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![]() Vote Share in the 2019 European Parliament election in Estonia by most voted (top) and second most voted (bottom) party per county. |
An election for the Members of the European Parliament from Estonia took place on May 26, 2019. [1] Due to the United Kingdom's impending withdrawal from the European Union and the redistribution of its European Parliament seats, the number of elected MEPs from Estonia was increased from six to seven. [2]
Poll results are listed in the table below in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first. The highest percentage figure in each poll is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's color. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded.
Date | Sample size | Polling firm | Ref | Kesk | I | SDE | Ind. | EKRE | Green | E200 | Others |
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5–18 March 2019 | 1,004 | Turu-uuringute AS | 30 | 22 | 11 | 8 | – | 18 | – | 4 | 7 |
7–20 Feb 2019 | 4,716 | Turu-uuringute AS | 28 | 28 | 7 | 7 | – | 15 | – | 6 | 9 |
January 2019 | 1,000 | Turu-uuringute AS | 26 | 32 | 5 | 6 | – | 13 | – | 6 | 15 |
November 2018 | 1,055 | Kantar Emor | 25 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
24 May 2014 | – | Election Results | 24.3 | 22.4 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 13.2 | 4.0 | 0.3 | – | 8.4 |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Estonian Reform Party | 87,160 | 26.24 | 2 | 0 | |
Social Democratic Party | 77,375 | 23.30 | 2 | +1 | |
Estonian Centre Party | 47,799 | 14.39 | 1 | 0 | |
Conservative People's Party of Estonia | 42,265 | 12.73 | 1 | +1 | |
Isamaa | 34,188 | 10.29 | 0 | –1 | |
Estonia 200 | 10,700 | 3.22 | 0 | New | |
Estonian Greens | 5,824 | 1.75 | 0 | 0 | |
Estonian Biodiversity Party | 2,951 | 0.89 | 0 | New | |
Estonian United Left Party | 221 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | |
Independents | 23,621 | 7.11 | 0 | –1 | |
Total | 332,104 | 100.00 | 6 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 332,104 | 99.77 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 755 | 0.23 | |||
Total votes | 332,859 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 885,417 | 37.59 | |||
Source: VVK |
Party | Name | |
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Ref | Andrus Ansip | |
Urmas Paet | ||
SDE | Marina Kaljurand | |
Sven Mikser | ||
Kesk | Yana Toom | |
EKRE | Jaak Madison | |
I | Riho Terras (after Brexit on 2020-02-01) | |
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