Statutes of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, starting from 1989 (hdl:21.12137/QYHIZS)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Statutes of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, starting from 1989

Identification Number:

hdl:21.12137/QYHIZS

Distributor:

Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)

Date of Distribution:

2026-05-18

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Žvaliauskas, Giedrius, 2026, "Statutes of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, starting from 1989", https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/QYHIZS, Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA), V1

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Statutes of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, starting from 1989

Identification Number:

hdl:21.12137/QYHIZS

Identification Number:

LiDA_TextualData_0747

Authoring Entity:

Žvaliauskas, Giedrius (Research Group – Civil Society and Sustainability, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [Data collection; Data curation])

Date of Production:

2026-04-27

Software used in Production:

<a href="https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/SoftwarePackage?code=R" target="_blank">R</a> (DDI Alliance CV for Software Package)

Software used in Production:

<a href="https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/SoftwarePackage?code=Other" target="_blank">Other</a> (DDI Alliance CV for Software Package)

Grant Number:

VS-19 / SV3240301

Distributor:

Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA)

Distributor:

Lithuanian Data Archive for Social Sciences and Humanities

Access Authority:

Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA)

Depositor:

Žvaliauskas, Giedrius (Research Group – Civil Society and Sustainability, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0001-8970-0756])

Date of Deposit:

2025-08-01

Date of Distribution:

2026-04-27

Series Name:

Textual Data > Statutes (Laws) of Lithuanian Political Parties

Series Information:

The series contains datasets that include documents regulating the organizational structure and functions of internal institutions and their mutual interactions in the major Lithuanian political parties. Major Lithuanian political parties are defined as parties that have representatives elected to the Parliament through the proportional representation system and delegated to the Government.

Holdings Information:

https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/QYHIZS

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences, political parties, organizations, political groups

Topic Classification:

Government, political systems and organisations

Abstract:

<p>This dataset contains <a href="https://www.lsdp.lt" target="_blank">the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania</a> (LSDP) statutes.</p> <p> The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP) is a Lithuanian political party active since 1989.</p> <p>LSDP is the oldest historic Lithuanian political party, which was established in 1896. During the first years of the restored Lithuanian state in 1918, the LSDP actively participated in political life, and after the 1926 Seimas (Lithuanian Parliament) elections, it became a member of the ruling coalition. However, after the 1926 coup d'état, the activities of political parties were restricted, and in 1936 all parties were banned, with the sole exception of the Lithuanian Nationalist Union. In 1940, following the occupation of Lithuania by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, only the Lithuanian Communist Party was a legal political force. As the occupation regime eased, the first steps toward the restoration of the LSDP activities were taken even before the restoration of Lithuania's independence in 1990: the LSDP restoration initiative group, established on April 27, 1989; the LSDP restoration conference, held on August 12, 1989. On December 18, 1999, the first split of LSDP occurred, when the Lithuanian Party "Social Democracy 2000" was established. On January 27, 2001, LSDP merged with <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/21.12137/CB3SVH" target="_blank"> the Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania</a> (LDDP). On March 24, 2018, the second split of the LSDP took place, when the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labour Party was founded. </p>

Time Period:

1989-2023

Date of Collection:

1999-2023

Country:

Lithuania

Unit of Analysis:

<a href="https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/AnalysisUnit?code=MediaUnitTex" target="_blank">Media unit: Text</a> (DDI Alliance CV for Analysis Unit)

Universe:

Statutes (laws) of Lithuanian political parties.

Kind of Data:

Textual data

Notes:

<p> The main language of the data is Lithuanian (lit). </p> <p> The data were also machine translated into English (eng). </p> <p> Depositor provided keywords: <ul> <li>Lithuanian political parties</li> <li>statutes.</li> </ul> </p>

Methodology and Processing

Time Method:

<a href="https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/TimeMethod?code=LongitudinalCohortEventBased" target="_blank">Longitudinal: Cohort/Event-based</a> (DDI Alliance CV for Time Method)

Frequency of Data Collection:

<a href="https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/TypeOfFrequency?code=Irregular" target="_blank"> Irregular</a> (DDI Alliance CV for Type of Frequency)

Sampling Procedure:

<a href="https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/SamplingProcedure?code=TotalUniverseCompleteEnumeration" target="_blank"> Total universe/Complete enumeration </a> (DDI Alliance CV for Sampling Procedure)

Mode of Data Collection:

<a href="https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/ModeOfCollection?code=Other" target="_blank"> Other</a> (DDI Alliance CV for Mode Of Collection)

Mode of Data Collection:

The digital texts of the Social Democratic Party statutes of Lithuania were extracted and processed from the printed and scanned versions of statutes and collected manually from the website of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania.

Type of Research Instrument:

<a href="https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/TypeOfInstrument?code=DataCollectionGuidelinesSecondaryDataCollectionGuide" target="_blank">Data collection guidelines: Secondary data collection guide</a> (DDI Alliance CV for Type Of Instrument)

Sources Statement

Data Sources:

<a href="https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/DataSourceType?code=RegistersRecordsAccountsHistorical" target="_blank"> Registers/Records/Accounts: Historical</a>

LSDP Statute, adopted on December 2–3, 1989

LSDP Statute, adopted on May 4–5, 1991

LSDP Statute, adopted on May 10, 1992

LSDP Statute, adopted on May 22, 1993

LSDP Statute, adopted on October 14–15, 1995

LSDP Statute, adopted on June 21–22, 1997

LSDP Statute, adopted on May 30, 1999

LSDP Statute, adopted on January 27, 2001

LSDP Statute, adopted on May 3, 2003

LSDP Statute, adopted on May 14, 2005

LSDP Statute, adopted on May 19, 2007

LSDP Statute, adopted on March 7, 2009

LSDP Statute, adopted on April 30, 2011

LSDP Statute, adopted on May 4, 2013

LSDP Statute, adopted on January 18, 2014

LSDP Statute, adopted on May 1, 2015

LSDP Statute, adopted on May 4, 2019

LSDP Statute, adopted on May 29, 2021

LSDP Statute, adopted on May 27, 2023

Origins of Sources:

Personal archive of Alvidas Lukošaitis; Website of <a href="https://www.lsdp.lt" target="_blank">the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania</a>.

Cleaning Operations:

Grammatical and other errors in scanned text digitized using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) were checked using the chatbot "Claude Opus 4.7".

Notes:

<ul> <li>Plain text data were extracted from scanned versions of statutes using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software <i>ABBYY FineReader</i>.</li> <li>Grammatical errors found in the original texts were corrected in the textual data.</li> <li>Textual data were segmented into sentences using the chatbot <i>Claude Opus 4.7</i>.</li> <li>The textual data were translated into English (eng) employing <i>Google Translate API</i> accessed via the <i>polyglotr</i> package of the <i>R</i> software environment for statistical computing and graphics.</li> </ul>

Data Access

Archive Where Study was Originally Stored:

Research Group – Civil Society and Sustainability, Institute of Public Policy and Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania = Mokslo grupė – Pilietinė visuomenė ir darnus vystymasis, Socialinių, humanitarinių mokslų ir menų fakultetas, Kauno technologijos universitetas, Lietuva

Extent of Collection:

</p> <p> <b><i>Archive files *.tar.gz = Archyviniai failai *.tar.gz</i></b> <ul> <li>Data source files (28, PDF and MS Word format) = Duomenų šaltinių failai (28, PDF ir MS Word formatu).</li> <li>Readme file (1, plain text format) = Readme failas (1, grynojo teksto formatu).</li> </ul> <b><i>Data files *.tar.gz = Duomenų failai *.tar.gz</i></b> <ul> <li>Data files (38, plain text format) = Duomenų failai (38, grynojo teksto formatu).</li> <li>Readme file (1, plain text format) = Readme failas (1, grynojo teksto formatu).</li> </ul> </p> <p> <b><i>Internal documents files *.tar.gz = Vidinių dokumentų failai *.tar.gz</i></b> <ul> <li>Other file related to the dataset (1, AsciiDoc format) = Kitas su duomenų rinkiniu susijęs failas (1, AsciiDoc formatas).</li> <li>Readme file (1, plain text format) = Readme failas (1, grynojo teksto formatu).</li> </ul> </p>

Completeness of Study Stored:

<p>This dataset does not contain the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania Statute, adopted on August 12th, 1989. = Šiame duomenų rinkinyje nėra Lietuvos socialdemokratų partijos statuto, priimto 1989 m. rugpjūčio 12 d.</p>

Confidentiality Declaration:

In order to ensure the confidentiality of the data stored in the LiDA Dataverse repository, users must agree to the confidentiality declaration before using the data. The declaration of confidentiality obliges LiDA Dataverse repository users to protect the confidentiality of any information to which they have been granted access, if this information directly or indirectly identifies specific individuals. Intentional or unintentional disregard for this obligation may incur liability under applicable data protection laws. <hr> Siekiant užtikrinti LiDA Dataverse talpykloje saugomų duomenų konfidencialumą, prieš pradėdami naudotis konkrečiais duomenimis, vartotojai privalo sutikti su konfidencialumo deklaracija. Konfidencialumo deklaracijoje LiDA Dataverse talpyklos duomenų vartotojai įpareigojami saugoti bet kokios informacijos, prie kurios jiems suteikiama prieiga, konfidencialumą, jei ši informacija leistų identifikuoti konkrečius asmenis. Įspėjama, kad sąmoningas ar nesąmoningas šio pasižadėjimo nepaisymas užtraukia atitinkamą atsakomybę pagal galiojančius duomenų apsaugos teisės aktus.

Restrictions:

Users undertake not to transfer data curated by the LiDA and to which they have been granted access to any third parties. <hr> Vartotojai įsipareigoja neperduoti LiDA saugomų duomenų, prie kurių jiems suteikiama prieiga, trečiosioms šalims.

Citation Requirement:

Publications based on the data or other resources curated by the LiDA should acknowledge this by a reference to LiDA. To ensure that such attributions are captured by social science bibliographic utilities, citations must appear in the footnotes or in the reference section of publications. <hr> Publikacijose, parengtose LiDA saugomų duomenų išteklių pagrindu, turi būti nuoroda į LiDA išnašose ar literatūros sąraše į naudojamus išteklius. Šiuo reikalavimu siekiama, kad nuoroda į LiDA patektų į socialinių mokslų citavimo indeksus.

Conditions:

The users are required to provide bibliographic information about all forms of publications referring to the data and other resources curated at the LiDA (in written form or by email: <a href="mailto:data@ktu.lt">data@ktu.lt</a>). <hr> Vartotojai įsipareigoja pateikti archyvui publikacijų, kuriose naudoti LiDA saugomi duomenys ar kita informacija, bibliografinius aprašus (raštu ar el. paštu: <a href="mailto:data@ktu.lt">data@ktu.lt</a>).

Disclaimer:

The Lithuanian Data Archive for Humanities and Social Sciences (LiDA) bears no responsibility for the uses of the data archived therein, or for interpretations or inferences based on these uses. The LiDA accepts no liability for indirect, consequential or incidental damages or losses arising from use of the data collection, or from the unavailability of, or break in access to the service for whatever reason. <hr> Lietuvos humanitarinių ir socialinių mokslų duomenų archyvas (LiDA) neatsako už trečiųjų asmenų (institucijų) išvadas ir interpretacijas gautas naudojant LiDA saugomus duomenis. LiDA neatsako už netiesioginę, atsitiktinę, ar kitokią žalą, ar nuostolius, atsiradusius naudojant LiDA saugomus duomenis, arba negalint jų pasiekti, arba dėl nesankcionuoto jų panaudojimo įsilaužus į sistemą.

Notes:

<p>The data is available to the users of the LiDA Dataverse repository under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" target="_blank">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-SA 4.0)</a>, if not indicated otherwise. Individuals and organizations wishing to use data licensed differently must apply for access to the specific data (in written form or by email: <a href="mailto:data@ktu.lt">data@ktu.lt</a>). Regardless of the data access restrictions, everyone can browse and use all the descriptions of the data stored in the LiDA Dataverse repository (metadata, including fieldwork resources, research instruments and other data collection information) as well as other information under the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" target="_blank">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-SA 4.0)</a>.</p> <hr> <p>Duomenys yra prieinami LiDA Dataverse talpyklos vartotojams pagal <a href="https://cc.lnb.lt/cc-by-sa" target="_blank">„Creative Commons“ 4.0 priskyrimo ir analogiško platinimo tarptautinės viešosios licencijos (CC BY-SA 4.0)</a> sąlygas, jei nenumatyta kitaip. Jei norima naudoti kitaip licencijuojamus duomenis, reikia kreiptis dėl galimybės naudotis konkrečiais duomenimis (raštu ar el. paštu: <a href="mailto:data@ktu.lt">data@ktu.lt</a>). Nepriklausomai nuo prieigos prie duomenų apribojimų, visi norintieji gali peržiūrėti ir naudoti visų LiDA Dataverse talpykloje saugomų duomenų aprašus (metaduomenis, įskaitant lauko darbų vykdymo medžiagą, tyrimo instrumentus bei kitą su duomenų surinkimu susijusią informaciją) ir kitą informaciją pagal <a href="https://cc.lnb.lt/cc-by-sa" target="_blank">„Creative Commons“ 4.0 priskyrimo ir analogiško platinimo tarptautinę viešąją licenciją (CC BY-SA 4.0)</a>.</p> <img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png"/>

<p>Prieiga prie LiDA vidinių dokumentų, susijusių su publikuotu duomenų rinkiniu, nesuteikiama.</p> <hr> <p>Access to the LiDA internal documents related to the published dataset is not provided.</p>

Other Study Description Materials

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

LiDA_TextualData_0747_Archive_v1.0.tar.gz

Text:

Files providing data sources and/or previous versions of the metadata and data. If you would like to get access to these files, write to data@ktu.lt. = Duomenų šaltinių ir (ar) ankstesnių metaduomenų, duomenų versijų failai. Jei norite gauti prieigą prie šių failų, rašykite data@ktu.lt.

Notes:

application/x-gzip

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

LiDA_TextualData_0747_Data_v1.0.tar.gz

Text:

Data processed by the LiDA. = LiDA sutvarkyti duomenys.

Notes:

application/x-gzip

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

LiDA_TextualData_0747_Internal_documents_v1.0.tar.gz

Text:

LiDA internal documents related to the published dataset, to which access is not provided. = LiDA vidiniai dokumentai, susiję su publikuotu duomenų rinkiniu, prie kurių prieiga nesuteikiama.

Notes:

application/x-gzip