This article lists political parties in Lithuania.

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 ...

has a

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with numerous

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, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form

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s. , there are 22 active political parties, one party undergoing formal registration, one inactive political party, and one political party that are in the process of

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registered with the

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. , Lithuania has a total of 98,493 people registered as

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s and is experiencing a sharp decline in political congregation, with a % decrease from the start of public membership tracking in 2018. This is at least partially a result of a low

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in political parties with the institution firmly occupying the top-2 least trusted positions in the country, alongside the

Seimas The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (), or simply the Seimas ( ; ), is the unicameralism, unicameral legislative body of the Lithuania, Republic of Lithuania. The Seimas constitutes the legislative branch of Government of Lithuania, govern ...

, in

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Registered parties

Parties with parliamentary representation

There are currently eleven parties represented in the

. The current government is a broad majority coalition of the

Social Democratic Party of Lithuania The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (, LSDP) is a centre-left and social democratic political party in Lithuania. Founded as an underground Marxist organisation in 1896, it is the oldest extant party in Lithuania. During the time of the ...

, Political Party "Dawn of Nemunas" and

Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" The Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" (; DSVL) is a centre-left and green Lithuanian political party founded on 29 January 2022 by Saulius Skvernelis, former Prime Minister of Lithuania. The party is moderately socially conservative. Most of th ...

Parties without parliamentary representation

Inactive parties

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Lithuanian List The Political Party "Lithuanian List" () is an anti-establishment, anti-corruption political party in Lithuania. It was represented in the Lithuanian unicameral legislature, Seimas, from 2016 to 2019. History Foundation The party emerged from 20 ...

''Lietuvos sąrašas'' , PPLS , ,

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Parties undergoing liquidation

The Way of Courage The Way of Courage () is an inactive populist political party in Lithuania. It was founded in 2012 and had an anti-corruption platform. History The party was established by supporters of Drąsius Kedys, who claimed that justice officials had ...

(''Drąsos kelias'') – since 2024, party leader is

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Defunct and unregistered parties

* Civic Democratic Party (''Pilietinės demokratijos partija'') *

Centre Union of Lithuania The Lithuanian Centre Union, or Centre Union of Lithuania (, LCS), was a liberal political party in Lithuania that existed between 1993 and 2003. History It was established by the centre-fraction in Sąjūdis in 1990 as the Lithuanian Centre Move ...

(''Lietuvos centro sąjunga'') * Christian Democratic Union (''Krikščionių demokratų sąjunga'') *

Christian Conservative Social Union The Christian Conservative Social Union (, KKSS) was a centre-right, Christian-conservative political party in Lithuania. History The party was established as the Union of Moderate Conservatives (''Nuosaikiųjų konservatorių sąjunga'') in 2000 ...

(''Krikščionių konservatorių socialinė sąjunga'') * Dawn of Justice ''(Teisingumo Aušra)'' *

Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania The Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (, LDDP) was a political party in Lithuania. It was the successor of the Soviet-era Communist Party of Lithuania. The youth organization of LDDP was called Lithuanian Labourist Youth Union (). History ...

(''Lietuvos demokratinė darbo partija'') *

Front Front may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''The Front'' (1943 film), a 1943 Soviet drama film * '' The Front'', 1976 film Music * The Front (band), an American rock band signed to Columbia Records and active in the 1980s and ...

(''Frontas'') * Labourist Party (''Leiboristų partija'') *

Liberal and Centre Union The Liberal and Centre Union (, LiCS) was a conservative-liberal political party in Lithuania active between 2003 and 2014. It was a member of the Liberal International and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE). History LiCS ...

(''Lietuvos liberalų ir centro sąjunga'') *

Liberal Union of Lithuania The Liberal Union of Lithuania () was a liberal political party in Lithuania. History The party was founded on the 25th of November, 1990 on a basis of the Vilnius University Liberal Club. Its first leader was Vilnius University philosophy pro ...

(''Lietuvos liberalų sąjunga'') * Life Logic Party of Lithuania ''(Lietuvos gyvenimo logikos partija)'' *

Lithuanian Christian Democrats The Lithuanian Christian Democrats (, LKD) was a Christian-democratic political party in Lithuania, which currently exists as a faction in TS-LKD. The party was a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and the European Christian Politica ...

(''Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai'') *

Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) Center-Right Union (, CDS), previously knows as Freedom and Justice (, PLT) and Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) (), is a conservative-liberal political party in Lithuania. It holds soft eurosceptic views. History The party was originally ...

''(Lietuvos Laisvės Sąjunga (Liberalai))'' *

Lithuanian Nationalist and Republican Union The Lithuanian Nationalist and Republican Union ( or LTS), also known as the Nationalists (), was a right-wing nationalist political party in Lithuania. It claimed to be the continuation of the Lithuanian Nationalist Union, the ruling party in 19 ...

(''Lietuvių tautininkų ir respublikonų sąjunga'') *

Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees The Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees () was a political party in Lithuania between 1990 and 2004. It represented interest of those repressed by the Soviet regime, particularly political prisoners and deportees to Siberia, as ...

(''Lietuvos politinių kalinių ir tremtinių sąjunga'') * Lithuanian Political Prisoners Party (''Lietuvos politinių kalinių partija'') * Lithuanian Party of the Economy ''(Lietuvos ūkio partija)'' *

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 ...

(''Lietuvos valstiečių partija'') *

Lithuanian People's Party The Lithuanian People's Party () is a minor pro-Russian political party in Lithuania. It describes itself as left-of-centre. It was founded in 2010 as a split from the Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union, and was led by the party's former chairman a ...

(''Lietuvos žmonių partija'') *

Modern Christian-Democratic Union Modern Christian-Democratic Union, () was a political party in Lithuania that existed between 1998 and 2003. In 2003, the party joined forces with the Liberal Union of Lithuania (''Lietuvos liberalų sąjunga'') and the Centre Union of Lithuania ...

''(Moderniųjų krikščionių demokratų sąjunga'') *

National Resurrection Party The National Resurrection Party (; sometimes translated as ''Rising Nation Party'' or ''National Revival Party'') was a short-lived political party in Lithuania. In the 2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election, it became one of the largest parties in ...

''(Tautos prisikėlimo partija'') * New Democracy Party ''(Naujosios demokratijos partija'') *

New Union (Social Liberals) The New Union (Social Liberals) (, NS) was a social-liberal political party in Lithuania. The NS was a member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) and an observer of the Liberal International. It was founded in 1998 and is le ...

(''Naujoji Sąjunga (Socialliberalai))'' *

Order and Justice Order and Justice (, TT), formerly the Liberal Democratic Party (''Liberalų Demokratų Partija'', LDP) was a right-wing national-conservative political party in Lithuania that self-identified as " left-of-centre", at least on economic matters. It ...

(''Tvarka ir teisingumas'') * Party of Bread Eaters (''Duonos valgytojų partija'') * Republican League (''Respublikonų lyga'', Polish: ''Liga Republikańska'') * Russian Alliance (''Rusų aljansas'') *

Socialist Party of Lithuania The Socialist Party of Lithuania () was a left-wing political party in Lithuania. It was founded on March 26, 1994, and briefly had a Member of the Seimas in 1996. It did not achieve any success in elections and merged with the Front Party in 2009 ...

(''Lietuvos socialistų partija'') *

Socialist People's Front The Socialist People's Front (SPF; ) is a left-wing political association (formerly a party) in Lithuania formed in December 19, 2009, from a merger of the Front Party and Socialist Party of Lithuania. Held at Vilnius University, the party's found ...

''(Socialistinis liaudies frontas)'' * Union for National Unity (''Tautos vienybės sąjunga'') * Union of the Fighters for Lithuania ''(Kovotojų už Lietuvą sąjunga)''

Historical parties

Lithuanian Democratic Party The Lithuanian Democratic Party (, LDP) was a political party in Lithuania. The original party was established in 1902. It published newspapers ''Lietuvos ūkininkas'' (1905–1918) and ''Lietuvos žinios'' (1909–1915). During World War I, the ...

Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party (, LSLDP) was a political party in inter-war Lithuania. History The LSLDP was formed in 1917 in Voronezh by Mykolas Sleževičius and Felicija Bortkevičienė as a conservative breakaway from the Lit ...

* Peasant Union *

Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party The Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party (, LKDP) was a Christian-democratic political party in Lithuania. History Russian Empire and Republic of Lithuania A Christian Democratic movement was established in Lithuania in 1890 by a group of Ro ...

Democratic National Freedom League The Farmers' Party (, ŪP) was a liberal political party in inter-war Lithuania. History The party was established as the Democratic National Freedom League (''Demokratinė tautos laisvės santara'' known simply as ''Santara'' and its members as '' ...

* Farmers Party *

Communist Party of Lithuania The Communist Party of Lithuania (; ) is a banned communist party in Lithuania. The party was established in early October 1918 and operated clandestinely until it was legalized in 1940 after the Soviet invasion and occupation. The party was ...

External links

List of every Lithuanian political party since 1990

References

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