Electoral systems

1. Elections in the Republic of Lithuania shall be held under proportional and direct representation.

2. Members of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania shall be elected for a term of four years. A total of 71 Members of the Seimas shall be elected under direct representation in single-member constituencies. A total of 70 Members of the Seimas shall be elected under proportional representation by preferential voting in the multi-member constituency that comprises the whole territory of the Republic of Lithuania.

3. The President of the Republic shall be elected for a five-year term under direct representation in the single-member constituency.

4. Members of municipal councils shall be elected for a four-year term under proportional representation by preferential voting in multi-member constituencies that coincide with the
territories of municipalities. The following number of members shall be elected to municipal councils:

1) a total of 51 municipal councillors in municipalities with a population exceeding 500 000;

2) a total of 41 municipal councillors in municipalities with a population ranging between 250 000 and 500 000;

3) a total of 31 municipal councillors in municipalities with a population ranging between 100 000 and 250 000;

4) a total of 27 municipal councillors in municipalities with a population ranging between 50 000 and 100 000;

5) a total of 25 municipal councillors in municipalities with a population ranging between 20 000 and 50 000;

6) a total of 21 municipal councillors in municipalities with a population ranging between 10 000 and 20 000;

7) a total of 17 municipal councillors in municipalities with a population ranging between 5 000 and 10 000; and

8) a total of 15 municipal councillors in municipalities with a population under 5 000 inhabitants.

5. At least 110 days before the polling day, the Central Electoral Commission shall announce the number of municipal councillors to be elected in each municipality in view of the number of inhabitants residing therein. This number shall be established based on records of persons with a declared and with an undeclared place of residence, where such records represent the situation for 1 January of the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which an election to municipal councils must be held, and given such data is published on the website of the data processor of the Register of Legal Entities of the Republic of Lithuania under the procedure and within the time limit set out in the regulations of the said data processor.

6. Mayors shall be elected for a term of four years under direct representation in single-member constituencies that coincide with the territories of municipalities.

7. Members of the European Parliament shall be elected for a five-year term under proportional representation by preferential voting in the single multi-member constituency that comprises the whole territory of the Republic of Lithuania. The number of Members of the European Parliament elected in the Republic of Lithuania shall be established by legal acts of the European Union.