The 2019 European Parliament election in Lithuania was held on 26 May 2019 to elect
delegation
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from
Lithuania
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to the
European Parliament. It was part of the wider
2019 European election
The 2019 European Parliament election was held between 23 and 26 May 2019, the ninth parliamentary election since the first direct elections in 1979. A total of 751 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) represent more than 512 million peopl ...
. The second round of the
2019 Lithuanian presidential election took place at the same time.
301 candidates from 16 parties stood for 11 seats.
Results
The
Homeland Union received the most votes (19.74 per cent) and most seats (3), although it won only in 12 (or just over one-fifth of) municipalities. The
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania received 15.88 per cent of the votes and 2 seats. This party won in 35 municipalities. The
Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union received 12.56 per cent of the votes and 2 seats. This party won in 6 municipalities. The
Labour Party received 8.99 per cent of the votes and won 1 seat. This party won in 1 municipality.
Although
Order and Justice and the
Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania
The Lithuanian Regions Party ( lt, Lietuvos regionų partija, LRP), also translated as the Lithuanian Party of Regions, is a social-democratic political party in Lithuania. It was founded in 2018 as the Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuani ...
failed to win seats, these parties managed to obtain plurarities in two municipalities (one municipality for each party).
See also
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Lithuania (European Parliament constituency)
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List of members of the European Parliament for Lithuania, 2019–24
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Members of the European Parliament 2019–2024
References
External links
Official page*
Results
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
2019
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2019 in Lithuania
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