The New Democracy Party (, NDP) was a political party in

Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, 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, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, P ...

History

The party was originally named the Lithuanian Women's Party (''Lietuvos moterų partija'') and first ran in the 1996 parliamentary elections. It received 3.7% of the vote and won 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'', p1219 Prior to the 2000 elections, the party was renamed the New Democracy Party. It contested the elections as part of the Social-Democratic Coalition of Algirdas Brazauskas. The coalition won 51 seats, three of which were taken by the NDP. In 2001, the party merged with the

Lithuanian Peasants Party The Lithuanian Peasants Party (, LVP) was a political party in Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Ba ...

to form the Union of Peasants and New Democracy Parties.Nohlen & Stöver, p1205

References

External links

Official website, archived as for December, 2000
{{Authority control Defunct political parties in Lithuania Political parties disestablished in 2001 Feminist parties in Europe