The Lithuanian Peasants Party (, LVP) was a political party in Lithuania.
History The party was established in 1990 as the Lithuanian Peasants Union; it became the Lithuanian Peasants Party in 1994.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1205 It won a single seat in the 1992 elections and managed to retain the seat in the 1996 elections.
In 1998, the second seat in Seimas was gained after independent MP Ramūnas Karbauskis joined the party and became its chairman. Four seats were gained in the 2000 elections.
In 2001, the party merged with the New Democracy Party to form the Union of Peasants and New Democracy Parties.Nohlen & Stöver, p1205
Election results Election Votes % Seats +/– Position Government 1992 Participated in coalition along with Liberal Union of Lithuania - 1 9th 1996 22,826 (PR) 1.75 1 14th 2000 60,040 (PR) 4.08 3 6th
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