1923 Estonian parliamentary election

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1923 Estonian parliamentary election
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  1920 7 May 1923 1926  

100 seats in the Riigikogu
51 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Konstantin Pats 1934.jpg August Rei (cropped).jpg Prime minister Otto Strandman.jpg
Leader Konstantin Päts August Rei Otto Strandman
Party Farmers' Assemblies ESTP Labour Party
Last election21 seats18 seats22 seats
Seats won231512
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 10
Popular vote99,22664,29751,674
Percentage21.6%14.0%11.2%

State Elder before election

Juhan Kukk
Labour Party

State Elder after election

Konstantin Päts
Farmers' Assemblies

Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia between 5 and 7 May 1923. There were some controversies - some lists, most remarkably Communist, were declared void before the elections because of electoral law violations, and the results gave Estonia its most fragmented parliament ever.

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Farmers' Assemblies 99,22621.5723+2
Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party 64,29713.9815–3
Estonian Labour Party 51,67411.2312–10
Workers' United Front 43,7119.5010+5
Estonian People's Party 34,6467.538–2
Christian Democratic Party 33,7007.328+1
Independent Socialist Workers' Party 21,7044.725–6
National Liberal Party 20,6704.494New
Russian parties18,8294.094+3
Settlers' Party 17,2663.754New
German-Baltic Party 15,9503.473–1
Landlords' Party 9,9672.172New
Tenants' Union 6,1301.331New
Demobilised Soldiers' Union 5,6701.231New
Working People's Union3,9960.870New
Swedish People's League 3,6000.780New
Smallholders of Saaremaa2,4960.540New
Economic Group 2,2140.480–1
Seto-Ingrian Group1,5140.330New
Smallholders, Settlers, Rural and Urban Workers8320.180New
Seto Smallholders6390.140New
Country People's Party (Võru, Valga and Petseri)4810.100New
Settlers and State Leaseholders4750.100New
Country People's Party1750.040New
Party of Nationalists1750.040New
Country People's Party (Tallinn)480.010New
Total460,085100.001000
Valid votes460,08596.40
Invalid/blank votes17,1993.60
Total votes477,284100.00
Registered voters/turnout702,54267.94
Source: Nohlen & Stöver [1]

See also

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p582 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7