Central Electoral Commission

Lawyer Ignas Vėgėlė, one of eight candidates in the 2024 presidential election, has refused financial donations offered by the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens party (LVŽS).

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) announces it has registered Gitanas Nausėda, Ingrida Šimonytė and Dainius Žalimas as presidential candidates after ruling that they met the requirements set out in the electoral code.

Lawyer Ignas Vėgėlė, one of presidential candidates in 2024 election, has complained to the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) over incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda’s visits to regional areas ahead of the race in May.

The Central Electoral Commission of Lithuania (VRK) for the second time has refused to register Antanas Kandrotas as an independent participant of the 2024 presidential election campaign due to a failure to provide the required documents.

MP Aurelijus Veryga, presidential candidate nominated by the Farmers and Greens (LVŽS), has raised the biggest sum in donations for his campaign so far, almost two months after the presidential election campaign kicked off.

MP Saulius Skvernelis, chair of the opposition Democrats For Lithuania group, is convinced that mandates of the convicted members of parliament should be annulled together with the court’s decision.

Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has refused to register Antanas Kandrotas, a controversial activist, as a presidential candidate for 2024 election.

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) announced the official start of the political campaign for the next elections to the European Parliament on Saturday, exactly six months before the European elections.

The political campaign for the presidential elections officially started on Sunday – six months before Lithuanians go to polls to elect the country's next president.

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) concluded Thursday that mayoral candidate in Pagėgiai district Kęstas Komskis grossly violated the Code on Elections by vote buying. It was found that at least 40 votes were bought in municipal elections in March 2023.

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) said on Monday it had finalised the public procurement procedure and signed a contract for a feasibility study on online voting. The aim of the study is to assess the security and reliability issues and to anticipate possible threats to online voting, the VRK s...

Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen nominates Lina Petronienė as the head the Central Electoral Commission (VRK).

Ramunas Karbauskis, leader of the opposition Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, plans to stay active in politics after the country's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) voted unanimously on Tuesday to cancel his parliamentary mandate.

Lithuania's Central Electoral Commission is planning to allocate on Thursday a total of 2.751 million euros in state grants to political parties for the second half of 2020.

The Central Electoral Commission of Lithuania announced the final results of the Parliament elections. The central-right party, Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats, will hold the new Parliament’s largest number of seats. Women will occupy one-third of the total number of parliamentary se...

Voter turnout during the Lithuanian parliament election's runoff stood at 39.7 percent, Laura Matjosaityte, chair of the country's Central Electoral Commission, reported after polling stations closed on Sunday.

Lithuania is holding on Sunday the second round of the parliamentary election in which voters will choose the remaining 68 MPs.

Thursday is the last day for voters in Lithuania to cast their early ballots in the October 25 runoff parliamentary election.

Several dozen voters braved the morning chill to queue outside a polling station in Vilnius' central Lukiskes Square as early voting in Lithuania's parliamentary runoff election started on Monday.

The Lithuanian Health Ministry will allow voters in self-isolation due to COVID-19 to vote in special drive-in polling sites to be set up in six municipalities for next week's runoff parliamentary election.