Voters in Lithuania are heading to polls on Sunday to decide a parliamentary election overshadowed by Russia's war in Ukraine and concerns over the rising cost of living, Paralel.Az reports citing DW.

The Baltic nation, which borders on the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad and Moscow's war ally Belarus is home to almost 2.9 million people. It is a member state of both the European Union and NATO.

It has a hybrid voting system in which half of parliament is elected by popular vote while the rest is decided in runoff votes between the top two candidates.

Lithuania's voters are now called upon to decide on the 63 remaining seats in the 141-seat parliament.

Polls opened at 7:00 am (0400 GMT) and will close at 8 pm (1700 GMT). Results are expected at about midnight local time (2100 GMT).