Estonian parliamentary election, 1920

Estonian parliamentary election, 1920

1919 ←
29 November 1920
→ 1923

100 seats in the Riigikogu
51 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Otto August Strandman Konstantin Päts August Rei
Party Labour Party Farmers' Assemblies Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party
Last election 30 seats 8 seats 41 seats
Seats won 22 21 18
Seat change -8 (-3.2%) +13 (+14.1%) -23 (-16.3%)
Popular vote 99,030 97,825 80,211
Percentage 21.1% 20.8% 17.1%

Prime Minister before election

Ants Piip
Labour Party

Elected State Elder

Konstantin Päts
Farmers' Assemblies

Estonian parliamentary elections, 1920 to form the I Riigikogu were held from 27 to 29 November 1920. Those were the first elections by the constitution of 1920. 100 deputies were elected into the new parliament by party lists in 10 regions, by which one party or electoral bloc could put up several lists in one region. Seats were still distributed on the state level, where votes for different lists were summed up by their political affiliation and then seats distributed using d'Hondt formula. Thereafter seats for one party or bloc were distributed between different lists of that political force using the same formula.

Results

Party Ideology Votes  % swing MPs % of MPs % of MPs swing
Estonian Labour Party
(Eesti Tööerakond)
Centre-left 99,030 21.1% 3.5% 22 22% 3.2%
Farmers' Assemblies
(Põllumeeste Kogud)
Agrarianism, conservatism 97,825 20.8% 14.4% 21 21% 14.1%
Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party
(Eesti Sotsiaaldemokraatline Tööliste Partei)
Social democracy 80,211 17.1% 15.5% 18 18% 16.3%
Estonian Independent Socialist Workers' Party
(Eesti Iseseisev Sotsialistlik Tööliste Partei)
Far-left 50,119 10.7% 10.7% 11 11% 10.9%
Estonian People's Party
(Eesti Rahvaerakond)
Centre-right 48,927 10.4% 9.9% 10 10% 10.9%
Estonian Christian Peoples Party
(Eesti Kristlik Rahvaerakond)
Christian conservatism 33,700 7.2% 2.9% 7 7% 2.8%
Central Committee of Tallinn Trade Unions
(Tallinna Ametiühisuste Kesknõukogu)
Communism 24,849 5.3% 5.3% 5 5% 5.0%
German-Baltic Party
(Saksa-Balti Erakond)
Minority interests 18,444 3.9% 1.5% 4 4% 1.5%
Russian National Union in Estonia
(Vene Rahvusline Liit Eestis)
Minority interests 8,620 1.8% 0.6% 1 1% 0.2%
Economic Group
(Majandusline Rühm)
Liberalism 4,948 1.1% 1.1% 1 1% 1.0%
Citizens of the Republic of Estonia at lake Peipsi
(Eesti Vabariigi Peipsiäärsed kodanikud)
Regional interests 1,344 0.3% 0.3%
Men of Our Mats
(Meie Matsi Mehed)
Interest group 614 0.1% 0.1%
Fighting Army of the Republic of Estonia
(Eesti Vabariigi Võitlussõjavägi)
Interest group 221 0.0% 0.0%
Jewish Minority
(Juudi Vähemusrahvus)
Minority interests 211 0.0% 0.0%
Jewish National Minority
(Juudi rahva vähemus)
Minority interests 184 0.0% 0.0%
Christian Group
(Kristlik Rühm)
Christian 168 0.0% 0.0%
Eligible voters of Kuigatsi Parish
(Kuigatsi valla hääleõiguslikud kodanikud)
Regional interests 48 0.0% 0.0%
Total valid votes 469,508 100.0% 100
  • Results of Farmers' Assemblies are compared to the Estonian Country People's Union.
  • Results of the German-Baltic Party are compared to the German Party in Estonia.
  • Results of the Russian National Union in Estonia are compared to the Russian Citizens' Assembly.

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