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An election for Members of the European Parliament from Estonia to the European Parliament was held on 25 May 2014.
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An election for Members of the European Parliament from Estonia to the European Parliament was held on 25 May 2014.
| Date | Polling firm | Centre | Tarand | Reform | IRL | SDE | Greens | EKRE | EIP | Others | ||
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| 25 May 2014 | Election results | 22.4 | 13.2 | 24.3 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 7.4 | |||
| 17 May 2014 | TNS Emor | 22 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 1.6 | 5 | |||
| 19 April 2014 | TNS Emor | 16 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 3 | |||||
| 7 June 2009 | Election results | 26.1 | 25.8 | 15.3 | 12.2 | 8.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.23 | 1.8 | – | 2.6 |
1 Not running independently in the elections.
2 Not running in the elections.
3 As People's Union of Estonia
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Estonian Reform Party | 79,849 | 24.31 | 2 | +1 | |
| Estonian Centre Party | 73,419 | 22.35 | 1 | –1 | |
| Pro Patria and Res Publica Union | 45,765 | 13.93 | 1 | 0 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 44,550 | 13.56 | 1 | 0 | |
| Conservative People's Party of Estonia | 13,247 | 4.03 | 0 | 0 | |
| Estonian Independence Party | 4,158 | 1.27 | 0 | New | |
| Estonian Greens | 986 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Estonian United Left Party | 226 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 66,293 | 20.18 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 328,493 | 100.00 | 6 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 328,493 | 99.61 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,273 | 0.39 | |||
| Total votes | 329,766 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 902,873 | 36.52 | |||
| Source: VVK | |||||
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