Seimas

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Seimas is the Lithuanian parliament. It has 141 members that are elected for a four-year term. About half of the members of this legislative body are elected in individual constituencies (71), and the other half (70) are elected by nationwide vote according to proportional representation. A party must receive at least 5% and a union of few parties at least 7% of the national vote to be represented in the Seimas.

See also:

• Politics of Lithuania
• Sejm is the name of the lower house of the parliament in Poland
• Sejm of the Polish-Lithianian Commonwealth
• Saeima is the name of the parliament in Latvia.

External Links

• Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (http://www3.lrs.lt/pls/inter/w4_home.int_ang)fr:Seimas

lt:Seimas pl:Seimas

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