1929 Estonian parliamentary election

1929 Estonian parliamentary election

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100 seats in the Riigikogu 51 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader August Rei Jaan Teemant Rudolf Penno Party ESTP Farmers' Assemblies Settlers Last election 24 seats 23 seats 14 seats Seats won 25 24 14 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 121,024 116,715 69,069 Percentage 23.97% 23.11% 13.68%
State Elder before election August Rei ESTP State Elder after election Otto Strandman Labour Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia between 11 and 13 May 1929.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Estonian Socialist Workers' Party	121,024	23.97	25	+1
	Farmers' Assemblies	116,715	23.11	24	+1
	Settlers' Party	69,069	13.68	14	0
	Estonian Labour Party	51,527	10.20	10	–3
	Estonian People's Party	45,033	8.92	9	+1
	Estonian Workers' Party	31,094	6.16	6	0
	Christian People's Party	20,863	4.13	4	–1
	German-Baltic Party–Swedish People's League	16,235	3.21	3	+1
	Landlords' Party	14,627	2.90	3	+1
	Russian parties	12,797	2.53	2	–1
	Workers, Lodgers, Fishermen and Smallholders	6,012	1.19	0	New
Total		504,996	100.00	100	0
Valid votes		504,996	99.39
Invalid/blank votes		3,110	0.61
Total votes		508,106	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		733,250	69.30
Source: Nohlen & Stöver [1]

See also

• IV Riigikogu

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p583 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7

• IV Riigikogu valimised : 11.-13. maini 1929 / [koostanud A. Tooms] ; Riigi Statistika Keskbüroo = Élections au parlement : de 11.-13. mai 1929 / Bureau Central de Statistique de l'Estonie Tallinn, 1929 (Tallinn : Riigi trükikoda)