In Lithuania two by elections to the Seimas have recently been held. They were caused by the election of two deputies to the EP in June. They belonged to the Order and Justice party and the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania. The government is a centre-right coalition led by the TS-LKD: Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats.

The elections were held in the constituencies of Vilnius-Šalčininkai and Šilalė-Šilutė. Here are the results from the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Lithuania:

Vilnius-Šalčininkai (15 November) –

Leonard TALMONT (LLRA/LWPA: Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania), 77.81% – elected at the first ballot.
Alina GOREVAJA (Labour Party), 7.04%
Vidmantas ŽILIUS (TS-LKD: Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats) 5.38%
There were 5 other candidates, none of whom won more than 4% of the vote.

This constituency was previously held by a deputy who joined the Order and Justice parliamentary group in 2008.

Šilalė-Šilutė – 1st round (15 November)

Jonas GUDAUSKAS (TS-LKD: Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats) 29.43%
Remigijus ŽEMAITAITIS (TT: Order and Justice) 28.55%
Osvaldas ŠARMAVIČIUS (LSDP: Social Democratic Party of Lithuania) 13.61%
Raimundas VAITIEKUS (LiCS: Liberal and Centrist Union) 9.8%
Daiva VAITKEVIČIUTĖ-REKAŠIENĖ (NS – SL: New Union – Social Liberals) 6.57%
Algimantas MATULEVIČIUS (PDP: Civic Democratic Party) 5.95%
There were 3 other candidates, none of whom won more than 4% of the vote.

Šilalė-Šilutė – 2nd round (29 November)

Remigijus ŽEMAITAITIS (TT: Order and Justice) 57.7%
Jonas GUDAUSKAS (TS-LKD: Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats) 42.3%

This constituency was previously held by the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania.

Overall, there was a gain for the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania and a loss for the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania.