Seventh Seimas of Lithuania
Name Abbr Members
Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives TSLK 48
Christian Democrats KDF 12
Center CF 17
Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania LDDPF 11
Social Democrats SDF 7
Joint Group of the Peasants ' party , the Christian Democratic Union and the National Party Young Lithuania JF 5
Social Democracy 2000s S 2000 5
Modern Christian Democrats MKD 4
Moderate Conservatives NKF 12
Joint Group of the Democratic Party and the National People 's Party DF 3
Independent Group NF 2
Others MSNG 2
Composition -- Parliamentary groups
During the first session of the Seimas the following parliamentary groups were registered : Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives , Christian Democrats , Center , Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania , Social Democrats , Joint Group ( Joint Group of the Peasants ' party , the Christian Democratic Union and the National Party `` Young Lithuania '' ) , Independent Group and the Mixed Group of Members of the Seimas . Several splits occurred during the term . In late 1998 Laima Andrikienė and Vidmantas Žiemelis were ejected from Homeland Union - Lithuanian Conservatives . They were followed by another 10 parliament members who formed the parliamentary group of Moderate Conservatives in 2000 . In the same year , Modern Christian Democrats ( 4 members ) split from the Christian Democrats and Social Democracy 2000s ( 4 members at the time ) split from the Social Democrats . However , similarly to the Sixth Seimas , the Seventh Seimas saw few defections across ideological borders , due to the vast gulf between ruling and opposition parties . [ 2 ] :354 By the end of the term of the Seimas , the following parliamentary groups were active . [ 3 ]
The Seventh Seimas of Lithuania was the parliament (Seimas) elected in Lithuania. Elections took place on 20 October 1996, with the second round on 10 November. The Seimas commenced its work on 25 November 1996 and served a four-year term, with the last session on 18 October 2000.