| Election Name: | 2015 Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats leadership election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2013 Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats leadership election |
| Previous Year: | 2013 |
| Next Election: | 2017 Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats leadership election |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
| Election Date: | 17–19 April 2015 and 24–25 April 2015 |
| Nominee1: | Gabrielius Landsbergis |
| Color1: | 2F6CD1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 5,192 |
| Percentage1: | 55.91% |
| Nominee2: | Irena Degutienė |
| Color2: | 2F6CD1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 4,094 |
| Percentage2: | 44.09% |
| Leader | |
| Before Election: | Andrius Kubilius |
| After Election: | Gabrielius Landsbergis |
2015 Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats leadership election determined the leader of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, who will stand as candidate for the office of Prime Minister in the subsequent parliamentary election, which took place on 9 October 2016 and 23 October 2016.
Andrius Kubilius, which had led the party since 2003, in March 2015 (after municipal councils elections) announced that he will not stand for leadership election.[1]
| Candidate | Political office | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabrielius Landsbergis | Member of the European Parliament (2014–2016) | ||
| Irena Degutienė | Member of the Seimas (1996–2020) Minister of Social Security and Labour (1996–2000) Acting Prime Minister of Lithuania (1999) First Deputy Speaker of the Seimas (2008–2009) Speaker of the Seimas (2009–2012) | ||
| Jurgis Razma | Member of the Seimas (1996–present) | ||
| Mantas Adomėnas | Member of the Seimas (2008–2020) | ||
| Laima Andrikienė | Member of Reconstituent Seimas (1990–1992) Member of the Seimas (1992–2000, 2020–present) Minister of Industry and Trade, and of European Affairs (1996) Member of the European Parliament (2004–2014, 2016–2019) | ||
| Emanuelis Zingeris | Signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania Member of the Seimas (1990–2000, 2004–present) Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2009–present) President of the Parliamentary Forum of the Community of Democracies (2010–present) | ||
These candidates announced their withdrawal:[2]
Gabrielius Landsbergis became party's leader and led party to the Seimas elections of 2016, in which the party achieved its best result since 1996.
| Candidates (party membership) | First round | Second round | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||||
| Gabrielius Landsbergis | 4,526 | 49.77 | 5,192 | 55.91 | ||||
| Irena Degutienė | 3,919 | 43.10 | 4,094 | 44.09 | ||||
| Jurgis Razma | ≈231 | 0.03 | ||||||
| Mantas Adomėnas | ≈212 | 0.02 | ||||||
| Laima Andrikienė | ≈182 | 0.02 | ||||||
| Emanuelis Zingeris | ≈27 | 0.003 | ||||||
| Total | 9,093 | 100 | 9,286 | 100 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 16,054 | 56.64 | 16,054 | 57.84 | ||||
| Source: VZ.lt, ELTA, VE.lt, DELFI.lt | ||||||||