2021 Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats leadership election
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The 2021 Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats leadership election was planned to take place on 27–28 March 2021 to elect the leader of the Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats.
For the first time, not only the members of the party would be able to vote. Those over the age of 16 and are the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania, do not belong to other parties or election committees, and support the values of Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats also would be able to register for the election.[1]
On 26 February 2021, it was announced that the only candidate to participate in the leadership election will be the current party leader Gabrielius Landsbergis, others have refused in his favor and signed a general refusal to run in this election.[2]
The party's council decided not to hold an election and to approve the candidate at a council meeting. On 28 February 2021, Gabrielius Landsbergis was approved as the leader for another four-year term.[3]
Candidates
According to the voting procedure, the candidates are nominated by the party's council, LKD, fractions, communities and departaments' meetings. The list of proposed candidates was announced on 23 February 2021.[4]
On 26 February 2021, it was announced that the only candidate to participate in the leadership election will be the current party leader Gabrielius Landsbergis, others have refused in his favor and signed a general refusal to run in this election. They base such a decision on a special pandemic situation, which requires concentration and united work in the Seimas and the Government.
According to the procedure for the leadership election, in the event of a situation where only one candidate is present and approved, the decision on the further course of the election will be proposed by the party's Supervisory Committee and approved by the party's council.[5]
Declared
| Candidate | Political office | |
|---|---|---|
| Gabrielius Landsbergis | Leader of Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats (2015–present) Member of the European Parliament (2014–2016) Member of the Seimas (2016–present) Leader of Opposition (2020) Minister of Foreign Affairs (2020–present) | |
Proposed and withdrawn candidates
- Paulius Saudargas
- Laurynas Kasčiūnas
- Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė
- Gintarė Skaistė
- Jurgita Šiugždinienė
- Žygimantas Pavilionis
- Arvydas Anušauskas
- Monika Navickienė
- Audronius Ažubalis
- Valdas Benkunskas
- Irena Degutienė
- Rasa Juknevičienė
- Mykolas Majauskas
- Kazys Starkevičius
- Šarūnas Vaitkus
Results
The party's council decided not to hold an election and to approve the candidate at a council meeting. On 28 February 2021, Gabrielius Landsbergis was approved as the leader for another four-year term.
| Candidate (party membership) | For | Against | Abstain | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Gabrielius Landsbergis | 122 | 94.57 | 5 | 3.88 | 2 | 1.55 | |
| Source: lrt.lt | |||||||
References
- ^ "TS-LKD organizuoja atvirus pirmininko rinkimus: balsuos ir partijos nariai ir remėjai". tsajunga.lt.
- ^ "TS-LKD pirmininko rinkimuose liko vienas kandidatas: kiti dalyvauti atsisakė". delfi.lt.
- ^ "TS-LKD taryba patvirtino Landsbergį partijos pirmininku dar ketveriems metams". delfi.lt.
- ^ "Baigėsi TS-LKD pretendentų į pirmininkus siūlymai, galutinis kandidatų sąrašas paaiškės penktadienį". tsajunga.lt.
- ^ "TS-LKD partijos pirmininko rinkimuose dalis pretendentų į kandidatus skelbia bendrai pasirašytą pareiškimą". tsajunga.lt.