Estonian parliamentary election, 2007

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Parliamentary elections took place in Estonia on Sunday, March 4, 2007 to elect members of the Riigikogu. The electoral system was a two-tier semi-open list proportional representation system with a 5% (27,510.65 votes) election threshold. It was the world's first nationwide vote where part of the votecasting was allowed in the form of remote electronic voting via the Internet.

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[edit] Voting

Voter turnout in the 2007 Riigikogu election was 61.91%.[1]

[edit] E-voting via the Internet

Main article: Electronic voting in Estonia

In 2007 Estonia held its and the world's first national Internet election. Voting was available from February 26 to 28.[2] A total of 30,275 citizens (3.4%) used Internet voting.[3]

Electronic voting in Estonia began in October 2005 local elections when Estonia became the first country to have legally binding general elections using the Internet as a means of casting the vote and was declared a success by the Estonian election officials.

[edit] The contenders and their prime-ministerial candidates

[edit] Parties represented in the previous Parliament

[edit] Parties not represented in the previous Parliament

Also, seven independent candidates stood in this election.[4]


[edit] Seats by electoral district

The district number Electoral District Seats
1 Haabersti, Põhja-Tallinn and Kristiine districts in Tallinn 8
2 Kesklinn, Lasnamäe and Pirita districts in Tallinn 11
3 Mustamäe and Nõmme districts in Tallinn 8
4 Harjumaa (without Tallinn) and Raplamaa counties 13
5 Hiiumaa, Läänemaa and Saaremaa counties 7
6 Lääne-Virumaa county 6
7 Ida-Virumaa county 8
8 Järvamaa and Viljandimaa counties 8
9 Jõgevamaa and Tartumaa counties (without Tartu) 7
10 Tartu city 8
11 Võrumaa, Valgamaa and Põlvamaa counties 9
12 Pärnumaa county 8

[edit] Election results

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Summary of the 4 March 2007 Parliament of Estonia election results
Party Ideology Votes % Change Seats Change
  Estonian Reform Party (Eesti Reformierakond) Classical liberalism 153,044 27.8% +10.1% 31 +12
  Estonian Centre Party (Eesti Keskerakond) Social liberalism 143,518 26.1% +0.7% 29 +1
  Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica (Isamaa ja Res Publica Liit)1 Conservatism 98,347 17.9% –14.0% 19 –16
  Social Democratic Party (Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond)2 Social democracy 58,363 10.6% +3.6% 10 +4
  Estonian Greens (Erakond Eestimaa Rohelised)3 Green politics 39,279 7.1% +7.1% 6 +6
  People's Union of Estonia (Eestimaa Rahvaliit) Agrarianism 39,215 7.1% –5.9% 6 –7
  Party of Estonian Christian Democrats (Erakond Eesti Kristlikud Demokraadid)4 Christian democracy 9,456 1.7% +0.7% 0 —
  Constitution Party (Konstitutsioonierakond)5 Russian minority, left-wing 5,464 1.0% –1.2% 0 —
  Estonian Independence Party (Eesti Iseseisvuspartei) Euroscepticism, Nationalism 1,273 0.2% –0.4% 0 —
  Russian Party in Estonia (Vene Eesti Erakond) Russian minority 1,084 0.2% ±0.0% 0 —
  Estonian Left Party (Eesti Vasakpartei)6 Democratic socialism 607 0.1% –0.3% 0 —
  Independents 563 0.1% –0.3% 0 —
Total 550,213 100.0% — 101 —

Note 1: Compared to the sum of the Res Publica Party and the Pro Patria Union, who merged to form the Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica in 2006.
Note 2: Compared to the Moderate People's Party, which became the Social Democratic Party in 2004.
Note 3: The Greens did not participate in the previous elections.
Note 4: Compared to the Estonian Christian People's Union, which became the Party of Estonian Christian Democrats in 2006.
Note 5: Compared to the Estonian United People's Party, which became the Constitution Party in 2006.
Note 6: Compared to the Estonian Social Democratic Labour Party, which became the Estonian Left Party in 2004.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Election Day: Turn-out on the page of the Estonian National Electoral Committee
  2. ^ Estonia to hold first national Internet election, News.com, February 21, 2007
  3. ^ Estonia Scores World Web First In National Polls, InformationWeek February 28, 2007
  4. ^ Independent candidates on the page of the Estonian National Electoral Committee. The page is in Estonian.

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