Eighth Seimas of Lithuania

The Eighth Seimas of Lithuania was a parliament (Seimas) elected in Lithuania. Elections took place on 8 October 2000. The Seimas commenced its work on 19 October 2000 and served a four-year term, with the last session on 11 November 2004.

Eighth Seimas of Lithuania
Seventh Seimas of Lithuania Ninth Seimas of Lithuania
Overview
Legislative bodySeimas
Jurisdiction Lithuania
Term2000—2004

Elections

In the elections in 2000, 70 members of the parliament were elected on proportional party lists and 71 in single member constituencies. Elections took place on 8 October 2000. No run-off was held in single seat constituencies and the candidate with the most votes was declared a winner.

Liberal Union became the largest party in the parliament after winning 34 seats, followed by 29 seats won by New Union (Social Liberals). The Social-Democratic Coalition of Algirdas Brazauskas won 51 seats, with the largest party in the coalition, Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, winning 26.

Party Abbr. Proportional Constituency Total
seats
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Social-Democratic
Coalition of
Algirdas Brazauskas
Democratic Labour Party of LithuaniaLDDP457,29431.0812156,35410.661426
Social Democratic Party of LithuaniaLSDP12120,6728.23719
Union of the Russians of Lithuania34,4460.303
New Democracy PartyND112,4540.8523
New Union (Social Liberals)[a]NS288,89519.6418225,87815.411129
Liberal Union of Lithuania[a]LLS253,82317.2516229,43815.651834
Homeland Union – Lithuanian ConservativesTSLK126,8508.628104,6317.1419
Christian Democratic UnionLKDS61,5834.19033,2212.2711
Lithuanian Peasants PartyLVP60,0404.08096,8536.6144
Lithuanian Christian Democratic PartyLKDP45,2273.07069,8274.7622
Lithuanian Centre UnionLCS42,0302.86089,8376.1322
Union of Moderate ConservativesNKS29,6152.01042,1162.8711
Electoral Action of Poles in LithuaniaLLRA28,6411.95040,3762.7522
Lithuanian People's Union "For Just Lithuania"21,5831.4705,3230.3600
Lithuanian Liberty UnionLLS18,6221.27023,2021.5811
Union of Young Lithuania, New Nationalists and Political PrisonersJL16,9411.15016,7291.1411
Lithuanian
Nationalist Union
Lithuanian Nationalists Union12,8840.8805,5670.3800
Lithuanian Liberty League4,6850.3200
Lithuanian Party "Social Democracy – 2000"7,2190.49032,3362.2100
Modern Christian-Democratic Union[a]MKDS17,9291.2211
Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees8,4950.5800
Homeland People's Party7,0380.4800
National Democratic Party of Lithuania5,0820.3500
Lithuanian Democratic Party3,3230.2300
Lithuanian Socialist Party1,7010.1200
Republican Party1,3800.0900
Lithuanian Justice Party5150.0400
Independents106,8067.2833
Invalid/blank votes68,49673,517
Total1,539,743100701,539,74310071141
Registered voters/turnout2,626,32158.632,626,32158.63
Source: University of Essex

a Two Modern Christian-Democratic Union candidates were elected in the proportional vote, having run on the lists of the New Union (Social Liberals) and the Liberal Union of Lithuania.[1]

Activities

Speaker of the Seimas
Artūras Paulauskas (New Union (Social Liberals))
19 October 2000 - 14 November 2004

Artūras Paulauskas was elected as the Speaker of the Eighth Seimas. After the impeachment of Rolandas Paksas, Paulauskas acted as the President of Lithuania from 6 April 2004 until 12 July 2004. Česlovas Juršėnas acted as the Speaker of the Seimas during the time.

The Eighth Seimas saw an initial ruling coalition of Liberals and New Union (Social Liberals), which lasted less than a year. By July 2001, New Union (Social Liberals) joined the Social Democratic Coalition, headed by Algirdas Brazauskas. Under the term of the Seimas, Lithuania joined the European Union and NATO.[2]

Composition

Parliamentary groups

During the first session of the Seimas the following parliamentary groups were registered: Social Democratic Coalition, Liberals, New Union (Social Liberals), Homeland Union - Conservatives, Peasant and New Democracy Parties and the Mixed Group of Members of the Seimas.

At the beginning of the session, a quota (7 members) for parliamentary group formation has been introduced. This change came after experience with previous Seimas, in which parliamentary group might have been as small as 2 members.

Substantial shifts between parliamentary groups occurred during the term. In 2001, numerous members of the Liberals parliamentary group either joined Independent parliamentary group (in 2002 it renamed itself to the Liberal Democratic parliamentary group) or Homeland Union - Conservatives parliamentary group. In 2003, this parliamentary group was joined by the several members from Mixed Group and formed Liberal and Center parliamentary group.

Similar process happened in New Union (Social Liberals) parliamentary group between 2002 and 2004, when numerous members moved to the Social Democratic Coalition or Liberal Democratic parliamentary group. By the end of the term of the Seimas, the following parliamentary groups were active.[3]

Name Abbr. Members
Social Democratic CoalitionSDK53
Liberal and CenterLiCF21
New Union (Social Liberals)NSF19
Liberal DemocratsLDF15
Homeland Union - ConservativesTSKF10
Peasants and New DemocracyVNDPF7
OthersMSNG8
Vacant7

Members

A total of 151 members served on the Eighth Seimas.[4]

Name, Surname Constituency Electoral list Parliamentary group Notes
Vilija Aleknaitė-AbramikienėNationwideTSLKTSLKFrom 17 August 2004
Vytenis Andriukaitis4. ŽirmūnųLSDPSDKFUtil 24 July 2004
Audronius AžubalisNationwideTSLKTSLKFrom 23 June 2004 until 28 June 2004
Ona BabonienėNationwideSDKSDKF
Gintautas BabravičiusNationwideLLSLF
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Zigmantas Balčytis33. Šilalės – ŠilutėsLDDPSDKF
Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas23. AušrosLLSLF
NF (from 12 January 2002)
LDF (from 1 July 2002)
Vydas Baravykas69. DzūkijosLDDPSDKF
Mindaugas Bastys64. ŠakiųLDDPSDKF
Antanas Baura49. Anykščių – KupiškioLVPVNDPF
Juozas BernatonisNationwideSDKSDKF
Kazys Bobelis29. MarijampolėsLKDSMSNG
VNDPF (from 5 July 2004)
Bronius Bradauskas59. Kaišiadorių – ElektrėnųLDDPSDKF
Jonas BudrevičiusNationwideSDKSDKF
Sigita BurbienėNationwideSDKSDKF
Stanislovas Buškevičius15. KalniečiųJLMSNG
Algirdas Butkevičius68. VilkaviškioLSDPSDKF
Jonas ČekuolisNationwideLLSLF
Jonas ČiulevičiusNationwideNSMSNG
Gediminas DalinkevičiusNationwideNSNSF
SDKF (from 21 January 2003)
Irena DegutienėNationwideTSLKTSLK
Gintaras DidžiokasNationwideSDKVNDPFUntil 22 June 2004
Sergejus DmitrijevasNationwideSDKSDKF
Vytautas Einoris46. Pakruojo – JoniškioLDDPSDKF
Vasilij Fiodorov10. Naujosios VilniosNSNSF
MSNG (from 5 July 2004)
Kęstutis Glaveckas16. DainavosIndependentJF
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Petras Gražulis31. GargždųLKDPMSNG
Valentinas Greičiūnas19. DanėsLDDPSDKF
Algirdas GriciusNationwideLLSLF
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Algimantas Valentinas IndriūnasNationwideNSNSF
Gediminas JakavonisNationwideNSNSF
Povilas JakučionisNationwideTSLKTSLK
Jonas JučasNationwideLLSLF
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Rasa JuknevičienėNationwideTSLKTSLK
Jūratė Juozaitienė18. PanemunėsLLSLF
SDKF (from 12 March 2002)
Jonas Jurkus38. MažeikiųLSDPSDKF
Česlovas Juršėnas53. Ignalinos – ŠvenčioniųLDDPSDKF
Vytautas JuškusNationwideSDK-2 June 2004
Edvardas KaniavaNationwideSDKSDKF
Ramūnas Karbauskis45. Šiaulių kaimiškojiLVPVNDPF
Vaclovas Karbauskis34. TauragėsNSNSF
Edvardas Karečka37.Skuodo – MažeikiųLVPVNDPF
SDKF (from 27 May 2003)
Justinas Karosas71. Lazdijų – DruskininkųLDDPSDKF
Algis Kašėta70. Varėnos – EišiškiųMKDSJF
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Gediminas KirkilasNationwideSDKSDKF
Dobilas Jonas KirvelisNationwideSDKSDKFFrom 3 July 2004
Audrius KlišonisNationwideLLSLF
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Egidijus KlumbysNationwideNSMSNG
Gintautas KniukštaNationwideNSNSF
Jonas KorenkaNationwideSDKSDKF
Jeronimas KraujelisNationwideNSNSF
Kęstutis KriščiūnasNationwideSDKSDKF
Stasys KružinauskasNationwideSDKSDKF
Andrius KubiliusNationwideTSLKTSLK
Algirdas KunčinasNationwideSDKSDKF
Dalia Kutraitė-Giedraitienė2. SenamiesčioLLSLF
NF (from 12 January 2002)
LDF (from 1 July 2002)
Until 25 February 2003
Kęstutis KuzmickasNationwideNSNSF
Vytautas Kvietkauskas1. NaujamiesčioNSNSFUntil 27 July 2004
Vytautas LandsbergisNationwideTSLKTSLKUntil 22 June 2004
Saulius Lapėnas62. JurbarkoLLSLF
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Vytautas LapėnasNationwideLLSLF
LDF (from 1 July 2002)
Jonas Lionginas8. KaroliniškiųLLSLF
LDF (from 1 July 2002)
Arminas LydekaNationwideLLSLF
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Alfonsas MacaitisNationwideSDKSDKF
Zenonas Mačernius41. KelmėsLDDPSDKF
Eugenijus MaldeikisNationwideLLSLF
LDF (from 1 July 2002)
Virginijus Martišauskas32. Šilutės – PagėgiųLCSJFUntil 10 October 2004
Eligijus Masiulis21. MariųLLSLF
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Kęstutis MasiulisNationwideTSLK-From 28 July 2004 until 16 August 2004
Algimantas Matulevičius51. UtenosLLSLF
LDF (from 8 April 2003)
Juozas MatulevičiusNationwideLLSLF
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Vitas Matuzas26. NevėžioTSLKTSLKUntil 12 March 2003
Alvydas Medalinskas6. ŠeškinėsLLSLFUntil 25 February 2003
Nikolaj MedvedevNationwideSDKSDKF
Artūras MelianasNationwideLLSLF
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Gintautas Mikolaitis42. RaseiniųLSDPSDKF
Dangutė Mikutienė58. Trakų – ElektrėnųNSNSF
Gabriel Jan Mincevič55. Širvintų – VilniausLLRAMSNG
LDF (from 18 March 2003)
Algirdas Monkevičius39. Akmenės – JoniškioNSNSF
Janė Narvilienė36. KretingosNDVNDPF
SDKF (from 27 May 2003)
Saulius NefasNationwideTSLKTSLKFrom 29 June 2004
Visvaldas Nekrašas35. Plungės – RietavoLSDPSDKF
Juozas Olekas63. SuvalkijosLSDPSDKF
Vladimiras OrechovasNationwideSDKSDKF
Rolandas Paksas3. AntakalnioLLSLF
LDF (from 1 July 2002)
Until 15 February 2003
Raimundas Palaitis22. PajūrioLLSLF
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Juozas Palionis67. PrienųNSNSF
SDKF (from 22 March 2004)
Petras Papovas52. Zarasų – VisaginoLDDPSDKF
Artūras Paulauskas24. SaulėsNSNSF
Rolandas PavilionisNationwideNSNSFUntil 1 July 2004
Artur PlokštoNationwideSDKSDKF
Aleksander Poplavski57. Vilniaus – TrakųNSNSF
LF (from 26 September 2001)
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Vasilijus PopovasNationwideSDKSDKF
Mykolas PronckusNationwideSDKSDKF
Kazimira Prunskienė54. Molėtų – ŠvenčioniųNDVNDPF
Alfonsas Pulokas47. Pasvalio – PanevėžioLDDPSDKF
Giedrė PurvaneckienėNationwideSDKSDKF
Juozas Raistenskis7. JustiniškiųLLSLF
SDKF (from 12 January 2002)
Check
Alvydas RamanauskasNationwideNSNSF
Jurgis RazmaNationwideTSLKTSLK
Algis RimasNationwideSDKSDKF
Klemensas Rimšelis13. CentroLLSLF
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Viktoras Rinkevičius48. Biržų – KupiškioLVPVNDPF
Rimantas RuzasNationwideSDKSDKFUntil 14 October 2002
Julius SabatauskasNationwideSDKSDKF
Alvydas SadeckasNationwideNSNSF
Aloyzas SakalasNationwideSDKSDKFUntil 1 July 2004
Algimantas SalamakinasNationwideSDKSDKF
Algirdas Saudargas12. Aleksoto – VilijampolėsLKDPMSNG
Vytautas Saulis50. RokiškioLDDPSDKF
Eimundas Savickas17. PramonėsLLSLF
LDF (from 26 March 2003)
Romanas Algimantas SedlickasNationwideLLSLF
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Valerijus Simulik25. DainųNSNSF
Rimantas Sinkevičius60. JonavosLDDPSDKF
Algirdas SysasNationwideSDKSDKF
Kęstutis SkamarakasNationwideNSNSF
LDF (from 16 March 2004)
Egidijus Skarbalius20. BaltijosLLSLF
LDF (from 1 July 2002)
Artūras Skardžius30. AlytausNSNSF
Vaclov StankevičNationwideNSNSF
Antanas Napoleonas StasiškisNationwideTSLKTSLK
Nijolė SteiblienėNationwideNSNSF
Gintaras Steponavičius9. LazdynųLLSLF
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Ilona StulpinienėNationwideNSNSFFrom 2 July 2004
Eduardas ŠablinskasNationwideNSJF
Irena ŠiaulienėNationwideSDKSDKF
Gintaras Šileikis27. VakarinėLCSLF
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Gintautas Šivickas65. Kauno – KėdainiųNSNSF
Gražina ŠmigelskienėNationwideSDKSDKFFrom 23 June 2004
Raimondas Šukys5. FabijoniškiųLLSLF
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Vytautas Šustauskas11. ŠilainiųLSMSNG
Dalia TeišerskytėNationwideLLSLF
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Valdemar Tomaševski56. Vilniaus – ŠalčininkųLLRAMSNG
LDF (from 29 April 2003)
Valerij TretjakovNationwideNSNSF
Viktor Uspaskich43. KėdainiųIndependentMSNG
Jurgis UtovkaNationwideSDKSDKF
Gediminas Vagnorius40. TelšiųNKSMSNG
Rimas ValčiukasNationwideNSNSF
Antanas ValysNationwideSDKSDKFFrom 15 October 2002
Egidijus VareikisNationwideNSNSF
Rimvydas VaštakasNationwideLLSLF
LiCF (from 5 June 2003)
Until 31 October 2003
Artūras VazbysNationwideLLSJF
TSLK (from 13 March 2003)
Domininkas VeličkaNationwideLLSLF
NSF (from 11 November 2003)
Virmantas Velikonis28. AukštaitijosLDDPSDKF
Birutė VėsaitėNationwideSDKSDKF
Julius Veselka61. UkmergėsIndependentMSNG
VNDPF (from 29 April 2003)
Arvydas VidžiūnasNationwideTSLKTSLKUntil 27 July 2004
Pranas VilkasNationwideLLSLF
LDF (from 12 March 2003)
Vytautas ZabielaNationwideLLSVNDPFFrom 1 November 2003
Roma Žakaitienė44. RadviliškioLSDPSDKF
Vladas Žalnerauskas66. Kauno kaimiškojiLLSLF
LDF (from 1 July 2002)
Henrikas Žukauskas14. ŽaliakalnioLLSLF
LDF (from 1 July 2002)

References

  1. 2000 Parliamentary Elections University of Essex
  2. "Šeši Seimo amžiai: nuo karalių rinkimų iki narių komunistų" [Six centuries of the Seimas: from royal elections to communist members] (in Lithuanian). Delfi.lt. 25 October 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  3. "Seimo Frakcijos" [Parliamentary Groups of the Seimas] (in Lithuanian). Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  4. "Seimo narių sąrašas" [List of members of the Seimas] (in Lithuanian). Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
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