Seimas elections

Serious talks on the ruling coalition may start after the first round of voting, says Saulius Skvernelis, the leader of the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union's candidate list, adding that the union was talking to all potential partners.

Lithuania holds parliamentary elections on Sunday, with polling stations opening at 7 a.m. and closing at 8 p.m.

With a ban on election campaigning in force, the head of the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission has called on social network users not to encourage others to vote for any specific politician, not to share any campaign material and even not to press the Like button.

Over 87,000 people have already cast their ballots in two days of early voting in Lithuania's parliamentary election, up by 24,000 from the same period of the 2012 election.

Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, the leader of the Social Democrats, has taken a day of unpaid holiday this week to meet the electorate of Vilkaviskis, southern Lithuania, ahead of the parliamentary election.

Lithuania's Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that a voter turnout of between 49 and 54 percent in next Sunday's parliamentary elections would be a good result.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has urged voters to go the polls on Sunday, saying that it will be people, not politicians or political analysts, who will decide on what political parties will form the country's next ruling coalition after this month's parliamentary elections.

Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union who voted early in the parliamentary election Kaunas on Wednesday, expressed hope for the party to secure sufficient voter support to be able to form the government after the October 9 elections.

Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius, the leader of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement, said after casting his early ballot in parliamentary elections he expected the Liberals to have a larger political group than they had before.

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after casting her ballot in early voting in the parliamentary elections that she had voted for change.

Early voting is starting on Wednesday in municipalities and special post offices in the parliamentary elections of Lithuania. President Dalia Grybauskaitė will also take the opportunity to cast her vote early at the Vilnius municipality.

With the Seimas election already this weekend, the latest poll data shows that three parties are currently neck and neck in the electoral race. The Social Democrats (LSDP) have managed to maintain a lead, but it is a tenuous one with both the Peasant Greens (LVŽS) and Conservatives (TS-LKD) in close...