Lithuania

Lithuania

“…The defeat of the Labour Party (DP), the major partner of the LSDP in the ruling coalition, was much more severe. Weakened by near permanent corruption scandals and the change of leadership (see Jastramskis and Ramonaitė 2016), the party even failed to pass the electoral threshold. Only the TT, a junior partner in the ruling coalition, performed somewhat better than expected.…”

“…A change in the minimum party membership requirement from 1,000 to 2,000 took effect as of 14 December 2015 (Jastramskis and Ramonaitė 2016). This potentially contributed to a quite unusual situation for Lithuania, when no new parties were registered before the parliamentary elections.…”