Lithuanian Centre Party

The Lithuanian Centre Party (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Centro partija), officially the Centre Party – Nationalists (Lithuanian: Centro partija – Tautininkai) is an agrarian-centrist political party in Lithuania. Since the Seimas elections in 2016, it has been represented in the parliament and has also had representatives at the municipal level.[3] The leader of the party is MP Naglis Puteikis. Its honorary leader was noted Lithuanian philosopher and nationalist thinker Romualdas Ozolas.

Centre Party – Nationalists

Centro partija – Tautininkai
AbbreviationLCP
ChairmanNaglis Puteikis
Vice ChairpeopleAlbinas Stankus
Kristupas Krivickas
Rūta Andriuškevičienė
Chairman of the Political CouncilKristupas Krivickas
Chairwoman of the BoardRūta Zabielienė
Executive SecretaryAurelija Aleškevičienė
FoundedJune 1, 2003 (2003-06-01)
Preceded byLithuanian Centre Union
HeadquartersKaštonų g. 3, Vilnius, Lithuania
Youth wingYoung centrists (Jaunieji centristai)
Membership3,977 (October 2, 2019 [1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre[2]
ColoursYellow, green, red
Seimas
0 / 141
European Parliament
0 / 11
Municipal councils
8 / 1,461
Mayors
0 / 60
Website
www.centropartija.lt

In the parliamentary election of 2016, the Lithuanian Centre Party participated in a coalition (Anti-corruption coalition of Kristupas Krivickas and Naglis Puteikis) with the Lithuanian Pensioners' Party and received 6.1% of the popular vote.[4] In the 2019 Lithuanian municipal elections, the Centre Party received 1.25% of votes nationwide and won municipal council seats in Klaipeda, Varena and Alytus (increasing the number of seats from 3 to 8).[5] During the 2019 election to the European Parliament the party received 5.13% of the national vote, but did not receive any representatives in the European Parliament. On October 26, 2019, the Congress of the Lithuanian Centre Party decided to change the official name of the party to the Centre Party "Welfare Lithuania". The party fully supports the welfare state idea of the President of the Republic of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda. In 2020, the party's name was changed again, this time to the Centre Party – Nationalists.

References
  1. "LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOSPOLITINIŲ PARTIJŲ SĄRAŠAS" (PDF). tm.lrv.lt. 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  2. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Lithuania". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. http://www.ce-review.org/01/9/lithuanianews9.html, http://www.vrk.lt/2007_savivaldybiu_tarybu_rinkimai/en/savivaldybes/rapg_6792.html
  4. "2016 m. Seimo rinkimų rezultatai - vrk.lt". www.vrk.lt.
  5. "N. Puteikis: rinkimų lyderė yra Centro partija | Diena.lt". kauno.diena.lt.
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