Lithuanian Centre Party

The Centre Party "Welfare Lithuania" (Lithuanian: Centro partija „Gerovės Lietuva“) is a centrist political party in Lithuania. Since the Seimas elections in 2016, it has been represented in the parliament and has also had representatives at the municipal level.[3] The leader of the party is member of parliament Naglis Puteikis. Its honorary leader was noted Lithuanian philosopher and nationalist thinker Romualdas Ozolas.

Centre Party "Welfare Lithuania"

Centro partija „Gerovės Lietuva“
AbbreviationLCP
ChairmanNaglis Puteikis
Vice ChairpeopleAlbinas Stankus
Kristupas Krivickas
Rūta Andriuškevičienė
Chairman of the Political CouncilKristupas Krivickas
Chairman of the BoardVirginijus Šmigelskas
Chairman of the Youth wingLiutauras Barčkus
FoundedJune 1, 2003 (2003-06-01)
Preceded byLithuanian Centre Union
HeadquartersKaštonų g. 3, Vilnius, Lithuania
Youth wingYoung centrists (Jaunieji centristai)
Membership3,871 (October 2, 2019 [1]
IdeologyEuroscepticism[2]
Political positionCentre[2]
ColoursYellow, green, red
Seats in the Seimas
1 / 141
Seats in the European Parliament
0 / 11
Municipal councils
8 / 1,461
Mayors
0 / 60
Website
www.centropartija.lt

In the Parliamentary election of 2016, the Lithuanian Centre Party participated in a coalition (Anti-corruption coalition of Kristupas Krivickas and Naglis Puteikis) with the Lithuanian Retired People party and received 6.1% of the popular vote.[4] In 2019 Lithuanian Municipal Elections the Centre Party received 1.25% of votes nationwide and won municipal council seats in Klaipeda, Varena and Alytus (increasing the number of seats from 3 to 8).[5] During the 2019 election to the European Parliament the party received 5.13% of the national vote and did not receive any representatives in the European Parliament. On October 26, 2019, the Congress of the Lithuanian Centre Party decided to change the name of the party. Since then, the party has been referred to as the Centre Party "Welfare Lithuania". The party fully supports the welfare state idea of the President of the Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda.

References
  1. https://tm.lrv.lt/uploads/tm/documents/files/2019-10-02_politin%C4%97s%20partijos%20s%C4%85ra%C5%A1ai.pdf
  2. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2016). "Lithuania". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  3. http://www.ce-review.org/01/9/lithuanianews9.html, http://www.vrk.lt/2007_savivaldybiu_tarybu_rinkimai/en/savivaldybes/rapg_6792.html
  4. http://www.vrk.lt/2016-seimo/rezultatai?srcUrl=/rinkimai/102/1/1304/rezultatai/lt/rezultataiDaugmPartPirmVrt_rorgId-26644.html
  5. https://m.diena.lt/naujienos/lietuva/politika/n-puteikis-rinkimu-lydere-yra-centro-partija-903783


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