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The Lithuanian parliament has appointed Laura Matjošaitytė, deputy to incumbent chairman of the Central Electoral Commission, to head the election watchdog. The commission was approved two members short of its full line-up.

Laura Matjošaitytė, currently deputy chairwoman of the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission, is likely to be nominated as the next head of the election watchdog.

One pre-trial investigation into suspected bribery of voters was opened during the mayoral elections in the Šakiai and Jonava districts and MP election in the Panevėžys-Anykščiai constituency this past weekend, however, evidence shows that the incident should not revise the election results, says Ze...

MP Greta Kildišienė of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union on Monday submitted a plea to the Central Electoral Committee, asking to revoke her mandate.

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has hinted at a potential removal of the Order and Justice Party from the current Seimas elections due to suspicions of buying votes, distributing the mandates the party has earned to other parties. This could turn into a harmful precedent believe political sci...

Suspicions of vote-buying in Šilutė, in western Lithuania, may call into question the Order and Justice Party's overall results in the country's parliamentary elections, the head of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) said on Thursday.

Lithuania's outgoing parliament was the one that appointed Zenonas Vaigauskas as the chairman of the Central Electoral Commission, therefore, should evaluate his performance, says Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužnienė.

With a ban on election campaigning in force, the head of the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission has called on social network users not to encourage others to vote for any specific politician, not to share any campaign material and even not to press the Like button.

A public activist group against the resettlement of refugees in Lithuania failed to collect a sufficient number of signatures to force the Seimas to consider repealing last autumn's decision to lay the groundwork for participation in the European Union's refugee resettlement program.

The Social Democrats have proposed to completely transform the current election system in Lithuania. Their proposal includes abolishing single-seat constituencies, dividing Lithuania into 10 voting districts.

The Central Electoral Commission held a sitting on Sunday, March 22, and confirmed the final results of municipal and direct mayoral elections.

The referendum on a ban of sale of agricultural land to foreigners and legal entities, held in Lithuania on Sunday, has failed due to a record-low turnout, according to figures from the country’s Central Electoral Commission.

Only 6.44 percent of eligible voters have expressed their will at 1p.m. in the referendum on a proposed ban to sell agricultural land to foreigners and legal entities, being held in Lithuania on Sunday, which is several times lower that during the recent elections in May.