Human rights — Elections — Electoral rights — Right to vote — Right to stand in parliamentary elections — Applicant’s complaints under Article 3 of Protocol No 1 to European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 — Whether admissible — Whether complaint under Article 3 of Protocol No 1 admissible in so far as it concerned applicant’s removal from office or his ineligibility to stand for election as President of Lithuania — Whether complaint under Article 3 of Protocol No 1 admissible in so far as it concerned applicant’s inability to stand for election to Seimas — Whether Article 3 of Protocol No 1 applicable to election of members of Seimas — Whether failure to exhaust domestic remedies — Whether compliant with six-month time limit — Whether Article 17 of European Convention applicable — Examination on merits — Importance of Article 3 of Protocol No 1 in Convention system — Fundamental principle of effective democracy — Right to vote — Right to stand for election — Whether absolute rights — Margin of appreciation of States — Whether restrictions on electoral rights impairing essence of right or its effectiveness — Whether restrictions pursuing legitimate aim — Whether proportionate — Whether Lithuania violating Article 3 of Protocol No 1 on account of applicant’s inability to stand for election to Seimas

Human rights — Fair hearing — Applicant’s complaints under Articles 6 and 7 of European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 and Article 4 of Protocol No 7 — Whether admissible — Whether Article 6(1) of European Convention applicable in either its civil or criminal aspect to Lithuanian Constitutional Court proceedings in issue — Whether this part of application compatible ratione materiae with Convention provisions

Human rights — Remedy — Applicant’s complaint under Article 13 of European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, taken in conjunction with Article 3 of Protocol No 1 — Whether admissible — Whether Article 13 of European Convention requiring provision of a remedy allowing constitutional precedent with statutory force to be challenged — Damage — Just satisfaction — Article 41 of European Convention