This article lists political parties in Lithuania. Lithuania has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. As of 2008, there are 37 political parties registered with the Ministry of Justice.
There are currently eight parties represented in the Seimas.
The current government is a centre-left one, formed between the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, the Labour Party, Order and Justice and the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania under the leadership of the Social Democrats Algirdas Butkevičius. Together, they have 85 seats: giving them a majority in the 141-seat Seimas.
Civic Democratic Party (Pilietinės demokratijos partija)
Lithuanian Centre Party (Lietuvos centro partija)
Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) (Lietuvos Laisvės Sąjunga (Liberalai))
Lithuanian Nationalist Union (Lietuvių tautininkų sąjunga)
Lithuanian Union of Russians (Lietuvos rusų sąjunga)
Russian Alliance (Rusų aljansas)
Socialist People's Front (Socialistinis liaudies frontas)
The Way of Courage (Drąsos kelias)
Centre Union of Lithuania (Lietuvos centro sąjunga)
Liberal and Centre Union (Lietuvos liberalų ir centro sąjunga)
Christian Conservative Social Union (Krikščionių konservatorių socialinė sąjunga)
Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (Lietuvos demokratine darbo partija)
Front (Frontas)
Christian Democratic Union (Krikščionių demokratų sąjunga)
Liberal Union of Lithuania (Lietuvos liberalų sąjunga)
Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai)
Lithuanian Union of Political Prisoners and Deportees (Lietuvos politinių kalinių ir tremtinių sąjunga)
Lithuanian Peasants Party (Lietuvos valstiečių partija)
Modern Christian-Democratic Union (Moderniųjų krikščionių demokratų sąjunga)
National Resurrection Party ( Tautos prisikėlimo partija)
New Democracy Party (Naujosios demokratijos partija)
New Union (Social Liberals) (Naujoji Sąjunga (Socialliberalai)
Socialist Party of Lithuania ( Lietuvos socialistų partija )
Lithuanian Democratic Party
Lithuanian Popular Socialist Democratic Party
Lithuanian Peasants' Union
Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party
Democratic National Freedom League
Farmers Party
