1920 Estonian parliamentary election

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1920 Estonian parliamentary election
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29 November 1920 1923  

100 seats in the Riigikogu
51 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Prime minister Otto Strandman.jpg Konstantin Pats 1934.jpg August Rei (cropped).jpg
Leader Otto Strandman Konstantin Päts August Rei
Party Labour Party Farmers' Assemblies ESTP
Last election30 seats8 seats41 seats
Seats won222118
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 8Increase2.svg 13Decrease2.svg 23
Popular vote99,03097,82580,211
Percentage21.02%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.

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Estonian Labour Party 99,03021.0222–8
Farmers' Assemblies 97,82520.7621+13
Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party 80,21117.0218–23
Estonian Independent Socialist Workers' Party 50,11910.6411+4
Estonian People's Party 48,97210.3910–15
Christian Democratic Party 35,4207.527+2
Central Committee of Tallinn Trade Unions 24,8495.275New
German-Baltic Party 18,4443.914+1
Russian National Union 4,7441.0110
Economic Group 4,9481.051New
Russian People's Union3,8760.820New
Citizens of the Republic of Estonia at Lake Peipus1,3440.290New
Men of Our Mats6140.130New
Fighting Army of the Republic of Estonia2210.050New
Jewish Minority2110.040New
Jewish National Minority1840.040New
Christian Group1680.040New
Eligible voters of Kuigatsi Parish480.010New
Total471,228100.00100–20
Registered voters/turnout653,000
Source: Nohlen & Stöver [1]

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References

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