European elections in Estonia 2014
The 2014 European elections in Estonia took place on Sunday 25 May 2014. It was carried out as part of the EU- wide European elections in 2014 . Estonia has 6 of the 751 seats in the European Parliament .
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It was the third direct election to the European Parliament since the Republic of Estonia joined the European Union on May 1, 2004 and the first European election after Estonia joined the Eurozone on January 1, 2011.
All EU citizens registered on the Estonian electoral roll were entitled to vote. You must be at least 18 years old on election day. The minimum age to stand for election in Estonia is 21 years. Members of the armed forces are exempt from voting.
Election process
The polling stations were open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on election day. Between the tenth and the seventh day before the election, voters outside of their place of residence were able to cast their votes in primary offices. If you lived abroad, you could also vote by post or at an Estonian diplomatic mission abroad.
In addition, up to the fourth day before the election, voters were able to cast their votes online using a digital signature. To do this, you usually need your electronic identity card, a reader and two PINs.
Electoral system
The Estonian MPs are elected according to the principle of proportional representation. In Estonia there is of course no threshold clause in the European elections . The entire country counts as one constituency. The D'Hondt procedure is used to determine the number of representatives .
In contrast to the European elections in Estonia in 2009, the system of open lists applied ; that is, the order of the candidates on the party lists is determined by the voter. The Estonian Parliament ( Riigikogu ) decided to change the law in 2010.
Parties and candidates
Eight political parties and 16 individual candidates ran in Estonia in the 2014 European elections. It was primarily seen as a test of the mood for the ruling social-liberal coalition .
Election result
The turnout was 36.4% (2009: 43.9%; 2004: 26.8%). 31.4% of voters cast their vote over the Internet. The highest voter turnout was in the capital Tallinn, at 43.57% .
The election winner was the ruling liberal Estonian Reform Party , which won two seats (+1). Just behind came the opposition Estonian Center Party , which will in future only be represented by one MP in Strasbourg (−1). As expected, the two other parties represented in parliament ( Riigikogu ) each received a mandate. The non-party individual candidate Indrek Tarand was able to maintain his seat in the European Parliament. The right-wing populist, Eurosceptic Estonian Conservative People's Party , which ran for the first time in elections , had no chance with 4.0% .
| Political party | be right | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | % | +/- | number | +/- | ||
| Estonian Reform Party (RE) | 79,849 | 24.3 | +9.0 | 2 | +1 | |
| Estonian Center Party (K) | 73,419 | 22.4 | −3.7 | 1 | −1 | |
| Fatherland (I) | 45,765 | 13.9 | +1.7 | 1 | ± 0 | |
| Social Democratic Party (SDE) | 44,550 | 13.6 | +4.9 | 1 | ± 0 | |
| Indrek Tarand (Independent Candidate) | 43,369 | 13.2 | -12.6 | 1 | ± 0 | |
| Estonian Conservative People's Party (EKRE) | 13,247 | 4.0 | +1.8 | - | - | |
| Tanel Talve (Independent Candidate) | 10,073 | 3.1 | New | - | - | |
| Silver Meikar (Independent Candidate) | 6,018 | 1.8 | New | - | - | |
| Estonian Independence Party (EIP) | 4.158 | 1.3 | New | - | - | |
| Others | 8,045 | 2.5 | - | - | - | |
| total | 329.766 | 100.0 | - | 6th | - | |
| Valid votes | 328.493 | 99.8 | +0.3 | |||
| Invalid votes | 1,273 | 0.1 | −0.5 | |||
| voter turnout | 329.766 | 36.5 | −7.4 | |||
| Non-voters | 573.107 | 63.5 | +7.4 | |||
| Eligible voters | 902.873 | |||||
| Source: State Electoral Commission | ||||||
Three women and three men were elected as members of the European Parliament in 2014:
- Andrus Ansip , Estonian Reform Party
- Kaja Kallas , Estonian Reform Party
- Yana Toom , Estonian Center Party
- Tunne-Väldo Kelam , Isamaa ja Res Publica Liit
- Marju Lauristin , Estonian Social Democratic Party
- Indrek Tarand , individual candidate
The parties that were not represented in parliament were unable to win a mandate.
The individual candidates had no chance except for MEP Indrek Tarand : Kristiina Ojuland (MEP 2009-2014, former Foreign Minister), Roman Ubakivi (former football player and coach), Dmtri Silber , Andres Inn , Joeri Wiersma (Dutch citizen), Tanel Talve (journalist ), Svetlana Ivnitskaja , Jevgeni Krištafovitš (civil rights activist), Imre Mürk , Olga Sõtnik (Member of Parliament), Krista Mulenok , Taira Aasa , Rene Kuulmann , Silver Meikar (human rights activist, former Estonian Member of Parliament) and Lance Gareth Edward Boxall (British national)
Web links
- Official Final Result (State Election Commission)
- Internet voting in Estonia
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b [1] , on ep2014.vvk.ee
- ↑ http://www.vvk.ee/euroopa-parlamendi-valimised-2014/toimingute-kava
- ↑ http://epl.delfi.ee/news/eesti/jargmised-europarlamendi-valimised-on-avatud-nimekirjadega.d?id=51187493
- ↑ [Estonian Electoral Commission http://www.vvk.ee/euroopa-parlamendi-valimised-2014/kandideerimisinfo-2/registreerimiseks-esitatud-kandidaadid-2/ ]
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