1999 Estonian parliamentary election

1999 Estonian parliamentary election

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All 101 seats in the Riigikogu 51 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader % Seats +/– Centre Edgar Savisaar 23.41 28 +12 Pro Patria Mart Laar 16.09 18 +10 Reform Siim Kallas 15.92 18 −1 Moderates Andres Tarand 15.21 17 +11 Coalition Mart Siimann 7.58 7 EME Arnold Rüütel 7.27 7 EÜRP Viktor Andrejev 6.13 6 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by electoral district Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election Mart Siimann Coalition Party Mart Laar Pro Patria Union

Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia on 7 March 1999.^[1] The newly elected 101 members of the 9th Riigikogu assembled at Toompea Castle in Tallinn within ten days of the election. The elections proved disastrous for the ruling Estonian Coalition Party, which won only seven seats together with two of its smaller allies. Following the elections, a coalition government was formed by Mart Laar of the Pro Patria Union, including the Reform Party and the Moderates.^[2] It remained in office until Laar resigned in December 2001, after the Reform Party had left the same governing coalition in Tallinn municipality, making opposition leader Edgar Savisaar new Mayor of Tallinn. The Reform Party and the Estonian Centre Party then formed a coalition government that lasted until the 2003 elections.