79
Marijampolė 1830 17.02 2673 24.87 1476 13.73 423 3.93 899 8.36 16 0.15 704 6.55 308 2.87 571 5.31
Mažeikiai 1233 12.53 2369 24.08 1532 15.57 429 4.36 673 6.84 45 0.46 882 8.97 303 3.08 939 9.54
Molėtai 1037 21.94 1067 22.58 314 6.64 323 6.83 225 4.76 28 0.59 241 5.10 210 4.44 456 9.65
Neringa 597 30.88 179 9.26 76 3.93 242 12.52 168 8.69 6 0.31 59 3.05 233 12.05 41 2.12
Pagėgiai 148 9.31 471 29.64 224 14.10 46 2.89 90 5.66 4 0.25 140 8.81 171 10.76 127 7.99
Pakruojis 470 10.33 1881 41.36 546 12.01 124 2.73 162 3.56 13 0.29 282 6.20 190 4.18 364 8.00
Palanga 1851 30.24 782 12.77 603 9.85 404 6.60 354 5.78 45 0.74 330 5.39 345 5.64 283 4.62
Panevėžys (city) 4392 24.23 3713 20.48 1855 10.23 1005 5.54 1305 7.20 40 0.22 960 5.30 1054 5.81 1167 6.44
Panevėžys (district) 1543 19.03 1960 24.17 1138 14.03 379 4.67 566 6.98 27 0.33 530 6.54 345 4.25 522 6.44
Pasvalys 936 16.65 1705 30.33 561 9.98 203 3.61 408 7.26 27 0.48 465 8.27 127 2.26 419 7.45
Plungė 958 14.57 1554 23.63 980 14.90 274 4.17 379 5.76 13 0.20 629 9.57 383 5.82 319 4.85
Prienai 879 15.13 2009 34.58 534 9.19 225 3.87 287 4.94 22 0.38 404 6.95 163 2.81 495 8.52
Radviliškis 895 12.57 2094 29.41 946 13.29 244 3.43 412 5.79 25 0.35 525 7.37 282 3.96 552 7.75
Raseiniai 973 14.13 2060 29.91 930 13.50 217 3.15 285 4.14 20 0.29 636 9.23 175 2.54 583 8.47
Rietavas 218 13.32 461 28.16 170 10.38 55 3.36 113 6.90 5 0.31 167 10.20 105 6.41 113 6.90
Rokiškis 1103 16.73 2123 32.20 708 10.74 273 4.14 357 5.41 23 0.35 440 6.67 250 3.79 393 5.96
Skuodas 425 13.19 806 25.02 465 14.43 98 3.04 203 6.30 7 0.22 403 12.51 110 3.41 255 7.91
Šakiai 1101 17.77 1690 27.28 1103 17.80 226 3.65 288 4.65 14 0.23 505 8.15 168 2.71 288 4.65
Šalčininkai 148 1.35 384 3.51 116 1.06 148 1.35 103 0.94 9276 84.71 133 1.21 55 0.50 143 1.31
Šiauliai (city) 3596 17.66 3847 18.89 3232 15.87 1183 5.81 1561 7.67 73 0.36 1346 6.61 1133 5.56 1309 6.43
Šiauliai (district) 1096 12.91 1795 21.15 2112 24.88 366 4.31 518 6.10 15 0.18 517 6.09 346 4.08 530 6.24
Šilalė 1021 22.01 1092 23.54 528 11.38 161 3.47 257 5.54 13 0.28 677 14.59 139 3.00 232 5.00
Šilutė 1188 15.59 1929 25.31 890 11.68 299 3.92 855 11.22 30 0.39 611 8.02 283 3.71 528 6.93
Širvintos 547 11.52 477 10.04 257 5.41 203 4.27 197 4.15 155 3.26 181 3.81 100 2.11 2201 46.34
Švenčionys 562 11.20 993 19.78 416 8.29 229 4.56 195 3.88 789 15.72 298 5.94 143 2.85 271 5.40
Tauragė 1163 16.17 1784 24.80 1105 15.36 293 4.07 308 4.28 17 0.24 577 8.02 584 8.12 552 7.67
Telšiai 1019 12.85 1704 21.50 1075 13.56 323 4.07 500 6.31 26 0.33 561 7.08 242 3.05 608 7.67
Trakai 1117 14.04 1171 14.72 442 5.56 497 6.25 385 4.84 1542 19.39 325 4.09 1101 13.84 304 3.82
Ukmergė 1275 16.25 1597 20.35 781 9.95 355 4.52 668 8.51 35 0.45 541 6.89 233 2.97 1227 15.64
Utena 1785 20.53 2175 25.01 678 7.80 467 5.37 656 7.54 24 0.28 689 7.92 368 4.23 617 7.10
Varėna 1052 18.96 1450 26.14 306 5.52 324 5.84 471 8.49 56 1.01 498 8.98 328 5.91 259 4.67
Vilkaviškis 857 11.91 2642 36.73 737 10.24 255 3.54 415 5.77 58 0.81 613 8.52 212 2.95 423 5.88
Vilnius (city) 44032 30.36 12998 8.96 5582 3.85 22484 15.50 7715 5.32 10820 7.46 3125 2.15 9067 6.25 3821 2.63
Vilnius (district) 4532 15.64 2646 9.13 806 2.78 2023 6.98 1052 3.63 11987 41.38 558 1.93 1220 4.21 999 3.45
Visaginas 146 6.13 329 13.81 415 17.42 105 4.41 101 4.24 534 22.42 88 3.69 159 6.68 101 4.24
Zarasai 568 15.53 939 25.67 373 10.20 177 4.84 176 4.81 138 3.77 227 6.21 190 5.19 363 9.92
Diaspora 7720 29.27 2677 10.15 1146 4.34 5510 20.89 1149 4.36 194 0.74 980 3.72 1819 6.90 1145 4.34

Preference votes

Alongside votes for a party, voters were able to cast a preferential votes for a candidate on the party list. The table shows the ten candidates with the most votes.

Party Pos. Candidate Votes
TS–LKD 1 Andrius Kubilius 81,465
2 Rasa Juknevičienė 70,306
LSDP 1 Vilija Blinkevičiūtė 59,695
TS–LKD 3 Paulius Saudargas 56,477
4 Liudas Mažylis 48,979
5 Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė 47,131
LSDP 4 Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis 45,695
2 Juozas Olekas 43,861
LP 1 Dainius Žalimas 36,283
TS–LKD 8 Arvydas Anušauskas 34,970

Elected MEPs

Elected MEPs

Aftermath

Poor election results caused a crisis within the Labour Party and resignation of its leader, Andrius Mazuronis.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Parties which received less than 1% of the vote.
  2. ^ Coalition of Peace 1.5%, Lithuanian Green Party 1.4%, National Alliance 1.4%, People and Justice Union 0.9%, Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania 0.7%, Christian Union 0.2%, Lithuanian People's Party 0.2%, Lithuanian List 0.2%

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