Seimas

Seimas
Seimas
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	22 August 1922
Disbanded	suspended from 1940–1991
Leadership
Speaker	Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, LRLS ; since 13 November 2020
First Deputy Speaker	Jurgis Razma, TS-LKD ; since 13 November 2020
Deputy Speakers	Andrius Mazuronis, DP ; since 13 November 2020
	Vytautas Mitalas, LP ; since 17 November 2020
	Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, TS-LKD ; since 17 November 2020
	Julius Sabatauskas, LSDP ; since 17 November 2020
	Paulius Saudargas, TS-LKD ; since 17 November 2020
Leader of the Opposition	TBD
Structure
Seats	141
Political groups	Government (73) Homeland Union (50); Liberal Movement (12); Freedom Party (11); Opposition (55) Farmers and Greens Union (32); Social Democrats (13); Labour Party (10); Non-affiliated (13) Mixed group (13) Electoral Action of Poles (3); Social Democratic Labour (3); Freedom and Justice (1); Green Party (1); Independents (5); ;
Elections
Voting system	Proportional voting with a 5% election threshold for 70 proportional seats (7% for coalitions) and run-off voting for 71 single-member constituency seats
Last election	11 and 25 October 2020
Meeting place
	Seimas Palace, Vilnius
Website
	www.lrs.lt

The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas), or simply the Seimas, is the unicameral parliament of Lithuania.

The Seimas either approves or rejects the candidate for the Prime Minister nominated by the President.^[1]

Its 141 members are elected for a four-year term.

References

↑ "Lietuvos Seimo galios" [Powers of the Seimas of Lithuania] (in Lithuanian). Verslo Žinios. October 25, 2004. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

[1] "Lietuvos Seimo galios" [Powers of the Seimas of Lithuania] (in Lithuanian). Verslo Žinios. October 25, 2004. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

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