“The government in Lithuania always loses. Whether social democrats, farmers or conservatives,” said Mažvydas Jastramskis, associate professor at the Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science, in a post on Facebook.
Jastramskis noted that the Social Democrats (LSDP) “wasn’t even able to get 20 percent” of the vote and said the party “did not manage to dominate,” although its result might improve in the Oct. 27 second round of the election, a run-off in constituencies with no clear winner. According LRT, LSDP could get up to 37 seats…