Lithuania – Government has a majority again

This post comes from a report in The Baltic Times. It seems as if the centre-right government in Lithuania is now officially a majority government (again) rather than a minority government.

The 2010 Data Review of the European Journal of Political Research has just been published. The article on Lithuania by Algis Krupavičius reports that at the end of 2009 there was a four-party coalition, comprising the Homeland Union/Lithuanian Christian Democrats, the National Resurrection Party, the Liberal Movement of Lithuanian Republic, and the Liberal and Centre Union. He reports that the governing parties enjoyed 71 seats in parliament. There are 141 seats in total. So, at this point the government seems to have a majority.

Anyway, according to the report in The Baltic Times, it seems as if during the course of 2010 the government’s majority declined to 69 seats. However, in November 2010 various party switching returned the level of government support to 71 seats. So, once again, there is a majority government in Lithuania.

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