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2004 Lithuanian parliamentary election

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voting results in single member constituencies would not be declared valid if voter turnout was below 40 per cent mark (due to this, second round voting in Kaišiadorys constituency from 1993 to 1995 took place four times before member of Seimas was elected). After these changes, second round voting results would be declared valid no matter of voter turnout.
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earlier in 2004. The populist party campaigned on the promise of increasing living standards and fighting corruption. Many of its promises, such as lowering prices by 10 to 20%, increasing the minimum salary and pensions, tax holidays for newly established companies, all within less than three years,
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In a change from the elections in 2000, members of the Seimas in the 71 single-seat constituencies were once again elected by a majority vote, with a run-off held on 24 October. Also, changes to Seimas Elections' Act were imposed to the elections in single member constituencies. Prior these changes,
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Several aspects of the electoral campaign and voting came under criticism. In particular, allegations of vote buying, mostly implicating the Labour Party, emerged in voting by post, prompting the Seimas to consider changes in voting procedures. Social Democrats and New Union also accused the Labour
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To be eligible for election, candidates had to be at least 25-years-old on the election day, not under allegiance to a foreign state and permanently resident in Lithuania. Persons serving or due to serve a sentence imposed by the court 65 days before the elections were not eligible. Also, judges,
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In May 2004, the Constitutional Court of Lithuania decided that a person removed from office through impeachement for breaching the oath of office can not stand in parliamentary or presidential elections, or serve on the government, disqualifying Paksas from the elections.
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and invited Social Democratic Party to join. Brazauskas initially ruled out a coalition with Labour Party, but eventually Social Democratic Party and New Union (Social Liberals) joined forces with the Labour Party and the Peasants, with Brazauskas as the Prime Minister.
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Several possible coalitions emerged after the elections. Homeland Union and Liberal and Centre Union indicated their willingness to join a "rainbow" coalition with the Social Democratic Party, excluding only Labour and Liberal Democrats. Labour joined forces with
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Coalition "Working for Lithuania" finished second in elections, with Social Democrats and New Union winning 20 and 11 seats, respectively. Homeland Union won 25 seats, more than double their tally in the previous elections.
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in a single nationwide constituency. Voting in the elections was open to all citizens of Lithuania who are at least 18-years-old. 70 seats were allocated to the participating political parties using the
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Altogether, around 600 candidates competed in the single-seat constituencies, while over 1,100 candidates were included in the electoral lists for the nationwide constituency.
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citizens performing military service, and servicemen of professional military service and officials of statutory institutions and establishments could not stand for election.
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in July 2004, the first round took place on 10 October 2004 (the second Sunday of October). Also, these elections were first ones with permanently set voting day (in
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on 10 October 2004, with a second round on 24 October 2004 in the constituencies where no candidate won a majority in the first round of voting. All 141 seats in the
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indicated that the result was a disappointment for the party, which had expected a better result in the second round of voting in single-seat constituencies.
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of Rolandas Paksas led a coalition "For the Order and Justice". Since Paksas was barred from participating in the elections, its electoral list was headed by
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headed the Lithuanian People's Union For a Fair Lithuania list, but ran (and was elected) in the single-member constituencies as an independent.
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in 2003. In April 2004 he was impeached by the Seimas and removed from office, with Paulauskas serving as the acting president until
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However, the coalition was not long-lived, and at the end of June 2001, the New Union formed a new coalition government with the
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Labour Party was founded in October 2003, a year before the elections, by a Russian-born businessman and member of the Seimas
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were criticized by economists as unfeasible. Nevertheless, the party garnered strong support in rural areas and small towns.
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The elections were won by the Labour Party, which claimed 39 of the 141 seats in the Seimas. Nevertheless, newspaper
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and 2000 parliamentary elections voting date were set on initiative of Supreme Soviet or President of Republic).
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as Prime Minister. In the 2000 elections, the Social-Democratic Coalition of Algirdas Brazauskas, consisting of
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Despite finishing behind Labour, the Social Democrats led a coalition government with New Union, Labour and the
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Party of violating the rules for electoral campaigns and exceeding campaign spending limits.
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In February 2003, the Municipal Elections' Act was amended. The amendement forbade
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emerged as the largest party in the parliament, with 34 of the 141 seats in the
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with around 28% of the vote in the nationwide constituency and 39 seats in the
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and Vytautas Petkevičius respectively, who were supported by the coalition.
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were up for election; 71 in single-seat constituencies elected by
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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2000 Elections to the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania 2004
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The Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania
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took place at the same day as the presidential election. The
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with 29. The two parties formed a coalition government, with
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All seats in the 141-member Seimas were up for election in
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Paksas, who had left the Liberal Union by the end of 2001,
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and the remaining 70 in a nationwide constituency based on
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Viktor Uspaskich
LSDP
NS
Algirdas Brazauskas
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Andrius Kubilius
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Rolandas Paksas
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Gintautas Babravičius
VNDPS
Kazimira Prunskienė
LLRA
Valdemar Tomaševski
Independents
Prime Minister
Algirdas Brazauskas
LSDP
Algirdas Brazauskas
LSDP
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