Conservatives Heading for Defeat in Lithuania Over Inequality
- Social Democrats lead opinion polls ahead of Sunday’s vote
- Baltic nation to keep support of Ukraine whatever the outcome
Voters fill their ballots at a polling station during early voting for the parliamentary elections in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Oct. 9.
Photographer: Yauhen Yerchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images
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Lithuanians are likely to oust the ruling conservatives in an election on Sunday as voters in the Baltic nation — one of NATO’s most vocal critics of Russia’s war in Ukraine — seek more focus on closing economic disparities.
The opposition Social Democratic Party is on course to win the most votes for the first time in 12 years, although its return to office is likely to be complicated as it cobbles together a majority in a fragmented parliament, according to the opinion polls.