Liberals' Movement

Lithuanian political party

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2024 Participated in Seimas elections with 95,868 votes (7.85%), maintaining one seat in opposition, with performance indicating continued political relevance.
2022 The party changed its name and logo, removing the reference to the Republic of Lithuania.
2020 Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen led the party in Seimas elections, receiving 79,755 votes (7.04%), securing one seat in a coalition government.
2020 The Liberals' Movement ran in the Lithuanian parliamentary election with a platform focused on cutting taxation and legalizing gender-neutral partnerships.
2020 In the parliamentary election, the Liberal Movement obtained seven percent of votes and joined a coalition with the Homeland Union and the Freedom Party.
2019 European Parliament election with Petras Auštrevičius as list leader, securing 83,083 votes (6.59%) and maintaining one seat in the RE group.
June 2019 A public election committee 'For Vilnius, which we are proud of!' formed the basis for the new Freedom Party, with several district committee leaders resigning from the Liberal Movement.
2017 Eugenijus Gentvilas was elected as the new party leader, replacing Šimašius.
2016 Remigijus Šimašius led the party to 115,361 votes (9.45%) in Seimas elections, maintaining their position as 4th place party.
June 2016 Remigijus Šimašius was elected as the party's chairman one month after Guoga's brief leadership.
May 13 2016 After a corruption scandal involving party leader Eligijus Masiulis, Antanas Guoga temporarily took leadership for four days.
2015 In the municipal election, the party received 15.49 percent of the national vote.
2014 In the European Parliament election, the party received 16.55 percent of the national vote.
2012 In the legislative elections, the party lost one seat, finishing with 10 seats in the Seimas and 8.57 percent of the national vote.

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