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| Lithuania election: Centre-right opposition set to win | |
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| Lithuania has been voting in run-off parliamentary elections, with the centre-right opposition predicted to win. | |
| The opposition Homeland Union has promised to create jobs and stem the exodus of people to other EU states. | The opposition Homeland Union has promised to create jobs and stem the exodus of people to other EU states. |
| Analysts say low wages have been a major concern for voters in the past decade. | Analysts say low wages have been a major concern for voters in the past decade. |
| The governing Social Democrats finished third in the first round after facing stiff competition from the opposition. | The governing Social Democrats finished third in the first round after facing stiff competition from the opposition. |
| Polls closed at 20:00 (17:00 GMT) and vote counting is under way. | |
| "I think there is a 70% (probability) that we will be in opposition," Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius told reporters after casting his vote on Sunday. | "I think there is a 70% (probability) that we will be in opposition," Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius told reporters after casting his vote on Sunday. |
| The leader of the conservative Homeland Union, Gabrielius Landsbergis, has emerged as a face of change. | The leader of the conservative Homeland Union, Gabrielius Landsbergis, has emerged as a face of change. |
| "We need new ideas and new energy, especially to curb emigration and stop all the young people from fleeing," Mr Landsbergis said. | "We need new ideas and new energy, especially to curb emigration and stop all the young people from fleeing," Mr Landsbergis said. |
| The eastern European country's population is said to have shrunk to 2.9 million from 3.3 million a decade ago with an estimated 370,000 relocating mostly to the UK, since Lithuania joined the EU in 2004. | The eastern European country's population is said to have shrunk to 2.9 million from 3.3 million a decade ago with an estimated 370,000 relocating mostly to the UK, since Lithuania joined the EU in 2004. |
| Homeland Union and a centrist party, the Peasants and Greens, have already secured 40 seats between them in the first round. | Homeland Union and a centrist party, the Peasants and Greens, have already secured 40 seats between them in the first round. |
| They are projected to win up to 102 seats in the 141-member parliament after the run-off, according to the state electoral commission. | They are projected to win up to 102 seats in the 141-member parliament after the run-off, according to the state electoral commission. |
| A pensioner who gave only her first name, Genovaite, said her decision to vote for the opposition conservative Homeland Union was based on the party's promise to retain talent in the country. | A pensioner who gave only her first name, Genovaite, said her decision to vote for the opposition conservative Homeland Union was based on the party's promise to retain talent in the country. |
| She told the AFP news agency her grandson was studying in Britain. | She told the AFP news agency her grandson was studying in Britain. |
| "To stop emigration, you need to create jobs that will keep specialists here, at home," she said. | "To stop emigration, you need to create jobs that will keep specialists here, at home," she said. |