Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda assesses Israel’s strikes on Iran as an escalation of the conflict that could lead to unforeseen results. He told reporters after voting in the second round of the ongoing Lithuanian elections to the Seimas (parliament) of the republic.
“This is an escalation of the conflict. To hope that by increasing the escalation, it is possible to achieve a resolution to the conflict…”, the head of state Gitanas Nausėda.
The president tried to give it a historical justification. “Many times, if someone counted on something like this, they got the opposite result,” Nauseda noted.
In Lithuanian elections, Candidates from 11 parties are competing in the second round, two in each constituency:
- Social Democratic Party (LSDP): 37
- Homeland Union (TS-LKD): 33
- Dawn of the Nemunas: 13
- Democratic Union “For Lithuania”: 10
- Farmers and Greens Union: 10
- Liberal Movement: 9
- Freedom Party: 3
- Electoral Action of Poles (LLRA-KŠS): 3
- Party of Regions: 3
- Independents: 2
- Freedom and Justice: 2
- National Rally: 1
- A total of 78 out of 141 Members of the Seimas were elected in the first round.
Today, the main election day, a ban on campaigning came into force seven hours before the voting started.
The Electoral Code stipulates that the candidate with the highest number of votes in a single-mandate constituency, regardless of the number of voters who took part in the election, is deemed elected in the run-off. If both candidates have received the same number of votes, the candidate who received the higher number of votes in the first round of voting wins the seat.
The second round of the elections will be held for 63 seats in the Seimas (parliament). In eight single-member constituencies out of 71, winners were picked in the first round: Senamiestis-Žvėrynas, Antakalnis, Kelmė-Šilalė, Kėdainiai, Žiemgala West, Šalčininkai-Vilnius, Nemenčinė and Jonava.
