Social Democratic Party of Lithuania

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The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija) is the ruling political party in Lithuania.

The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania was formed from the merger of the Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania and the Lithuanian Social-Democratic Party. The Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania was named the Communist Party of Lithuania until 1990. The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania has 45 seats in the Diet of Lithuania, and is led by Algirdas Brazauskas.

Its candidate Česlovas Juršėnas got 11.9 percent of the vote at the presidential elections on the 13th of June 2004. At the last legislative elections on the tenth of October 2004, the party won 20 out of 141 seats.