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Elections in Estonia
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Estonia elects a legislature on the national level. The Riigikogu has 101 members, elected for a four year term by proportional representation. A head of state - the president - is elected for a five year term by parliament (1st-3rd round) or an electoral college (4th and subsequent rounds). Locally, Estonia elects local government councils, which vary in size, but by the election law there are minimum size of councils depending on the size of municipality. Local government councils are elected by proportional representation too.
- The minimum number of council members is prescribed to be at least 7 seats
- Over 2,000 inhabitants: at least 13 seats
- Over 5,000 inhabitants: at least 17 seats
- Over 10,000 inhabitants: at least 21 seats
- Over 50,000 inhabitants: at least 31 seats
- Over 300,000 inhabitants: at least 63 seats
Estonia has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
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| Party | Ideology | Votes | % | Change | Seats | Change | |
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| Estonian Reform Party | Classical liberalism | 153,044 | 27.8% | +10.1% | 31 | +12 | |
| Estonian Centre Party | Social liberalism | 143,518 | 26.1% | +0.7% | 29 | +1 | |
| Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica1 | Conservatism | 98,347 | 17.9% | –14.0% | 19 | –16 | |
| Social Democratic Party2 | Social democracy | 58,363 | 10.6% | +3.6% | 10 | +4 | |
| Estonian Greens3 | Green politics | 39,279 | 7.1% | +7.1% | 6 | +6 | |
| People's Union of Estonia | Agrarianism | 39,215 | 7.1% | –5.9% | 6 | –7 | |
| Party of Estonian Christian Democrats4 | Christian democracy | 9,456 | 1.7% | +0.7% | 0 | — | |
| Constitution Party5 | Russian minority, left-wing | 5,464 | 1.0% | –1.2% | 0 | — | |
| Estonian Independence Party | Euroscepticism, Nationalism | 1,273 | 0.2% | –0.4% | 0 | — | |
| Russian Party in Estonia | Russian minority | 1,084 | 0.2% | ±0.0% | 0 | — | |
| Estonian Left Party6 | Democratic socialism | 607 | 0.1% | –0.3% | 0 | — | |
| Independents | 563 | 0.1% | –0.3% | 0 | — | ||
| Total | 550,213 | 100.0% | — | 101 | — | ||
Note 1: Compared to the sum of the Res Publica Party and the Pro Patria Union, who merged to form the Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica in 2006.
Note 2: Compared to the Moderate People's Party, which became the Social Democratic Party in 2004.
Note 3: The Greens did not participate in the previous elections.
Note 4: Compared to the Estonian Christian People's Union, which became the Party of Estonian Christian Democrats in 2006.
Note 5: Compared to the Estonian United People's Party, which became the Constitution Party in 2006.
Note 6: Compared to the Estonian Social Democratic Labour Party, which became the Estonian Left Party in 2004.
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