2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Lithuania on 8 October 2000. All 141 seats in the Seimas were up for election, 71 of them in single-seat constituencies based on first-past-the-post voting; the remaining 70, in a nationwide constituency based on proportional representation. Altogether, around 700 candidates competed in the single-seat constituencies, while over 1,100 candidates were included in the electoral lists for the nationwide constituency.[1]

2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election

8 October 2000
All 141 seats to the Seimas 71 seats were needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ± New Union Artūras Paulauskas 15.6% 29 New Liberal Union Rolandas Paksas 15.4% 34 +33 Democratic Labour Česlovas Juršėnas 10.7% 26 +14 Social Democratic Vytenis Andriukaitis 8.2% 19 New Homeland Union Vytautas Landsbergis 7.1% 9 -61 Peasants Party Ramūnas Karbauskis 6.6% 4 +3 Centre Union Romualdas Ozolas 6.1% 2 -11 Christian Democratic Zigmas Zinkevičius 4.8% 2 -14 NKS Gediminas Vagnorius 2.9% 1 New AWPL Valdemar Tomaševski 2.8% 2 +1 KDS Kazys Bobelis 2.3% 1 0 Liberty Union Vytautas Šustauskas 1.6% 1 +1 MKD Vytautas Bogušis 1.2% 1 New Young Lithuania Stanislovas Buškevičius 1.1% 1 0 New Democracy Kazimira Prunskienė 0.8% 3 New Union of Russians Sergej Dmitrijev 0.3% 3 +3 Independent – 7.3% 3 -1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister-designate Andrius Kubilius Homeland Union Rolandas Paksas Liberal Union

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The Social Democratic coalition of former President Algirdas Brazauskas received the largest share of the popular vote in the nationwide constituency (31 per cent) and won the most seats in the Seimas (51 seats), but short of the 71 seats needed for the majority. New Union (Social Liberals), led by Artūras Paulauskas, came second in the nationwide constituency (19.64 per cent), winning 29 seats in the parliament. The centre-right Liberal Union, led by the Mayor of Vilnius and former Prime Minister Rolandas Paksas, became as the largest single party in the parliament, with 34 seats and 17.25 per cent of the vote in the nationwide constituency.

The Homeland Union, which had led the government for the previous four years, performed poorly in the elections, receiving only 8.62 per cent of the vote and winning eight seats, down from more than 30% of the vote and 70 seats in the previous elections. Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius and many other prominent ministers were beaten in their constituencies. In the electoral campaign dominated by economic issues, the party was punished by voters for the economic recession and high unemployment, as well as its austerity policy. The Social Democratic coalition, on the other hand, had promised the end to austerity, including lower taxes and higher social spending.[1]