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Power is set to change hands in Lithuania after a solid victory for the opposition Social Democrats in parliamentary elections. Party leader Vilija Blinkevičiūtė said she plans to form a centre-left alliance to govern the country. “We, the Social Democrats, have won a historic victory,” Blinkevičiūtė said on Monday. According to the preliminary results from the electoral commission, her party won a total of 52 of the 141 seats in parliament – 39 more than in the previous election four years ago. Together with the For Lithuania party (14 seats) and the Farmers and Greens Union (eight seats), th…