Social Democrats overcome centre-right government in Lithuanian poll

Leader of the Social Democratic Party Vilija Blinkeviciute, celebrated victory in Vilnius (AP)

Lithuania’ s centre-left opposition parties are celebrating victory after prevailing over the centre-right ruling coalition in the final round of national elections.

With 100% of votes counted from Sunday’s polls, the Social Democrats won 52 seats in the 141-seat parliament, known as the Seimas, ending the four-year rule of the Homeland Union government led by conservative Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte.