Union of the Working People of Lithuania

[8] Vladas Niunka, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Lithuania who become the head of the electoral commission, later claimed that he was given just 12 hours to draft the election law under supervision of Vladimir Dekanozov, Soviet Deputy Commissar of Foreign Affairs.

[9] According to the electoral law, and similar to the 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union,[10] candidates were to be selected during meetings of the working people.

Soviet officials did not admit the mistake and did not provide any reason why Abakonis did not show up for the proceedings of the People's Seimas.

The 16-point domestic platform called for democratic freedoms (e.g. freedom of speech, freedom of religion, inviolability of private property), expansion of popular social policies (e.g. tax and debt relief for farmers, wage increases, rent reductions, expansion of medical care), and limited actions against the wealthy (e.g. elimination of bonuses and reduction of inflated wages to high-ranking government officials, elimination of pensions to the wealthy, fight against speculation).

[17] This general platform was supplemented by appeals aimed at specific groups (e.g. Jews, teachers, soldiers, peasants).

[16] On 6 July, the Union of the Working People of Lithuania organized a large meeting at the Kaunas Sports Hall.

[21] After the symbolic gesture, members of the People's Government of Lithuania (acting president Justas Paleckis, Prime Minister Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius, etc.)

[21][22] Various meetings, rallies, and demonstrations were organized by communist activists across Lithuania to drum up enthusiasm and support for the election.

[11][16] On 6 July, Antanas Sniečkus, first secretary of the Communist Party of Lithuania, signed a secret order to "arrest the destructive anti-government element agitating against the People's Government or disrupting the election procedure.

[31] Accurate turnout reporting was not even possible as there were no eligible voter lists, only population estimates by Lithuania's statistics department.

[31] Lithuanian historian Liudas Truska [lt] analyzed surviving records and estimated that the turnout was indeed very high, perhaps around 85%.

[32][34] However, later that day news agency ELTA announced the official results which claimed 99.19% of the votes for the Union of the Working People of Lithuania.

[37] On 22 August 1940, Justas Paleckis was the sole candidate proposed by the Union of the Working People of Lithuania in the special elections in Ukmergė.