| Party of Estonian Christian Democrats Erakond Eesti Kristlikud Demokraadid |
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| Leader | Aldo Vinkel |
| Headquarters | Ahtri 12, tuba 204 Tallinn 10151 |
| Ideology | Christian democracy, Euroscepticism |
| International affiliation | None |
| European affiliation | European Christian Political Movement |
| European Parliament Group | None |
| Official colours | Blue, Red |
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| http://www.ekd.ee/ | |
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The Party of Estonian Christian Democrats (Erakond Eesti Kristlikud Demokraadid), formerly known as the Estonian Christian People's Union (Eesti Kristlik Rahvapartei) is a political party in Estonia, which is not represented in the Riigikogu (parliament). The party has 2,167 members. Its chairman is businessman Aldo Vinkel. It is a Christian-conservative party which is opposed to the European Constitution and campaigned against Estonia joining the EU. The party is a member of the European Christian Political Movement (EPCM).
At the 2003 legislative elections, the party won 1.1% of the popular vote (5,275 votes) and no seats. In the 2007 parliamentary election, this improved to 9,443 (1.7%), but still fell far short of the 5% threshold.
In the 2002 local council elections, the EKRP was elected in 3 local councils out of 247 and collected 7 seats. In Kuressaare it collected 1 seat out of 21 (5.6% share of votes; 294 votes), in Pihtla Commune 2 seats out of 11 (24.7% share of votes; 163 votes) and in Püssi 4 seats out of 13 (31.8% share of votes; 191 votes).
In the 2005 local council elections the EKRP took part in 13 local elections out of 227 and collected 3 seats. In the whole country, the party collected 1799 votes which made up 0.36% of all votes. The Party won a seat in Kuressaare (1 seat out of 21; 5.4% share of votes; 264 votes) and Pihtla Commune (2 seats out of 11; 18.3% share of votes; 109 votes)
The party took part, but didn't collect any seats in these councils:
In the town of Püssi the party didn't take part in the elections and lost its four seats. In local elections in Estonia the threshold is 5% of valid votes cast in the council.
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