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LITHUANIA
Population
Total population in Lithuania is 2,847,904 by 1st January 2017. 4.47% of the population is foreign born (Eurostat). The median age of Lithuanians is 39.09 which is slightly less than the European average of 40.36 (UN Data).
Political Parties
The most recent parliamentary election was held in October 2016. The prominent parties, vote shares in this election and their orientations are as follows (Parlgov):
|
Party Name |
Vote Share |
Ideological Orientation |
|
Lithuanian Peasant Union |
22.45 |
Agrarian |
|
Homeland Union |
22.63 |
Conservative |
|
Lithuanian Social Democratic Party |
15.04 |
Social democracy |
|
Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania |
9.45 |
Liberal |
|
Election Action of Lithuania's Poles |
5.72 |
Special issue |
|
Order and Justice -- Liberal Democratic Party |
5.55 |
Conservative |
|
Labour Party |
4.88 |
Liberal |
|
Lithuanian Centre Party |
6.32 |
Right-wing |
|
Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) |
2.23 |
Liberal |
|
Lithuanian Green Party |
2.03 |
Green/Ecologist |
Electoral System
The system used in Lithuania is Parallel system in which, of the 141 deputies, 71 are elected in SMCs and the remaining 70 are elected in one nationwide MMC using List PR. The voter turnout in 2016 election was 50.64 % (idea.int).
Quality of Democracy
Lithuania is a parliamentary democracy. Quality of democracy score by Freedom House is 1 out of 7 where 1 is most free and 7 is least free. According to Transparency International, Lithuania is ranked 38th least corrupted among 180 countries with a score of 59 out of 100.
Gender Equality
21% of the parliamentarians are women currently while there is no legislated quota for women candidates. (idea.int)