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Lithuanian Social Democratic Union

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Leader
  
Arvydas Akstinavičius

Political position
  
centre-left

Membership
  
1222

Founded
  
December 27, 1999 (1999-12-27)

Headquarters
  
Vilniaus g. 22, Vilnius

Ideology
  
Social democracy, Left-wing nationalism

Lithuanian Social Democratic Union (Lithuanian: Lietuvos socialdemokratų sąjunga) is a minor social democratic political party in Lithuania. The party has 6 representatives at the municipal level and has no seats in either Seimas or EP. The leader of the party is Arvydas Akstinavičius.

In 2012 it participated in the Parliamentarian election having formed joint alliance with 2 euroskeptic nationalist parties, named "For Lithuania in Lithuania". The controversial symbol of this electoral union was a white sheep kicking a black sheep out of the logo. The alliance received 0.94% of votes.

References

Lithuanian Social Democratic Union Wikipedia