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Lithuania's main opposition set to win election
Lithuania's main centre-right opposition was set to win a parliamentary election, early results showed on Monday.
- Agencies
- Published: 09:52 October 13, 2008
Vilnius: Lithuania's main centre-right opposition was set to win a parliamentary election, early results showed on Monday.
With ballots counted from nearly all polling stations in Sunday's election, the opposition centre-right Homeland Union Party led with 18.51 per cent of the vote for party lists and in 25 of 71 single mandate areas.
A second run-off for single mandate constituencies is due on October 26, after which the parliament line-up will be clear.
The ruling Social Democrats were in fourth place in party lists, but second in single mandate areas.
The National Resurrection Party produced the surprise of the election in second place with 14.7 per cent of votes for party lists.
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