Lithuanian Liberty Union

{{Politics of Lithuania}}

The Lithuanian Liberty Union ({{langx|lt|Lietuvos laisvės sąjunga}}, LLS) was a far-right{{cite web|url=https://popu-list.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Lithuania.pdf|page=2|title=Lithuania|work=The PopuList}} political party in Lithuania.

History

The party was established in 1992 as a breakaway from the Lithuanian Freedom League, and was formerly registered as a political party on 13 September 1994.[http://www.ecoi.net/local_link/186208/303847_de.html League for Lithuanian Liberation; whether it is a right-wing party; mandate; leaders; parliamentary representation; reports of it targeting the Russian minority] ECOI It contested the 1992 elections, but received just 0.4% of the vote and failed to win a seat.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1219 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} In the 1996 elections it increased its vote share to 1.5%, but again failed to win a seat.

The 2000 elections saw the party's vote share fall to 1.3%, but it succeeded in winning its first seat, taken by Vytautas Šustauskas. Šustauskas was the party's candidate in the 2002–03 presidential elections, but received just 0.4% of the vote.Nohlen & Stöver, p1222 The party lost its sole Seimas seat in the 2004 elections.[http://www.cspp.strath.ac.uk/litelec.html Elections in Lithuania] University of Strathclyde

The party was dissolved in 2011 and the Union for the President of Lithuania was established as a replacement.[http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/7756/the-presidents-union-lead-by-brazauskiene-is-a-joke-20117756/ The President’s Union lead[sic] by Kristina Brazauskiene is great for laughs, by Bielinis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416205754/http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/7756/the-presidents-union-lead-by-brazauskiene-is-a-joke-20117756/ |date=2014-04-16 }} The Lithuania Tribune, 9 August 2011

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