1920 Estonian parliamentary election

1920 Estonian parliamentary election

29 November 1920 1923  →
elected members  →
100 seats in the Riigikogu 51 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Otto Strandman Konstantin Päts August Rei Party Labour Party Farmers' Assemblies ESTP Last election 30 seats 8 seats 41 seats Seats won 22 21 18 Seat change 8 13 23 Popular vote 99,030 97,825 80,211 Percentage 21.02% 20.76% 17.02%
Prime Minister before election Ants Piip Labour Party State Elder after election Konstantin Päts Farmers' Assemblies

Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia between 27 and 29 November 1920, the first held under the 1920 constitution. 100 deputies were elected into the new Riigikogu by party lists in 10 regions, by which one party or electoral bloc could put up several lists in one region. Seats were still distributed on the state level, where votes for different lists were summed up by their political affiliation and then seats distributed using d'Hondt formula. Thereafter seats for one party or bloc were distributed between different lists of that political force using the same formula.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Estonian Labour Party	99,030	21.02	22	–8
	Farmers' Assemblies	97,825	20.76	21	+13
	Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party	80,211	17.02	18	–23
	Estonian Independent Socialist Workers' Party	50,119	10.64	11	+4
	Estonian People's Party	48,972	10.39	10	–15
	Christian Democratic Party	35,420	7.52	7	+2
	Central Committee of Tallinn Trade Unions	24,849	5.27	5	New
	German-Baltic Party	18,444	3.91	4	+1
	Russian National Union	4,744	1.01	1	0
	Economic Group	4,948	1.05	1	New
	Russian People's Union	3,876	0.82	0	New
	Citizens of the Republic of Estonia at Lake Peipus	1,344	0.29	0	New
	Men of Our Mats	614	0.13	0	New
	Fighting Army of the Republic of Estonia	221	0.05	0	New
	Jewish Minority	211	0.04	0	New
	Jewish National Minority	184	0.04	0	New
	Christian Group	168	0.04	0	New
	Eligible voters of Kuigatsi Parish	48	0.01	0	New
Total		471,228	100.00	100	–20
Registered voters/turnout		653,000	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver [1]

See also

• I Riigikogu

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, pp574–586 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7

• II Riigikogu valimised : 5.-7. mail 1923 / Riigi Statistika Keskbüroo = Élections au parlement : de 5.-7. mai 1923 / Bureau Central de Statistique de l'Estonie - Tallinn : Riigi Statistika Keskbüroo, 1923 (Tallinn : Tallinna Eesti Kirjastus-Ühisus; Narva : M. Minis)