The parliamentary election in Lithuania, October 2016

The aim of the article is to discuss the context and results of the parliamentary election in Lithuania that took place in October 2016. This paper will present a brief review of the general results of all elections to the parliament (Seimas) since 1990 and introduce the development of the electoral system employed for the last parliamentary election. Then the article will overview the profiles of parties and coalitions that participated in the election in 2016 and evaluate the electoral campaign. Finally, I will shed light on the outcome, electoral indices and the aftermath of the 2016 parliamentary election.