Electoral system for national legislature

LAW ON ELECTIONS TO THE SEIMAS  (As last amended on 22 March 2016 – No XII-2265)

Article 1. The Principles of Elections of Seimas Members

Members of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter - the Seimas) shall be elected for a term of four years in single-member constituencies and the multi-member constituency by universal and equal suffrage, in a secret ballot, during direct, mixed-system elections.

Article 9. Formation of Constituencies

1. For the organisation and conduct of elections, the territory of the Republic of Lithuania shall be divided into 71 single-member constituencies, taking into consideration the number of inhabitants in the constituency, the division of the territory of the Republic of Lithuania into single-member constituencies during the previous election to the Seimas, and the administrative territorial division of the Republic of Lithuania. […]

2. One multi-member constituency shall also be formed where all citizens of the Republic of Lithuania eligible to vote shall cast their votes. 70 Seimas members shall be elected in this constituency according to the proportional system of elections.

Of the 141 deputies, 71 are elected in SMCs and the remaining 70 are elected in one nationwide MMC using List PR.