Christian Democratic Union (Lithuania)
{{Short description|Defunct Lithuanian political party}}
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The Christian Democratic Union ({{langx|lt|Krikščionių demokratų sajunga}}, KDS) was a political party in Lithuania.
History
The party was established as the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Union (LKDS). It contested the 1992 elections in an alliance with Young Lithuania, with the alliance winning a single seat, taken by the LKDS.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1220 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} The party won only a single seat in the 1996 elections; it changed its name to "Christian Democratic Union" in the same year.Nohlen & Stöver, p1205 The 2000 elections saw the party retain its single seat, increasing its vote share from 3% to 4%.
In 2001, it merged with the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party to form the Lithuanian Christian Democrats.