Lithuania: Political Developments and Data in 2021

Abstract

The main political developments in Lithuania in 2021 were mayoral elections in three municipalities, tensions in the Cabinet related to management of the COVID-19 pandemic and a conflict between Lithuania and China, splits in the parliamentary political groups, and party leadership changes. Much of the article is devoted to issue politics, including the migration crisis, and social unrests directed against both the government's pandemic measures and the progressive agenda of the ruling parties.

Lithuania: Political Developments and Data in 2022

“…A new political party, the Union of Democrats "For Lithuania," was founded on 29 January and registered on 4 March (see Table 3). The party is based around the faction of MPs that split from the LVŽS in 2021 (see Jastramskis & Ramonait ė 2022). Therefore, the party already had 16 MPs before its registration, including former ministers Saulius Skvernelis, Linas Kukuraitis, Algirdas Butkevičius, Zigmantas Balčytis, K ęstutis Mažeika, and some other well-known political figures.…”

Spatial analysis of Lithuanian youth turnout: Results of 2016-2020 parliamentary elections

“…Almost all parliament elections in Lithuania resulted in the publishing of new books and papers, where political scientists and sociologists analyze party identification, and changes in voter turnout among different social groups (Žiliūkaitė et al, 2006;Ramonaitė et al, 2014;Jastramskis et al, 2018). However, these monographs mostly cover the general scale of the whole country and do not examine the more detailed level of constituencies or polling units.…”