At stake in this election:

• 141 seats in the Parliament (Seimas)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Valdas ADAMKUS
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Gediminas KIRKILAS **
• Assembly: Lithuania has a unicameral Parliament (Seimas) with 141 seats.

** Prime Minister appointed by the president on the approval of the Parliament.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 5-year term.
• Prime Minister is appointed by the president.
• In the Parliament (Seimas), 71 members are elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 70 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.

Main parties in the Second Round of the electoral race:

• Party: Homeland Union - Lithuania Christian Democrats
  • Seats won in last election: 25
• Party: Rising Nation Party
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Lithuanian Social Democratic Party
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Order and Justice Party
  • Seats won in last election: 11
• Party: Labor Party and Youth Coalition
  • Seats won in last election: 38
• Party: Liberal and Center Union
  • Seats won in last election: 18
• Party: Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Lithuanian Poles' Electoral Action
  • Seats won in last election: 2
• Party: Union of Lithuanian Peasants and Peoples
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: New Union (Social Liberals)
  • Seats won in last election: 0

Population and Registered Voters:

• Population: 3,162,916 (2008)
• Registered voters: 2,696,090 (2008)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 1,718,594 (2008)

·         Is Lithuania a signatory to CEDAW: N/A

·         Has Lithuania ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (18 January 1994)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 25 (following the 2008 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 37 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2014)

Disability Data:

·         Is Lithuania a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Lithuania ratified CRPD: Yes (18 August 2010)

·         Population with a disability: 474,437 (est.)