Vote Count Begins in Lithuania Parliamentary Poll

Lithuanians voted in the second round of a runoff election for 68 of the 141 seats in parliament, which are expected to oust the leftist government. No exit poll results were issued after the close of voting at 1700 GMT Sunday, but official results expected later were forecast to hand victory to either the conservative Homeland Union or the centrist Lithuanian Peasants and Green Union party (LPGU). According to Lithuania's election commission, the voter turnout was 38 percent of...

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