The Independence Party ( lt, Nepriklausomybės partija, NP) was a political party in Lithuania between 1990 and 2001.

History

The party was initially named 11 March Party (''Kovo 11-osios partija''). It contested the 1992 parliamentary elections in an alliance with the

Lithuanian Nationalist Union The Lithuanian Nationalist Union ( lt, Lietuvių tautininkų sąjunga or LTS), also known as the Nationalists (), was the ruling political party in Lithuania during the authoritarian regime of President Antanas Smetona from 1926 to 1940. The par ...

, winning a single seat.

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...

& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1209 The seat was won by

Kęstutis Skrebys Kęstutis ( la, Kinstut, ; – 3 or 15 August 1382) was the List of Lithuanian monarchs, Grand Duke of Lithuania. He was the Duke of Trakai and governed the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 1342–1382, together with his brother Algirdas (until 1377), ...

, who in 1993 joined the newly-formed

Homeland Union The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats ( lt, Tėvynės sąjunga Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai, TS–LKD), also known colloquially simply as the Conservatives, is a centre-right political party in Lithuania. It has 18,000 mem ...

leaving the party seatless. It ran alone in the 1996 parliamentary elections, but failed to win a seat.Nohlen & Stöver, p1219

References

{{Authority control Defunct political parties in Lithuania