The Seventh Seimas of Lithuania was the parliament (Seimas) elected in Lithuania. Elections took place on 20 October 1996, with the second round on 10 November. The Seimas commenced its work on 25 November 1996 and served a four-year term, with the last session on 18 October 2000.
Elections
In the elections in 1996, 70 members of the parliament were elected on proportional party lists and 71 in single member constituencies. Elections took place on 20 October 1996. In those constituencies where no candidate gained a majority of votes on 20 October, a run-off was held on 10 November.
The elections were won by the Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservative Party, which gained 70 seats, followed by 16 seats won by Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party. Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, which had decisively won the previous elections, ended up with only 12 seats.
PartyAbbr.PR votes%SeatsPRConstituencyTotalHomeland Union - Lithuanian ConservativesTSLK409,58531.34333770Lithuanian Christian Democratic PartyLKDP136,25910.4311516Democratic Labour Party of LithuaniaLDDP130,83710.0110212Centre Union of LithuaniaLCS113,3338.679413Lithuanian Social-Democrat PartyLSDP90,7566.947512Young LithuaniaJL52,4234.01011Lithuanian Women's PartyLMP50,4943.86011Lithuanian Christian Democratic UnionLKDS42,3463.24011Electoral Action of Poles in LithuaniaLLRA39,7733.14011Alliance of the Lithuanian National Minorities33,3892.55000Lithuanian Nationalist UnionLTS28,7442.20011Lithuanian Democratic PartyLDP22Liberal Union of LithuaniaLLS25,2791.93011Lithuanian Peasants PartyLVP22,8261.75011Union of the Russians of Lithuania22,3951.71000Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and DeporteesLPKTS20,5801.57011Lithuanian Liberty Union20,5111.57000Lithuanian Party of Economy16,4751.26000Lithuanian Liberty League12,5620.96000Lithuanian Social Justice Union12,2340.94000Lithuanian Socialist Party9,9850.76000Republican Party5,0630.39000National Progress Party3,9220.30000Lithuanian Party Life's Logic3,3610.26000Lithuanian Peoples Party2,6220.26000Independence Party–––00Independents00044Invalid/blank votes67,7514.9–––Total1,374,6731007067137Registered voters/turnout2,597,53052.9–––
Activities
Vytautas Landsbergis was elected as the Speaker of the Seventh Seimas and served throughout the term.
The Seventh Seimas laid the foundations for parliamentary control in Lithuania. By this term, institution, Special Investigation Service, designed for anticorruption activities, was established. Also amendments of Constitution, which considered Euroatlantic integration, were passed.
The Seimas and the Government also proceeded with the privatization of large public enterprises.
Composition
Parliamentary groups
During the first session of the Seimas the following parliamentary groups were registered: Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives, Christian Democrats, Center, Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, Social Democrats, Joint Group (Joint Group of the Peasants' party, the Christian Democratic Union and the National Party "Young Lithuania"), Independent Group and the Mixed Group of Members of the Seimas.
Several splits occurred during the term. In late 1998 Laima Andrikienė and Vidmantas Žiemelis were ejected from Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives. They were followed by another 10 parliament members who formed the parliamentary group of Moderate Conservatives in 2000. In the same year, Modern Christian Democrats (4 members) split from the Christian Democrats and Social Democracy 2000s (4 members at the time) split from the Social Democrats. However, similarly to the Sixth Seimas, the Seventh Seimas saw few defections across ideological borders, due to the vast gulf between ruling and opposition parties.
By the end of the term of the Seimas, the following parliamentary groups were active.
NameAbbr.MembersHomeland Union - Lithuanian ConservativesTSLK48Christian DemocratsKDF12CenterCF17Democratic Labour Party of LithuaniaLDDPF11Social DemocratsSDF7Joint Group of the Peasants' party, the Christian Democratic Union and the National Party "Young Lithuania"JF5Social Democracy 2000sS 20005Modern Christian DemocratsMKD4Moderate ConservativesNKF12Joint Group of the Democratic Party and the National People's PartyDF3Independent GroupNF2Others MSNG2Vacant 4
Members A total of 151 members were elected to the Seventh Seimas (Virgilijus Bulovas and Naglis Puteikis were elected but did not take their seats), including 126 men and 25 women. Seimas had 137 members at the end of the term, as no new elections would take place in single-seat constituencies with less than 6 months of the term left.
Name, SurnameElectoral listConstituencyParliamentary groupNotesArvydas AkstinavičiusLSDPNationwideSDFS 2000 (From 19 December 1999)Vilija Aleknaitė-Abramikienė TSLKTauragėsTSLKRaimundas AleknaTSLKNationwide TSLKfrom 5 March 1997Danutė AleksiūnienėLCSTrakųCFFrom 23 April 1997Ignas AleškevičiusTSLKNationwideuntil 4 February 1997Nijolė Ambrazaitytė TSLKNationwideTSLKLaima Andrikienė TSLKPramonėsTSLKMSNG (from 1 January 1999)DF (from 2 May 2000)Vytenis Andriukaitis LSDPŽirmūnųSDFAlfonsas Andriuškevičius TSLKNationwideTSLKFrom 24 April 1997Jonas AvyžiusTSLKNationwideTSLKUntil 7 July 1999Audronius Ažubalis TSLKFabijoniškiųTSLKAlfonsas BartkusTSLKŠilalės ŠilutėsTSLKNKF (from 28 March 2000)Julius Beinortas LKDPNationwideKDFJuozas Bernatonis LDDPNationwideLDDPFFrom 1 May 1998Egidijus Bičkauskas LCSJustiniškiųCFKazys Bobelis LKDSMarijampolėsJFVytautas Bogušis LKDPNationwideKDFMKDF (from 23 December 1999)Mindaugas BriedisTSLKRadviliškioTSLKVirgilijus Vladislovas Bulovas LDDPNationwideFrom 1 April 1998 until 1 May 1998Sigita Burbienė LDDPNationwideLDDPFStanislovas Buškevičius JLKalniečiųJFAlgirdas Butkevičius LSDPVilkaviškioSDFAudrius Butkevičius IndependentNaujamiesčioCFMSNG (from 15 June 1999)Vytautas Aleksandras CinauskasTSLKNationwideTSLKAlgis ČaplikasLCSNationwideCFVytautas ČepasLCSNationwideCFSigitas ČirbaTSLKNationwideTSLKRegimantas ČiupailaLCSNationwideCFRimantas Dagys LSDPNationwideSDFS 2000 (from 19 December 1999)Sofija DaubaraitėTSLKNationwideTSLKIrena Degutienė TSLKNationwideTSLKRimantas DidžiokasTSLKBaltijosTSLKRoma DovydėnienėLSDPNationwideSDFJuozas Dringelis TSLKNationwideTSLKVytautas DudėnasTSLKNationwideTSLKJadvyga Dunauskaitė TSLKAkmenėsTSLKVytautas Einoris LDDPNationwideLDDPFJuozas GaldikasTSLKLazdijų DruskininkųTSLKPovilas GylysLDDPNationwideLDDPFVincas GirniusTSLKNationwideTSLKUntil 4 February 1997Kęstutis Glaveckas LCSAlytausCFPetras GražulisLKDPNationwideKDFArūnas GrumadasLCSNationwideCFRomualda Hofertienė TSLKMariųTSLKGražina ImbrasienėTSLKNationwideTSLKŽibartas Juozas JackūnasTSLKNationwideTSLKKęstutis JakelisTSLKNationwideTSLKFrom 18 July 1999Vladimir Jarmolenko TSLKDainavosTSLKUntil 21 November 1999Česlovas Juršėnas LDDPNationwideLDDPFSigitas KaktysTSLKMažeikiųTSLKRamūnas Karbauskis IndependentŠiaulių kaimiškojiJFJustinas KarosasLDDPNationwideLDDPFAlgis KašėtaLKDPVarėnos EišiškiųKDFMSNG (from 14 December 1999)MKDF (from 23 December 1999)Povilas KatiliusLKDPNationwideKDFJuozapas Algirdas KatkusTSLKNationwideTSLKGediminas Kirkilas LDDPNationwideLDDPFVytautas Petras KnašysTSLKRaseiniųTSLKMindaugas KončiusLCSNationwideCFKazimieras Vytautas KryževičiusLKDPNationwideKDFAndrius Kubilius TSLKNationwideTSLKSaulius KubiliūnasTSLKNationwideTSLKFrom 17 November 1997Elvyra Janina KunevičienėTSLKLazdynųTSLKNKF (from 28 March 2000)Rytas KupčinskasTSLKAleksoto VilijampolėsTSLKBronislavas Juozas Kuzmickas TSLKGargždųTSLKKazimieras KuzminskasLKDPPanemunėsKDFVytautas Landsbergis TSLKKauno kaimiškojiTSLKVaclovas LapėTSLKSkuodo MažeikiųTSLKMečys Laurinkus TSLKNevėžioTSLKUntil 1 July 1998Juozas ListavičiusTSLKKelmėsTSLK NKF (from 28 March 2000)Zygmunt MackevičTSLKNationwideTSLKStasys Malkevičius TSLKPajūrioTSLKVirginijus MartišauskasIndependentŠilutėsCFJūratė MatekonienėLTS and LDPJonavosCFAntanas MatulasTSLKPasvalio PanevėžioTSLKAlvydas MedalinskasIndependentŠeškinėsLRFMSNG (from 1 January 1999)Nikolaj MedvedevLSDPPakruojo JoniškioSDFRasa MelnikienėLCSNationwideCFGabriel Jan MincevičLLRAŠirvintų VilniausNFJonas MocartasTSLKNationwideTSLKMSNG (from 1 February 2000)NKF (from 28 March 2000)From 4 February 1997Juozas Olekas LSDPSuvalkijosSDFRomualdas Ozolas LCSDzūkijosCFNijolė OželytėTSLKNationwideTSLK (until 27 December 1999)NKF (from 28 March 2000)Vytautas PakalniškisTSLKNationwideTSLKNKF (from 28 March 2000)Feliksas PalubinskasLKDPCentroKDFMKDF (from 19 January 2000)Petras PapovasLDDPZarasų-VisaginoLDDPFAlgirdas Vaclovas Patackas LKDPNationwideKDFDainius Petras PaukštėLSDPNationwideS 2000From 9 April 2000Saulius Pečeliūnas LTS and LDPKaišiadorių-ElektrėnųMSNGDF (from 2 May 2000)Simas Ramutis PetrikisTSLKNationwideTSLKElena PetrošienėTSLKNationwideTSLKAlgirdas Petrusevičius TSLKNationwideTSLKRimantas PleikysTSLKSenamiesčioTSLKNKF (from 28 March 2000)Artur PlokštoLDDPNationwideLDDPFZigmantas PociusTSLKNationwideTSLKUntil 3 November 1997Mykolas PronckusLDDPNationwideLDDPFKazimira Prunskienė LMPMolėtų ŠvenčioniųNFNaglis Puteikis TSLKNationwide TSLKFrom 4 February 1997 until 24 April 1997Antanas Račas TSLKJurbarkoTSLKRaimundas Leonas RajeckasTSLKAukštaitijosTSLKUntil 20 August 1997Rasa RastauskienėTSLKAnykščių KupiškioTSLKArimantas Juvencijus RaškinisLKDPNationwideKDFJurgis Razma TSLKNationwideTSLKRūta RutkelytėLCSNationwideCFLiudvikas Sabutis TSLKPlungėsTSLKJoana Danguolė SadeikienėTSLKŽaliakalnioTSLKAloyzas Sakalas LSDPAntakalnioSDFAlgimantas SalamakinasLDDPKėdainiųLDDPFAlgirdas Saudargas LKDPKaroliniškiųKDFAlgimantas Sėjūnas TSLKAušrosTSLKJan SienkiewiczLLRA Vilniaus - ŠalčininkųNFFrom 23 March 1997Romualdas SikorskisTSLKNationwideTSLKUntil 5 March 1997Algirdas Sysas LSDPNationwideSDFKęstutis SkrebysTSLKVakarinėTSLKNKF (from 28 March 2000)Sigitas SlavickasTSLKNationwideTSLKRimantas SmetonaLTS and LDPUkmergėsJFStasys StačiokasTSLKNationwideTSLKUntil 18 March 1999Česlovas Stankevičius LKDPNationwideKDFLaurynas Stankevičius LDDPNationwideLDDPFUntil 31 March 1998Antanas Napoleonas StasiškisTSLKNationwideTSLKAlfredas Henrikas StasiulevičiusTSLKNationwideTSLKVida StasiūnaitėLSDPNationwideSDFMSNG (from 1 January 1999)Until 8 April 2000Ona SuncovienėTSLKNationwideTSLKRimvydas Raimondas Survila TSLKNationwide TSLKFrom 19 March 1999Petras ŠakalinisTSLKNationwideTSLKPetras Antanas ŠalčiusTSLKRokiškioTSLKSaulius Šaltenis TSLKNationwideTSLKNKF (from 28 March 2000)Kazimieras ŠavinisLCSDainųCFMarija ŠerienėLKDPNationwideKDFMKDF(from 23 December 1999)Irena Šiaulienė LDDPNationwideLDDPFGintaras ŠileikisLCSNationwideCFJonas Šimėnas LKDPUtenosKDFAlbertas Šimėnas LKDPNationwideKDFVirginijus ŠmigelskasLCSNationwide CFFrom 15 May 2000Antanas ŠvitraLPKTSKretingosMSNGKęstutis TrapikasLLSIgnalinos ŠvenčioniųLRF CF (from 1 January 1999)Sigitas UrbonasTSLKPrienųTSLKIgnacas Stasys UždavinysLKDPNationwideKDFGediminas Vagnorius TSLKTelšiųTSLKNKF (from 28 March 2000)Alfonsas VaišnorasTSLKŠilainiųTSLKMSNG (from 1 February 2000)NKF (from 28 March 2000)Kęstutis VaitukaitisLCSNationwideCFUntil 14 May 2000Albinas VaižmužisLVPBiržų KupiškioNFJonas ValatkaLSDPNationwideSDFS 2000 (from 19 December 1999)Virmantas VelikonisLDDPAukštaitijosLDDPFFrom 21 December 1997Arvydas VidžiūnasTSLKŠakiųTSLKVladas VilimasTSLKKauno KėdainiųTSLKBirutė Teodora VisokavičienėTSLKSaulėsTSLKNKF (from 28 March 2000)Vytenis Albertas ZabukasTSLKDanėsTSLKEmanuelis Zingeris TSLKNationwideTSLKRolandas ZuozaLSDPNationwideSDFS 2000 (from 14 December 1999)Vidmantas Žiemelis TSLKNationwideTSLKMSNG (from 1 January 1999)DF (from 2 May 2000)Algis ŽvaliauskasTSLKNationwideTSLK (until 11 May 2000)
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