New Democracy Party (Lithuania)


The New Democracy Party was a political party in Lithuania.

History

The party was originally named the Lithuanian Women's Party and first ran in the 1996 parliamentary elections. It received 3.7% of the vote and won a single seat.
Prior to the 2000 elections the party was renamed the New Democracy Party. It contested the elections as part of the Social-Democratic Coalition of Algirdas Brazauskas. The coalition won 51 seats, of which three were taken by the NDP.
In 2001 the party merged with the Lithuanian Peasants Party to form the Union of Peasants and New Democracy Parties.