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The Seimas is the Lithuanian parliament. It has 141 members that are elected for a four-year term. About half of the members of this legislative body are elected in individual constituencies (71), and the other half (70) are elected by nationwide vote according to proportional representation. A party must receive at least 5% and a union of few parties at least 7% of the national vote to be represented in the Seimas.

1 Latest election
2 Seimas Palace
3 Notes and references
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Latest election

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**Summary of the 10 October 2004 Lithuanian **Seimas** election results**
#	Coalition	Parties	%	Seats
1	Labour Party (Darbo partija)		28.4	39
2	Coalition of Algirdas Brazauskas and Artūras Paulauskas "Working for Lithuania" (Algirdo Brazausko ir Artūro Paulausko koalicija "Už darbą Lietuvai")	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija)	20.7	20
2		New Union Social Liberals (Naujoji sąjunga (socialliberalai))	20.7	11
3	Homeland Union (Lithuanian Conservatives) (Tėvynės sąjunga/Lietuvos konservatoriai)		14.6	25
4	Coalition of Rolandas Paksas "For the Order and Justice" (Rolando Pakso koalicija "Už tvarką ir teisingumą")	Liberal Democratic Party (Liberalų demokratų partija)	11.4	11
4		Lithuanian People's Union "For the Fair Lithuania" (Lietuvos liaudies sąjunga "Už teisingą Lietuvą")	11.4	11
5	Liberal and Centre Union (Liberalų ir centro sąjunga)		9.1	18
6	Peasants and New Democratic Party Union (Valstiečių ir Naujosios demokratijos partijų sąjungos)	Lithuanian Peasants Party (Lietuvos valstiečių partija)	6.6	10
6		New Democratic Party (Naujosios demokratijos partija)	6.6	10
7	Election Action of Lithuania's Poles (Lietuvos lenkų rinkimų akcija)		3.8	2
8	Christian Conservative Social Union (Krikščionių konservatorių socialinė sąjunga)		2.0	-
9	Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai)		1.4	-
10	Non-partisans		.	6
Source: Lithuanian Election Committee		Total (turnout 46.8 %)		141

The word "Seimas" is etymologically related to the Polish word Sejm, the name of the lower house of the parliament in Poland, and to the Latvian word Saeima, which is the name of the Latvian parliament.