TheLithuanian Regions Party (Lithuanian:Lietuvos regionų partija, LRP),^[3] also translated as theLithuanian Party of Regions, is apolitical party in Lithuania.^[4] It was founded in 2018 as theSocial Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (Lithuanian:Lietuvos socialdemokratų darbo partija, LSDDP) following a split of members fromSocial Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP; also joined by former members of theLabour Party) after the LSDP's decision to exit acoalition government with theLithuanian Farmers and Greens Union in 2017.^[5]

Lithuanian Regions Party Lietuvos regionų partija
Abbreviation	LRP
Chairperson	Jonas Pinskus
Vice Chairpeople	Juozas Bernatonis Ingrida Baltrušytė-Četrauskienė Petras Čimbaras Kęstutis Daukšys Elvinas Jankevičius Andrius Palionis Živilė Pinskuvienė Andrius Šedžius
Founder	Gediminas Kirkilas
Founded	13 April 2018 (2018-04-13)(LSDDP) 29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)(LRP)
Split from	Social Democratic Party of Lithuania
Headquarters	Vilnius
Ideology	Social democracy[1] Regionalism Social conservatism
Political position	Left-wing[2]
Colours	Yellow
Seimas	0 / 141
European Parliament	0 / 11
Municipal councils	57 / 1,498
Website
www.ltregionupartija.lt
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The party was a junior partner in government in theSeimas, Lithuania'sunicameral Parliament, from 2018^[6] to 2020. At the time, the LSDDP had 50 sections.^[7]

The party scored badly in the2019 European Parliament election, scoring only 2.4% of votes and failing to elect any MEP. The party won slightly over 3% of the popular vote and 3 seats in the2020 parliamentary election (only one MP,Andrius Palionis, was reelected). By this, the party became eligible to state dotation, but it was not allowed to form a separate parliamentary group, as a minimum of seven MPs are required for its formation. To do so, the LSDDP aligned with theElectoral Action of Poles in Lithuania,Freedom and Justice (formerlyOrder and Justice) and independent right-wing deputiesPetras Gražulis andValdemaras Valkiūnas [lt] to form the Lithuanian Group of Regions (Lithuanian:Lietuvos regionų frakcija).

In July 2021, the party adopted the nameLithuanian Regions Party.Jonas Pinskus, a former member of theLabour Party who joined the LSDDP in 2018, was elected chairman. He emphasized taking the party to aregionalist direction and emphasized growing differences between the Regions Party and LSDP.^[8]

Pinskus' wife and Mayor ofŠirvintos,Živilė Pinskuvienė, joined the Regions Party alongside her electoral committee "Živilė Pinskuvienė's team – for a successful Širvintos region" (Lithuanian:Živilės Pinskuvienės komanda – už sėkmingą Širvintų kraštą) in 2022.^[9] The Regions Party gained 73% of the vote in Širvintos in the 2023 Lithuanian local elections,^[10] the onlymunicipality in which the party earned the largest share of the vote.

In its party program, the Regions Party describes itself as acentre-left political party.^[11] Political science journals, such asGeographia Polonica and theRobert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, classified the party asleft-wing.^[2] It supportsdecentralization of the political system, asocial market economy, and a strongersocial safety net but at the same time supports the formation of additionalfree economic zones in poorer Lithuanian regions. It opposes furtherEuropean integration. The Regions Party is a supporter of theright-wing,anti-LGBT, and traditionalistLithuanian Family Movement, and participates in their protests and demonstrations.^[12] It initiated an attempt to ban "LGBT propaganda" in thePrienai District Municipality in 2023; this proposal did not receive support from the local council.^[13] Six of their original deputies were part of the similarly named post-communistDemocratic Labour Party of Lithuania (LDDP).^[14][15]

• Gediminas Kirkilas – 2018–2021
• Jonas Pinskus – from 2021