Estonian parliamentary election, 1999

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Estonian parliamentary election, 1999
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101 seats in the Riigikogu
51 seats were needed for a majority

  First party Second party
  Edgar Savisaar 2005.jpg MartLaar2007.jpg
Leader Edgar Savisaar Mart Laar
Party Centre Pro Patria Union
Last election 16 seats 8 seats
Seats won 28 18
Seat changeIncrease2.svg12Increase2.svg10
Popular vote 113,378 77,917
Percentage 23.4% 16.1%
  Third party Fourth party
  Siim Kallas 3.JPG Andres Tarand 12.4.2012.jpg
Leader Siim Kallas Andres Tarand
Party Reform Moderates
Last election 19 seats 6 seats
Seats won 18 17
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg11
Popular vote 77,088 73,630
Percentage 15.9% 15.2%
Prime Minister before election

Mart Siimann
Coalition Party

Elected Prime Minister

Mart Laar
Pro Patria Union

Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia on 7 March 1999. [1] The elections proved disastrous for the Estonian Coalition Party, which won only seven seats together with two of its smaller allies. The Estonian Country People's Union, which participated the election on its own list, obtained seven seats as well.

Estonia Republic in Northern Europe

Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland with Finland on the other side, to the west by the Baltic Sea with Sweden on the other side, to the south by Latvia (343 km), and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia (338.6 km). The territory of Estonia consists of a mainland and 2,222 islands in the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of 45,227 km2 (17,462 sq mi), water 2,839 km2 (1,096 sq mi), land area 42,388 km2 (16,366 sq mi), and is influenced by a humid continental climate. The official language of the country, Estonian, is the second most spoken Finnic language.

Estonian Coalition Party political party

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Contents

The programme of Mart Laar’s government was signed by Pro Patria Union, Reform Party, Moderates and People’s Party. The latter two merged soon after, so Mart Laar’s second government is widely known as Kolmikliit, or Tripartite coalition. Notwithstanding the different political orientation of the ruling parties, the coalition stayed united until Mart Laar resigned in December 2001, after Reform Party had broken up the same coalition in Tallinn municipality, making opposition leader Edgar Savisaar new Mayor of Tallinn. After resignation of Laar, Reform Party and Estonian Centre Party formed a coalition that lasted until next parliamentary election, 2003.

Mart Laar Estonian politician and historian

Mart Laar is an Estonian politician and historian. He served as the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2002. Laar is credited with having helped bring about Estonia’s rapid economic development during the 1990s. He is a member of the Pro Patria party.

The Pro Patria Union was a national conservative political party in Estonia. The party was founded on 2 December 1995 from a merger of the Estonian National Independence Party and the Pro Patria National Coalition.

Estonian Reform Party political party from Estonia

The Estonian Reform Party is a liberal political party in Estonia. The party is led by Kaja Kallas and has 34 members in the 101-member Riigikogu, making it the largest party in the legislature.

Electoral system

The threshold was 5% of the national vote. Electoral cartels were not allowed any more, but it didn't prevent a party from including members of another party in its list.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Estonian Centre Party 113,37823.428+12
Pro Patria Union 77,91716.118+10
Estonian Reform Party 77,08815.918–1
Moderates [a] 73,63015.217+11
Estonian Coalition Party [b] 36,6927.67–
Estonian Country People's Union 35,2047.37–
Estonian United People's Party [c] 29.6826.16–
Estonian Christian People's Party 11,7452.40New
Russian Party in Estonia 9,8252.00–
Estonian Blue Party7,7451.600
Farmers' Assembly2,4210.50–
Progress Party1,8540.40New
Independents7,0581.500
Invalid/blank votes8,117–––
Total492,3561001010
Registered voters/turnout857,27057.4––
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

a The Moderates' list included representatives of the Estonian People's Party.

The Estonian People's Party was a centre-right political party in Estonia.

b The Estonian Coalition Party list included members of the Estonian Country Union and the Party of Estonian Pensioners and Families.

c The Estonian United People's Party included members of the Estonian Social Democratic Labour Party and the Russian Unity Party.

Estonian Left Party was a left socialist political party in Estonia.

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References

  1. ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p574 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7


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