Elections to the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania '2004
Elections to the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania ‘2004
Members of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania are elected for a four-year term in seventy-one single-member constituencies and one multi-member constituency on the basis of universal and equal suffrage, by secret ballot in direct, mixed-system elections. Regular elections to the Seimas are held on the year of the expiration of the powers of the Seimas members, on the second Sunday in October. This year the election is held on 10 October. 141 members of the Seimas are elected: 71 – in single-member constituencies and 70 – in the multi-member constituency.
Single-member constituencies are formed to comprise 1/71 of the resident voters (± 20 per cent) while the territory of the multi-member constituency is the entire Lithuania. More…
In a single-member constituency, a candidate is considered elected if no less than 40 per cent of the voters on the voter register of that constituency participated in the elections, and the said candidate received more than half of the votes cast. More…
In the multi-member constituency, it is voted for the lists of candidates and the rating of candidates on the lists. The more votes are cast for a particular list, the larger the number of candidates from that list is elected. Mandates are obtained only if a list receives at least 5 per cent of the vote (in the case of a coalition – 7 per cent). More…
