2019 Estonian parliamentary election

2019 Estonian parliamentary election

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All 101 seats in the Riigikogu
51 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout63.67% (Decrease0.56pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Kaja Kallas Jüri Ratas Mart Helme
Party Reform Centre EKRE
Last election 27.69%, 30 seats 24.81%, 27 seats 8.15%, 7 seats
Seats won 34 26 19
Seat change Increase4 Decrease1 Increase12
Popular vote 162,363 129,618 99,671
Percentage 28.93% 23.10% 17.76%
Swing Increase1.24pp Decrease1.71pp Increase9.61pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Helir-Valdor Seeder[1] Jevgeni Ossinovski[2]
Party Isamaa SDE
Last election 13.71%, 14 seats 15.19%, 15 seats
Seats won 12 10
Seat change Decrease2 Decrease5
Popular vote 64,219 55,175
Percentage 11.44% 9.83%
Swing Decrease2.27pp Decrease5.36pp

Distribution of seats and the largest party by electoral districts

Prime Minister before election

Jüri Ratas
Centre

Prime Minister after election

Jüri Ratas
Centre

Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia on 3 March 2019. The newly elected 101 members of the 14th Riigikogu assembled at Toompea Castle in Tallinn within ten days of the election. The Reform Party remained the largest party, gaining four seats for a total of 34 and the Conservative People's Party had the largest gain overall, increasing their seat count by 12 to a total of 19 seats.

The Centre Party's result fell below expectations after being polled in tight competition with the Reform Party right before the election. Isamaa and SDE both lost support. Estonia 200 finished at 4.4%, falling just short of the 5% threshold. The Free Party's vote share fell to just 1.2%, resulting in the party losing all 8 of the seats it won in 2015.

In January 2019, the National Electoral Committee announced that ten political parties and fourteen individual candidates had registered to take part in the 2019 parliamentary election. During the campaign period, issues discussed most extensively regarded income taxation and immigration. Individuals from contesting political parties also participated in multiple organised debates in January and February 2019.

The election had a record percentage of votes cast electronically over the Internet up to that point in time. Centre successfully negotiated with the Conservative People's Party (EKRE) and Isamaa afterwards, forming a second government headed by Ratas in April, becoming the first government ever to include EKRE.

  1. ^ "Helir-Valdor Seeder elected chairman of IRL". ERR. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Ossinovski valiti sotside uueks juhiks, Mikser loobus". Postimees. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.

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