New Democracy Party (Lithuania)
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The New Democracy Party ({{langx|lt|Naujosios demokratijos partija}}, NDP) was a political party in Lithuania.
History
The party was originally named the Lithuanian Women's Party (Lietuvos moterų partija) and first ran in the 1996 parliamentary elections. It received 3.7% of the vote and won a single seat.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1219 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}
Prior to the 2000 elections, the party was renamed the New Democracy Party. It contested the elections as part of the Social-Democratic Coalition of Algirdas Brazauskas. The coalition won 51 seats, three of which were taken by the NDP.Nohlen & Stöver, p1220
In 2001, the party merged with the Lithuanian Peasants Party to form the Union of Peasants and New Democracy Parties.Nohlen & Stöver, p1205
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20001216055700/http://www.5ci.net/ndmp/ Official website, archived as for December, 2000]
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Category:Defunct political parties in Lithuania