Twelfth Seimas

The Twelfth Seimas of Lithuania is a parliament (Seimas) in Lithuania. Elections took place on 9 October 2016, with the run-off on 23 October. The Seimas commenced its work on 14 November 2016 and served a four-year term, with the last session taking place on 10 November 2020.

Twelfth Seimas of Lithuania
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Seimas Palace
Overview
Legislative body	Seimas
Jurisdiction	Lithuania
Term	2016—2020

In this term two members-elect were born after 11 March 1990 (Rūta Miliūtė and Virginijus Sinkevičius).^[1]

Elections

Main article: 2016 Lithuanian parliamentary election

In the elections in 2016, 70 members of the parliament were elected on proportional party lists and 71 in single-member constituencies. Elections took place on 9 October 2012. Run-off elections were held on 23 October in the single-seat constituencies where no candidate secured a seat in the first round.

Party		Nationwide constituency			Single-member constituencies						Total seats	+/–
					First round			Second round
		Votes	%[2]	Seats	Votes	%[2]	Seats	Votes	%[2]	Seats
	Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats	276,275	22.63	20	258,834	21.57	1	246,108	27.94	10	31	–2
	Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union	274,108	22.45	19	229,769	19.15	0	311,611	35.38	35	54	+53
	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	183,597	15.04	13	183,267	15.27	0	115,599	13.12	4	17	–21
	Liberal Movement	115,361	9.45	8	139,522	11.63	0	70,055	7.95	6	14	+4
	Anti-Corruption Coalition (LCP–LPP)	77,114	6.32	0	36,621	3.05	0	6,876	0.78	1	1	New
	Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance	69,810	5.72	5	63,291	5.27	2	13,526	1.54	1	8	0
	Order and Justice	67,817	5.55	5	70,958	5.91	0	28,894	3.28	3	8	–3
	Labour Party	59,620	4.88	0	79,824	6.65	0	25,803	2.93	2	2	–27
	Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals)	27,274	2.23	0	39,987	3.33	0	10,130	1.15	0	0	New
	Lithuanian Green Party	24,727	2.03	0	11,047	0.92	0	5,627	0.64	1	1	New
	Political Party "Lithuanian List"	21,966	1.80	0	17,519	1.46	0	8,709	0.99	1	1	New
	Lithuanian People's Party	12,851	1.05	0	9,767	0.81	0	–	–	–	0	0
	Against Corruption and Poverty (JL–LTS)	6,867	0.56	0	4,150	0.35	0	–	–	–	0	New
	The Way of Courage	3,498	0.29	0	4,619	0.38	0	–	–	–	0	–7
Independents		–	–	–	50,738	4.23	0	37,919	4.30	4	4	+1
Invalid/blank votes		52,469	–	–	72,789	–	–	32,895	–	–	–	–
Total		1,273,427	100	70	1,272,734	100	3	913,752	100	68	141	0
Registered voters/turnout		2,514,657	50.64	–	2,514,657	50.61	–	2,405,143	37.99	–	–	–
Source: Central Electoral Commission[3]

Activities

Viktoras Pranckietis was elected as a Speaker.

Since 2018 the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union tried to obstruct a work of critical of them institutions (notably LRT and Constitutional Court of Lithuania).^[4][5]

Composition

Parliamentary groups

After the elections, the parliamentary groups were formed in the Seimas, largely on the party lines: Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽSF), Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDPF), Liberal Movement (LSF), Order and Justice (FTT), Electoral Action of the Poles in Lithuania (LLRAF), Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TSLKDF) and the Mixed Group of Members of the Seimas (MSNG).^[6]

The term of the Seimas was noted for particularly significant shifts among parliamentary groups. Most notable examples were Social Democratic Party and Order and Justice parliamentary groups. The former had split into two separate parliamentary groups (and later, parties), while the latter (along with the party) completely disintegrated.

By the end of the term of the Seimas, the following parliamentary groups were active.

Name	Abbr.	Members
Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union	LVŽSF	49
Homeland Union	TS-LKDF	36
Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania	LSDDPF	12
Liberal Movement	LSF	10
Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	LSDPF	9
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance	LLRA–KŠSF	8
Others	MSNG	17
Vacant		1

Members

144 members have served in the Twelfth Seimas.^[7]

Name, Surname	Constituency	Electoral list	Notes
Vida Ačienė	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Mantas Adomėnas	Nationwide	Homeland Union
Virgilijus Alekna	Nationwide	Liberal Movement
Vilija Aleknaitė-Abramikienė	Nationwide	Homeland Union	From 9 July 2019
Rimas Andrikis	Nationwide	Order and Justice
Arvydas Anušauskas	Nationwide	Homeland Union
Aušrinė Armonaitė	Nationwide	Liberal Movement
Audronius Ažubalis	Nationwide	Homeland Union
Valius Ąžuolas	39. Akmenės-Mažeikių	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Kęstutis Bacvinka	66. Garliavos	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Vytautas Bakas	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Linas Balsys	11. Panerių	Lithuanian Green Party
Kęstutis Bartkevičius	38. Mažeikių	Order and Justice
Mindaugas Bastys	64. Zanavykų	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	Until 20 March 2018
Rima Baškienė	45. Kuršėnų-Dainų	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Juozas Baublys	70. Varėnos-Trakų	Liberal Movement
Antanas Baura	49. Anykščių-Panevėžio	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union	From 11 May 2017
Juozas Bernatonis	Nationwide	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Agnė Bilotaitė	Nationwide	Homeland Union
Bronius Bradauskas	Nationwide	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	From 9 July 2019
Rasa Budbergytė	Nationwide	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Valentinas Bukauskas	40. Telšių	Labour Party
Guoda Burokienė	28. Aukštaitijos	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Algirdas Butkevičius	Nationwide	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Petras Čimbaras	54. Molėtų-Širvintų	Labour Party
Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen	Nationwide	Liberal Movement
Rimantas Jonas Dagys	Nationwide	Homeland Union
Irena Degutienė	Nationwide	Homeland Union
Algimantas Dumbrava	52. Visagino-Zarasų	Order and Justice
Justas Džiugelis	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Aurimas Gaidžiūnas	44. Radviliškio	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Vitalijus Gailius	46. Žiemgalos	Liberal Movement	Until 10 April 2019
Dainius Gaižauskas	29. Marijampolės	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Aistė Gedvilienė	Nationwide	Homeland Union	From 9 July 2019
Arūnas Gelūnas	Nationwide	Liberal Movement	Until 1 April 2019
Eugenijus Gentvilas	Nationwide	Liberal Movement
Simonas Gentvilas	Nationwide	Liberal Movement
Kęstutis Glaveckas	Nationwide	Liberal Movement
Petras Gražulis	Nationwide	Order and Justice
Arūnas Gumuliauskas	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Irena Haase	64. Zanavykų	Homeland Union	From 9 October 2018
Juozas Imbrasas	Nationwide	Order and Justice
Stasys Jakeliūnas	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union	Until 1 July 2019
Audronė Jankuvienė	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union	From 9 July 2019
Jonas Jarutis	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Zbignev Jedinskij	Nationwide	Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania
Sergejus Jovaiša	Nationwide	Homeland Union
Eugenijus Jovaiša	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Rasa Juknevičienė	Nationwide	Homeland Union	Until 1 July 2019
Vytautas Juozapaitis	Nationwide	Homeland Union
Ričardas Juška	62. Jurbarko-Pagėgių	Liberal Movement
Vytautas Kamblevičius	Nationwide	Order and Justice
Darius Kaminskas	43. Kėdainių	Independent
Ramūnas Karbauskis	14. Šilainių	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Laurynas Kasčiūnas	Nationwide	Homeland Union
Dainius Kepenis	21. Marių	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Vytautas Kernagis	5. Fabijoniškių	Homeland Union
Greta Kildišienė	49. Anykščių-Panevėžio	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union	Until 26 January 2016[8]
Gintautas Kindurys	53. Nalšios	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Gediminas Kirkilas	Nationwide	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Algimantas Kirkutis	20. Baltijos	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Vanda Kravčionok	Nationwide	Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania
Dainius Kreivys	12. Verkių	Homeland Union
Asta Kubilienė	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Andrius Kubilius	Nationwide	Homeland Union	Until 1 July 2019
Andrius Kupčinskas	Nationwide	Homeland Union	From 10 March 2018
Gabrielius Landsbergis	13. Centro-Žaliakalnio	Homeland Union
Tadas Langaitis	Nationwide	Homeland Union	Until 1 March 2018
Jonas Liesys	58. Trakų-Vievio	Liberal Movement
Linas Antanas Linkevičius	Nationwide	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Michal Mackevič	Nationwide	Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania
Mykolas Majauskas	2. Senamiesčio	Homeland Union
Aušra Maldeikienė	4. Žirmūnų	Political Party "Lithuanian List"	Until 30 June 2019
Bronius Markauskas	31. Gargždų	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union	Until 10 April 2019
Raimundas Martinėlis	50. Sėlos	Independent
Kęstutis Masiulis	Nationwide	Homeland Union
Bronislovas Matelis	26. Nevėžio	Independent
Laimutė Matkevičienė	59. Kaišiadorių-Elektrėnų	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Antanas Matulas	47. Pasvalio-Pakruojo	Homeland Union
Andrius Mazuronis	Nationwide	Independent	From 9 April 2019
Kęstutis Mažeika	63. Sūduvos	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Rūta Miliūtė	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė	Nationwide	Homeland Union
Jaroslav Narkevič	Nationwide	Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania
Alfredas Stasys Nausėda	32. Šilutės	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Andrius Navickas	Nationwide	Homeland Union	From 15 June 2017
Monika Navickienė	10. Naujosios Vilnios	Homeland Union
Arvydas Nekrošius	42. Raseinių-Kėdainių	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Petras Nevulis	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Aušrinė Norkienė	34. Tauragės	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Juozas Olekas	Nationwide	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania	Until 1 July 2019
Česlav Olševski	57. Medininkų	Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania
Andrius Palionis	67. Prienų-Birštono	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Aušra Papirtienė	15. Kalniečių	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Žygimantas Pavilionis	1. Naujamiesčio	Homeland Union
Virgilijus Poderys	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Raminta Popovienė	Nationwide	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Viktoras Pranckietis	65. Raudondvario	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Mindaugas Puidokas	19. Aleksoto-Vilijampolės	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Kęstutis Pūkas	Nationwide	Order and Justice
Edmundas Pupinis	51. Utenos	Homeland Union
Naglis Puteikis	23. Danės	Lithuanian Centre Party, Independent
Vytautas Rastenis	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Jurgis Razma	Nationwide	Homeland Union
Juozas Rimkus	41. Kelmės-Šiaulių	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Viktoras Rinkevičius	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Irina Rozova	Nationwide	Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania
Julius Sabatauskas	Nationwide	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Algimantas Salamakinas	Nationwide	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Paulius Saudargas	7. Justiniškių	Homeland Union
Valerijus Simulik	24. Saulės	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Virginijus Sinkevičius	6. Šeškinės	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Rimantas Sinkevičius	60. Jonavos	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Algirdas Sysas	Nationwide	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Gintarė Skaistė	Nationwide	Homeland Union
Artūras Skardžius	Nationwide	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Saulius Skvernelis	8. Karoliniškių	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Kęstutis Smirnovas	68. Vilkaviškio	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Lauras Stacevičius	16. Dainavos	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Andriejus Stančikas	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Levutė Staniuvienė	37. Kuršo	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Kazys Starkevičius	Nationwide	Homeland Union
Gintaras Steponavičius	Nationwide	Liberal Movement
Zenonas Streikus	71. Lazdijų-Druskininkų	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Algis Strelčiūnas	9. Lazdynų	Homeland Union
Dovilė Šakalienė	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė	Nationwide	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Robertas Šarknickas	30. Alytaus	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Stasys Šedbaras	Nationwide	Homeland Union
Irena Šiaulienė	Nationwide	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Audrys Šimas	48. Biržų-Kupiškio	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Ingrida Šimonytė	3. Antakalnio	Homeland Union
Agnė Širinskienė	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Leonard Talmont	56. Šalčininkų-Vilniaus	Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania
Rita Tamašunienė	55. Nemenčinės	Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania
Tomas Tomilinas	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Stasys Tumėnas	25. Aušros	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Povilas Urbšys	27. Vakarinė	Independent
Gintaras Vaičekauskas	22. Pajūrio	Liberal Movement
Ona Valiukevičiūtė	Nationwide	Order and Justice	From 10 March 2018
Petras Valiūnas	69. Dzūkijos	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Egidijus Vareikis	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Jonas Varkalys	35. Plungės	Liberal Movement
Juozas Varžgalys	61. Ukmergės	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Gediminas Vasiliauskas	17. Petrašiūnų	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Aurelijus Veryga	18. Panemunės	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Virginija Vingrienė	Nationwide	Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union
Antanas Vinkus	36. Kretingos-Palangos	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Emanuelis Zingeris	Nationwide	Homeland Union
Remigijus Žemaitaitis	33. Pietų Žemaitijos	Order and Justice
Rokas Žilinskas	Nationwide	Homeland Union	Until 13 June 2017