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=== Lithuania === In [[Lithuania]], which has a [[parallel voting]] system at parliamentary and district levels, most of strategic voting takes place in single-member constituencies (or districts in mayoral elections). These constituencies have two-round system when no candidate wins more than 50 per cent of the votes in the first round. A notable example of strategic voting at the parliamentary level could be the 10th [[Naujoji Vilnia]] constituency in [[2016 Lithuanian parliamentary election]]. To prevent independent candidate [[Algirdas Paleckis]]' victory, the [[Liberal Movement (Lithuania)|Liberal Movement's]], the [[Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union]]'s and the [[Social Democratic Party of Lithuania|Social Democratic Party]]'s candidates endorsed their supporters to vote for the [[Homeland Union]]'s candidate [[Monika NavickienÄ]] (who came in second place). Monika NavickienÄ eventually won the constituency by around 900 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frontas prieÅ” A.PaleckÄÆ Naujojoje Vilnioje: KonservatorÄ M.NavickienÄ remia net ideologiniai prieÅ”ai |url=https://www.15min.lt/naujiena/aktualu/lietuva/frontas-pries-a-palecki-naujojoje-vilnioje-konservatore-m-navickiene-remia-net-ideologiniai-priesai-56-696257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2016 m. Seimo rinkimų rezultatai ā VRK.lt |url=https://www.vrk.lt/2016-seimo/rezultatai?srcUrl=/rinkimai/102/2/1306/rezultatai/lt/rezultataiVienmRpg_rpgId-18960.html}}</ref> At a district level, an example could be KÄdainiai district's mayoral election in the 2015 municipal elections. In the first round, the [[Labour Party (Lithuania)|Labour Party]] won 13 seats of 26 seats in district council and was just one seat short of absolute majority. NijolÄ NaujokienÄ (candidate to the district's mayoral seat from the Labour Party) came short by 0.68 per cent in the mayoral election. Her opponent, Saulius GrinkeviÄius, had a 22 per cent gap to overcome.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Balsavimo rezultatai |url=https://www.vrk.lt/statiniai/puslapiai/2015_savivaldybiu_tarybu_rinkimai/output_lt/rezultatai_daugiamand_apygardose/apygardos_rezultatai7779.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=KÄdainiai baigia atsikvoÅ”Äti nuo Viktoro Uspaskicho kerų? |url=https://www.15min.lt/rinkimai/naujiena/savivaldybiu-tarybu-rinkimai/kedainiai-atsikvosi-nuo-viktoro-uspaskicho-keru-847-490454}}</ref> In the second round, Saulius GrinkeviÄius won by around 8 per cent (and 1,600 votes).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sensacija: Darbo partija prarado KÄdainius |url=https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/sensacija-darbo-partija-prarado-kedainius.d?id=67435534}}</ref>
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