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The Lithuanian Liberty Union (Lithuanian: Lietuvos laisvės sąjunga, LLS) was a far-right political party in Lithuania.

History

The party was established in 1992 as a breakaway from the Lithuanian Freedom League, and was formerly registered as a political party on 13 September 1994. It contested the 1992 elections, but received just 0.4% of the vote and failed to win a seat. In the 1996 elections it increased its vote share to 1.5%, but again failed to win a seat.

The 2000 elections saw the party's vote share fall to 1.3%, but it succeeded in winning its first seat, taken by Vytautas Šustauskas. Šustauskas was the party's candidate in the 2002–03 presidential elections, but received just 0.4% of the vote. The party lost its sole Seimas seat in the 2004 elections.

The party was dissolved in 2011 and the Union for the President of Lithuania was established as a replacement.

References

  1. "Lithuania" (PDF). The PopuList. p. 2.
  2. ^ League for Lithuanian Liberation; whether it is a right-wing party; mandate; leaders; parliamentary representation; reports of it targeting the Russian minority ECOI
  3. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1219 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p1222
  5. Elections in Lithuania University of Strathclyde
  6. The President’s Union lead Archived 2014-04-16 at the Wayback Machine The Lithuania Tribune, 9 August 2011
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