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Young Lithuania

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Young Lithuania
Partija "Jaunoji Lietuva"
LeaderStanislovas Buškevičius
FoundedFebruary 13, 2009 (2009-02-13)
HeadquartersL. Sapiegos g. 5/12, Kaunas
Membershipnone
IdeologyLithuanian nationalism
National conservatism
Social conservatism
Right-wing populism
Political positionRight-wing to far-right
International affiliationnone
Seimas
0 / 141
European Parliament
0 / 11
Municipal councils
0 / 1,524
Website
www.jaunojilietuva.lt

Young Lithuania (Lithuanian: Partija "Jaunoji Lietuva") is a nationalist political party in Lithuania. The party has no seats in the Seimas, European Parliament or local municipalities. The leader of the party is Stanislovas Buškevičius.

History

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The party was established in 1994 after Political Parties' Act was introduced as a reference to the Young Lithuania [lt] youth organization, which was established by the Lithuanian Nationalist Union as its youth wing in 1927. The newly formed organisation had its best performance in Kaunas. Here, it managed to elect its leader, Stanislovas Buškevičius, as member of Seimas between 1996 and 2004.

Following the municipal elections in 2011, the party received 6.49% of the votes in Kaunas city municipality council and won 4 seats there.[1] It had no seats in the other municipalities. In the municipal elections in 2015 the party failed to win any seats.

In the 2016 parliamentary election, the party participated in a coalition with Lithuanian Nationalists and received 0.54% of the vote.[2]

Election results

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Election year # of
overall votes
% of
overall vote
# of
overall seats won
+/– Government
1996 52,423 4.01 (#6)
1 / 141
Increase 1 Opposition
2000 16,941 1.15 (#13)
1 / 141
Steady Opposition (2001–2004)
2004
0 / 141
Decrease 1 Extra-parliamentary
2008 21,589 1.75 (#12)
0 / 141
Steady Extra-parliamentary
2012 8,632 0.66 (#14)
0 / 141
Steady Extra-parliamentary
2016 6,867 (Alliance with the Nationalist Union) 0.56 (#13)
0 / 141
Steady Extra-parliamentary
2020
0 / 141
Steady Extra-parliamentary

References

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  1. ^ "2011 m. Lietuvos Respublikos savivaldybių tarybų rinkimai". Lietuvos Respublikos vyriausioji rinkimų komisija (in Lithuanian). 2012-12-14. Archived from the original on 2012-12-27. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
  2. ^ "2016 m. spalio 9 d. Lietuvos Respublikos Seimo rinkimai". Lietuvos Respublikos vyriausioji rinkimų komisija (in Lithuanian). 2016-10-31. Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2020-11-29.