Young Lithuania

Young Lithuania (Lithuanian: Partija "Jaunoji Lietuva") is a nationalist political party in Lithuania. The party has no seats in the Seimas, European Parliament or local municipalities. The leader of the party is Stanislovas Buškevičius.

Young Lithuania Partija "Jaunoji Lietuva"
Leader	Stanislovas Buškevičius
Founded	February 13, 2009 (2009-02-13)
Headquarters	L. Sapiegos g. 5/12, Kaunas
Membership	none
Ideology	Lithuanian nationalism National conservatism Social conservatism Right-wing populism
Political position	Right-wing to far-right
International affiliation	none
Seimas	0 / 141
European Parliament	0 / 11
Municipal councils	0 / 1,524
Website
www.jaunojilietuva.lt
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History

The party was established in 1994 after Political Parties' Act was introduced as a reference to the Young Lithuania [lt] youth organization, which was established by the Lithuanian Nationalist Union as its youth wing in 1927. The newly formed organisation had its best performance in Kaunas. Here, it managed to elect its leader, Stanislovas Buškevičius, as member of Seimas between 1996 and 2004.

Following the municipal elections in 2011, the party received 6.49% of the votes in Kaunas city municipality council and won 4 seats there.^[1] It had no seats in the other municipalities. In the municipal elections in 2015 the party failed to win any seats.

In the 2016 parliamentary election, the party participated in a coalition with Lithuanian Nationalists and received 0.54% of the vote.^[2]

Election results

Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–	Government
1996	52,423	4.01 (#6)	1 / 141	1	Opposition
2000	16,941	1.15 (#13)	1 / 141		Opposition (2001–2004)
2004	–	–	0 / 141	1	Extra-parliamentary
2008	21,589	1.75 (#12)	0 / 141		Extra-parliamentary
2012	8,632	0.66 (#14)	0 / 141		Extra-parliamentary
2016	6,867 (Alliance with the Nationalist Union)	0.56 (#13)	0 / 141		Extra-parliamentary
2020	–	–	0 / 141		Extra-parliamentary

References

1. "2011 m. Lietuvos Respublikos savivaldybių tarybų rinkimai". Lietuvos Respublikos vyriausioji rinkimų komisija (in Lithuanian). 2012-12-14. Archived from the original on 2012-12-27. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
2. "2016 m. spalio 9 d. Lietuvos Respublikos Seimo rinkimai". Lietuvos Respublikos vyriausioji rinkimų komisija (in Lithuanian). 2016-10-31. Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2020-11-29.