Lithuanian People's Party

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Lithuanian People's Party
Lietuvos liaudies partija
Seimas
0 / 141
European Parliament
0 / 12
Municipal councils
0 / 1,461
Mayors
0 / 60
Website
www.liaudiespartija.lt

The Lithuanian People's Party (

Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union, and was led by the party's former chairman and the first prime minister of independent Lithuania, Kazimira Prunskienė
. It has no representatives on the European, national or municipal level.

History

After having left the party to run in the

farmers as her reasons to establish a new party.[4]

The party was founded as the Lithuanian People's Movement (

State Duma of the Russian Federation and the United Russia party, who described the new party as United Russia's first partner in Lithuania.[5] As the name was already reserved, however, the party held a second founding conference on 27 March 2010 where it renamed itself to its current name.[6]

It won seven seats in the 2011 Lithuanian municipal elections, its most successful election result.[7]

On 26 September 2011, the party signed a cooperation agreement with United Russia, which Prunskienė described as a pragmatic defense of national interests.[8]

In 2014,

heart attack.[9] It was also joined by the National Party "Lithuanian Path" (Lithuanian: Tautinė partija „Lietuvos kelias“), led by Lilijana Astra, known for its criticism towards the Polish community and their demand for allowing non-Lithuanian letters in state documents.[9] The party attempted to run in the 2014 European Parliament election and its list was led by Milda Bartašiūnaitė-Rudalevičienė, a former member of the Liberal Movement and a self-described "sex expert" known for a sexting scandal with Minister of Education Gintaras Steponavičius, but did not collect the required number of signatures.[9]

The party's committee voted to expel Šedžius in March 2015, violating the party's statute.

eurosceptic and anti-NATO politician Rolandas Paulauskas, signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, was temporarily elected chairman instead.[9]

Tauras Jakelaitis temporarily held the position of chairman during the 2020 parliamentary election, while the party's list was led by Nendrė Černiauskienė, former advisor to Minister of Health Aurelijus Veryga.[12] She gained media attention for bringing a crooked wooden kriwe stick (krivūlė [lt]) to election debates.[13]

Political positions

The People's Party openly describes itself as a

russophilic party which seeks a cooperative relationship with Lithuania's eastern neighbours. According to Prunskienė, it is a party which seeks compromise between business interests and social policy.[14]

During the electoral campaign for the 2020 parliamentary election, it was the only party which supported the withdrawal of Lithuania from the

first-past-the-post electoral system and legalize representative recall.[12]

It proposed normalizing relations with Belarus and ending the boycott on the Astravets Nuclear Power Plant.[15]

Election results

Seimas

Election Votes[a] % Seats +/– Government
2012 3,399 0.26 (#18)
0 / 141
 Steady 0 Opposition
2016 12,851 1.05 (#12)
0 / 141
 Steady 0 Opposition
2020 2,946 0.26 (#17)
0 / 141
 Steady 0 Opposition
  1. ^ Proportional representation votes.

Municipal

Election Votes[a] % Council seats Mayors +/–
2011 11,872 0.46 (#12)
7 / 1,466
0 / 60
2015 4,961 0.49 (#11)
5 / 1,473
0 / 60
 Decrease 2
2019 Did not compete Did not compete
0 / 1,442
0 / 60
 Decrease 5
2023 Did not compete Did not compete
0 / 1,498
0 / 60
 Steady 0
  1. ^ Municipal council election votes.

References

  1. ^ "Opinion: Two new ex Prime Ministers' parties are facing difficulties". alfa.lt.
  2. ^ Digrytė, Eglė. "K.Prunskienė: nebijokime būti vadinami prorusiška partija". DELFI.
  3. ^ "Lietuvos liaudies partija". www.vle.lt.
  4. ^ "Rugsėjo pabaigoje K.Prunskienė planuoja surengti steigiamąjį naujos partijos suvažiavimą". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). 2009-08-07.
  5. ^ Popovaitė, Inga (2009-12-05). "V.Putino atstovas apie K.Prunskienės partiją: pagaliau turėsime partnerius". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian).
  6. ^ "K.Prunskienės partija pakeitė pavadinimą ir įstatus". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). 2010-03-27.
  7. ^ "Partijų, koalicijų gautų balsų ir mandatų skaičius Lietuvoje". Supreme Election Commission of Lithuania (in Lithuanian). 2011.
  8. ^ "Maskvoje Kazimira Prunskienė pasirašė bendradarbiavimo susitarimą su Vladimiro Putino partija". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). 2011-09-26.
  9. ^ a b c d Aušra, Mindaugas (2016-09-19). "Seimo rinkimų dalyviai: Lietuvos liaudies partija". LRT (in Lithuanian).
  10. ^ Januševičius, Alvydas (2015-03-23). "Liaudies partijos taryba išspyrė iš partijos savo pirmininką Andrių Šedžių" (in Lithuanian). 15min.lt.
  11. ^ Januševičius, Alvydas (2015-10-15). "Andrius Šedžius rengiasi "Tvarkos ir teisingumo švarką", dar nenusivilkęs senojo". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian).
  12. ^ a b "Lietuvos liaudies partija". 15min.lt.
  13. ^ "Į Seimą naujus kelius rado Nendrė Černiauskienė, Bernatonis ir Skardžius". Delfi (in Lithuanian). 2020-11-20.
  14. ^ Digrytė, Eglė. "K.Prunskienė: nebijokime būti vadinami prorusiška partija". DELFI.
  15. ^ Andrukaitytė, Milena (2020-09-09). "Rinkimai 2020: Lietuvos liaudies partija siūlo pirkti elektrą iš Astravo". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian).
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