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Municipal elections across Lithuania, by party. Mayoral elections across Lithuania, by party. Municipal elections in Lithuania were held on 5 March 2023[ 1] municipal councils and 60 mayors elected to office for a four-year term .
Size of cabinet in each municipality varies depending on populations. Lowest population municipalities with up to 5,000 inhabitants have 15 seats, while largest municipalities with over 500,000 inhabitants have 51 seats.[ 2]
During mayoral elections, a single candidate must receive over 50% in first round, otherwise the top two candidates will participate in second round. If turnout is less than 40% in specific municipality, the candidate must receive at least 20% of all registered votes to win the title.
Changes in regulations [ edit ] New Lithuanian Elections Codecs came into power on 1 September 2022. With new regulations all elected mayors will no longer have a seat in the municipal council and the number of mayoral terms is now capped at a maximum of three.[ 3]
Candidate Party First round Second round Votes % Votes % Valdas Benkunskas Homeland Union 68,788 31.13 116,464 52.73 Artūras Zuokas Freedom and Justice 47,805 21.64 104,412 47.27 Mykolas Majauskas Independent 23,789 10.77 Tomas Vytautas Raskevičius Freedom Party 22,146 10.02 Waldemar Tomaszewski Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania 19,018 8.61 Vytautas Sinica National Alliance 8,347 3.78 Rasa Budbergytė Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 5,606 2.54 Lukas Savickas Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" 4,515 2.04 Eglė Radvilė Liberals' Movement 4,106 1.86 Valdas Tutkus Lithuanian Regions Party 4,048 1.83 Ieva Kačinskaitė-Urbonienė Labour Party 3,183 1.44 Stasys Jakeliūnas Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union 2,965 1.34 Petras Gražulis People and Justice Union 2,352 1.06 Aidas Gedvilas Independent 2,190 0.99 Remigijus Lapinskas Lithuanian Green Party 1,661 0.75 Ramojus Girinskas Young Lithuania 436 0.20 Total 220,955 100.00 220,876 100.00 Valid votes 220,955 98.90 220,876 98.71 Invalid/blank votes 2,464 1.10 2,889 1.29 Total votes 223,419 100.00 223,765 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 453,315 49.29 453,670 49.32 Source: VRK (first round) , VRK (second round)
Candidate Party Votes % Visvaldas Matijošaitis Public election committee "United Kaunas" 77,762 59.66 Aurelijus Veryga Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union 16,639 12.77 Vytautas Juozapaitis Homeland Union 12,817 9.83 Ieva Budraitė Lithuanian Green Party 6,070 4.66 Nijolė Putrienė Liberals' Movement 3,851 2.95 Gintautas Labanauskas Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" 3,674 2.82 Mantas Bertulis Freedom Party 2,982 2.29 Darius Razmislevičius Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 2,720 2.09 Darius Trečiakauskas Christian Union 1,375 1.05 Marijus Velička Labour Party 1,356 1.04 Rūta Zabielienė People and Justice Union 596 0.46 Dainius Varnas Freedom and Justice 492 0.38 Total 130,334 100.00 Valid votes 130,334 97.76 Invalid/blank votes 2,986 2.24 Total votes 133,320 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 247,958 53.77 Source: VRK
Candidate Party First round Second round Votes % Votes % Arvydas Vaitkus Public election committee "Loyal to Klaipėda" 12,004 24.00 30,913 62.56 Audrius Petrošius Homeland Union 10,421 20.84 18,502 37.44 Remigijus Žemaitaitis Freedom and Justice 10,212 20.42 Ligita Girskienė Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union 5,571 11.14 Vytautas Grubliauskas Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 3,843 7.68 Saulius Budinas Liberals' Movement 3,681 7.36 Artūras Bogdanovas Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" 1,164 2.33 Birutė Andruškaitė Freedom Party 1,040 2.08 Naglis Puteikis People and Justice Union 955 1.91 Giedrius Bindza Labour Party 643 1.29 Arvydas Ektis Lithuanian Green Party 476 0.95 Total 50,010 100.00 49,415 100.00 Valid votes 50,010 98.15 49,415 98.49 Invalid/blank votes 945 1.85 757 1.51 Total votes 50,955 100.00 50,172 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 124,879 40.80 124,954 40.15 Source: VRK (first round) , VRK (second round)
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Political party
Municipality elections
Mayoral elections
Note
Votes
%[ 5]
Seats
Seats
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
204,029
17.45
358
17
Homeland Union
189,396
16.20
239
5
Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
107,568
9.20
185
8
Public election committees 161,861
13.84
183
11
Liberals' Movement
81,262
6.95
135
9
Union of Democrats "For Lithuania"
78,052
6.68
124
5
New
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance
62,359
5.33
57
1
Lithuanian Regions Party
28,927
2.47
56
1
Freedom and Justice
60,794
5.20
55
2
Labour Party
42,927
3.67
46
0
Freedom Party
41,522
3.55
13
0
New
Lithuanian Green Party
19,386
1.66
12
0
Christian Union
6,124
0.52
8
0
People and Justice Union
10,704
0.92
7
0
Central Right Coalition
Homeland Union 7,566
0.65
6
0
Liberals' Movement
Freedom Party
Visaginians coalition
Homeland Union 1,487
0.13
5
–
New
Liberals' Movement
National Alliance
13,140
1.12
3
0
New
Coalition „Best Choice“
Freedom and Justice 2,060
0.18
3
–
New
Freedom Party
Liberals' Movement
Coalition „For Freedom to Grow“
Liberals' Movement 1,209
0.10
3
–
Lithuanian Green Party
Coalition „Strong Family - Strong Kaunas“
Christian Union 3,049
0.26
0
–
New
People and Justice Union
Young Lithuania
1,495
0.13
0
0
Samogitian Party
741
0.06
0
0
Independent candidates
–
–
–
1
Void votes
43,516
3.72
–
- 29,656
2.54%
1.34%
Total
1,169,174
100
1,498
Registered voters/turnout
2,389,342
48.93
Source: VRK [ 6]
Vilnius City Council [ edit ] Party Votes % Seats Homeland Union 65,718 30.45 19 Freedom and Justice 31,537 14.61 9 Freedom Party 29,330 13.59 9 Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania 23,892 11.07 7 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 13,811 6.40 4 National Alliance 10,416 4.83 3 Liberals' Movement 8,365 3.88 0 Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" 8,361 3.87 0 Labour Party 6,098 2.83 0 Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union 5,020 2.33 0 Lithuanian Regions Party 4,237 1.96 0 Lithuanian Green Party 3,910 1.81 0 People and Justice Union 2,470 1.14 0 Young Lithuania 1,495 0.69 0 Christian Union 1,191 0.55 0 Total 215,851 100.00 51 Valid votes 215,851 96.64 Invalid/blank votes 7,509 3.36 Total votes 223,360 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 453,315 49.27 Source: VRK
Kaunas City Council [ edit ] Party or alliance Votes % Seats Public election committee "United Kaunas" 64,351 49.73 26 Homeland Union 20,635 15.95 8 Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union 9,828 7.60 4 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 6,944 5.37 3 Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" 5,323 4.11 0 Lithuanian Green Party 5,071 3.92 0 Freedom Party 4,954 3.83 0 Liberals' Movement 4,700 3.63 0 Strong family - Strong Kaunas Christian Union 3,049 2.36 0 People and Justice Union 0 National Alliance 2,019 1.56 0 Labour Party 1,872 1.45 0 Freedom and Justice 642 0.50 0 Total 129,388 100.00 41 Valid votes 129,388 98.49 Invalid/blank votes 1,980 1.51 Total votes 131,368 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 247,958 52.98 Source: VRK
[ edit ] Party Votes % Seats Public election committee "Loyal to Klaipėda" 10,166 20.75 8 Freedom and Justice 9,188 18.75 7 Homeland Union 9,086 18.54 7 Liberals' Movement 4,766 9.73 3 Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union 4,505 9.19 3 Social Democratic Party of Lithuania 3,977 8.12 3 Freedom Party 1,954 3.99 0 Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" 1,846 3.77 0 Lithuanian Green Party 1,241 2.53 0 Labour Party 1,228 2.51 0 People and Justice Union 1,045 2.13 0 Total 49,002 100.00 31 Valid votes 49,002 94.26 Invalid/blank votes 2,986 5.74 Total votes 51,988 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 124,879 41.63 Source: VRK
