The New Democracy Party ( lt, Naujosios demokratijos partija, NDP) was a political party in
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
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History
The party was originally named the Lithuanian Women's Party (''Lietuvos moterų partija'') and first ran in the
1996 parliamentary elections. It received 3.7% of the vote and won a single seat.
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...
& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1219
Prior to the
2000 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 2000.
Africa
* 2000 Ethiopian general election
* 2000 Ghanaian presidential election
* 1999–2000 Guinea-Bissau general election
* 2000–01 Ivorian parliamentary election
* 2000 Ivorian presiden ...
the party was renamed the New Democracy Party. It contested the elections as part of the Social-Democratic Coalition of Algirdas Brazauskas. The coalition won 51 seats, of which three were taken by the NDP.
In 2001 the party merged with the
Lithuanian Peasants Party
The Lithuanian Peasants Party ( lt, Lietuvos valstiečių partija, LVP) was a political party in Lithuania.
History
The party was established in 1990 as the Lithuanian Peasants Union, before becoming the Lithuanian Peasants Party in 1994. Nohlen ...
to form the
Union of Peasants and New Democracy Parties.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p1205]
References
External links
Official website, archived as for December, 2000
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Defunct political parties in Lithuania
Political parties disestablished in 2001
Feminist parties in Europe