Centre-left coalition wins Lithuanian general election
LITHUANIA’S centre-left opposition parties celebrated victory on Sunday after beating the right-wing ruling coalition in the final round of national elections.
The Social Democrats won 52 seats in the 141-seat parliament known as the Seimas, ending the four-year rule of the Homeland Union government led by right-wing Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte.
The Social Democrats will start talks on forming a majority cabinet with two smaller centre-left parties, the Democratic Union and the Union of Peasants & Greens, which won 14 and eight seats respectively. The coalition is expected to control at least 74 seats.
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