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New Democratic Party (Lithuania)
The New Democracy Party ( lt, Naujosios demokratijos partija, NDP) was a political party in Lithuania. History The party was originally named the Lithuanian Women's Party (''Lietuvos moterų partija'') and first ran in the 1996 Lithuanian parliamentary election, 1996 parliamentary elections. It received 3.7% of the vote and won a single seat.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1219 Prior to the 2000 Lithuanian parliamentary election, 2000 elections 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 to form the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, Union of Peasants and New Democracy Parties.Nohlen & Stöver, p1205 References External linksOfficial website, archived as for December, 2000 {{Authority control Defunct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 shares land borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest. It has a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west on the Baltic Sea. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.8 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, one of only a few living Baltic languages. For millennia the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, Monarchy of Lithuania, becoming king and founding the Kingdom of Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |