Seimas

Seimas
14th Seimas
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	1445 (historical) 22 August 1922; 102 years ago (1922-08-22)
Disbanded	1940–1991
Leadership
Speaker	Saulius Skvernelis, DSVL since 14 November 2024
First Deputy Speaker	Juozas Olekas, LSDP since 14 November 2024
Other Deputy Speakers	Rasa Budbergytė, LSDP since 14 November 2024
	Orinta Leiputė, LSDP since 14 November 2024
	Agnė Širinskienė, PPNA since 14 November 2024
	Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, TS-LKD since 14 November 2024
	Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, LS since 14 November 2024
Leader of the Opposition	Vacant
Structure
Seats	141
Political groups	Government (caretaker) (40)   Homeland Union (28)   Liberals' Movement (12) Opposition (101)   Social Democrats (52)   Dawn of Nemunas (20)   Democrats "For Lithuania" (14)   Farmers, Greens and Christian Families group (11)   Farmers and Greens Union (8)   Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance (3)   Mixed group (4)   Independent (2)   National Alliance (1)   Freedom and Justice (1)
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting; 70 party-list seats with a 5% threshold (7% for alliances) and 71 runoff seats
Last election	13 and 27 October 2024
Next election	On or before October 2028
Redistricting	Every four years
Meeting place
Seimas Palace, Vilnius
Website
www.lrs.lt

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The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Respublikos Seimas), or simply the Seimas (/ˈseɪməs/ SAY-məs; Lithuanian: [ˈsɛɪˑmɐs]), is the unicameral legislative body of the Republic of Lithuania. The Seimas constitutes the legislative branch of government in Lithuania, enacting laws and amendments to the Constitution, passing the budget, confirming the Prime Minister and the Government and controlling their activities.

Its 141 members are elected for a four-year term, with 71 elected in individual constituencies, and 70 elected in a nationwide vote based on open list proportional representation.^[1] A party must receive at least 5%, and a multi-party union at least 7%, of the national vote to qualify for the proportional representation seats.

Following the elections in 2024, the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania is the largest party in the Seimas, signing an agreement to form a coalition government with the Union of Democrats "For Lithuania" and the Dawn of Nemunas.^[2]

The Seimas traces its origins to the Seimas of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Sejm of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, as well as the Seimas of inter-war Lithuania. The first Seimas after the restoration of independence of Lithuania convened in 1992.