European elections in Estonia 2019
The European elections in Estonia in 2019 took place on May 26, 2019. It was carried out as part of the EU- wide European elections in 2019 . It was the fourth direct election to the European Parliament since the Republic of Estonia joined the European Union in 2004.
In Estonia, 6 mandates were initially awarded in the European Parliament ; after the UK leaves the EU, another MEP from Estonia will enter the European Parliament.
The election took place almost three months after the Estonian parliamentary election on March 3, 2019 .
Suffrage
All EU citizens who are registered on the Estonian electoral roll are 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.
The polling stations are open on election day from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Between the tenth and the seventh day before the election, voters outside of their place of residence can cast their votes in primary offices. If you are living abroad, you can also vote by post or at an Estonian diplomatic mission abroad.
In addition, voters can cast their vote online using a digital signature up to the fourth day before the election. To do this, you usually need your electronic identity card, a reader and two PINs.
The Estonian MPs are elected according to the principle of proportional representation. The entire country counts as one constituency. The D'Hondt procedure is used to determine the number of representatives . The system of open lists applies , that is, the order of the candidates on the party lists is determined by the voter. There is no explicit blocking clause , but the electoral system results in a factual blocking clause of up to 12.5%.
Parties and candidates
The following parties are currently polled regularly:
| Political party | European party |
Seats Estonian Parliament in 2015 |
Seats Estonian Parliament 2019 |
Seats European Parliament 2014 |
EP Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform Party (RE) | ALDE | 30th | 34 | 2 | ALDE |
| Center Party (K) | ALDE | 27 | 26th | 1 | ALDE |
| Social Democrats (SDE) | SPE | 15th | 10 | 1 | S&D |
| Fatherland ( Isamaa ) | EPP | 14th | 12 | 1 | EPP |
| Free Party (EVA) | - | 8th | - | - | - |
| Conservative People's Party (EKRE) | - | 7th | 19th | - | - |
| Green (EER) | EGP | - | - | - | - |
| Eesti 200 (E200) | - | - | - | - | - |
Indrek Tarand was elected to the European Parliament as an independent in 2014. He joined the Greens / EFA group and the European Green Party . He is no longer running for the European Parliament, but ran for the Social Democrats in the elections to the national parliament in March 2019. But he could not win a mandate there.
Isamaa surprisingly announced in March 2019 that it wanted to go into the European elections with the former general and commander of the Defense Forces , Riho Terras , as the top candidate. A week later, the EKRE adopted its list of candidates for the EU Parliament. She decided with her party leader Mart Helme to run as the top candidate. The SDE nominated former foreign minister and presidential candidate Marina Kaljurand , while the reform party with its long-time chairman, EU commissioner and former prime minister Andrus Ansip and the center party with MEP Yana Toom ran as the top candidates.
Survey
Polls before the election
| Institute | date | RE | K | I. | SDE | EKRE | EER | E200 | Independent | Otherwise. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cantar Emor | 05/23/2019 | 22.8 | 16.8 | 9.4 | 20.6 | 11.8 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 8.7 | 2.2 |
| Norstat | 05/22/2019 | 21.2 | 19.5 | 9.0 | 21.9 | 11.9 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 6.4 | 4.9 |
| Turu-uuringute AS | 05/15/2019 | 20th | 19th | 9 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 6th | 6.4 | 1 |
| Norstat | 05/15/2019 | 21.3 | 19.2 | 8.9 | 22.5 | 12.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| Cantar Emor | 05/09/2019 | 27.5 | 17.8 | 8.2 | 18.2 | 11.3 | 1.3 | 7th | 6.9 | 1.8 |
| Norstat | 05/09/2019 | 21.3 | 18.3 | 7.8 | 24.7 | 12.8 | 2.7 | 4.0 | - | 7.7 |
| Norstat | 05/02/2019 | 22.6 | 18.9 | 10.0 | 21.3 | 11.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | - | 8.6 |
| Norstat | April 17, 2019 | 22.3 | 20.3 | 10.7 | 16.9 | 13.6 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 4th | 1.9 |
| Cantar Emor | April 15, 2019 | 22.9 | 18.0 | 9.4 | 15.5 | 11.1 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 10.1 | 3.4 |
| Norstat | 04/10/2019 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 19th | 13 | 4th | 5 | - | 1 |
| Turu-uuringute AS | 03/18/2019 | 30th | 22nd | 11 | 8th | 18th | - | 4th | - | 7th |
| Turu-uuringute AS | 02/20/2019 | 28 | 28 | 7th | 7th | 15th | - | 6th | - | 9 |
| Turu-uuringute AS | 01/28/2019 | 26th | 32 | 5 | 6th | 13 | - | 6th | - | 15th |
| Cantar Emor | 11/27/2018 | 25th | 22nd | 5 | 6th | 17th | 3 | 9 | 11 | 2 |
| European elections 2014 | 05/25/2014 | 24.3 | 22.4 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 4.0 | 0.3 | - | 13.2 | 8.3 |
course
Election result
Of the 885,417 eligible voters, 332,859 (37.6%) took part in the vote. 155,521 people cast their votes over the Internet.
| Political party | be right | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | % | +/- | number | +/- | ||
| Estonian Reform Party (RE) | 87,160 | 26.2% | +1.9% | 2 | ± 0 | |
| Social Democratic Party (SDE) | 77,375 | 23.3% | + 9.7% | 2 | +1 | |
| Estonian Center Party (K) | 47,799 | 14.4% | −8.0% | 1 | ± 0 | |
| Estonian Conservative People's Party (EKRE) | 42,265 | 12.7% | + 8.7% | 1 | +1 | |
| Fatherland (I) | 34,188 | 10.3% | −3.6% | 0 (1 * ) | −1 (± 0) | |
| Raimond Kaljulaid (Independent Candidate) | 20,640 | 6.2% | (New) | 0 | - | |
| Eesti 200 (E200) | 10,700 | 3.2% | (New) | 0 | - | |
| Green (EER) | 5,824 | 1.8% | +1.5% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Biodiversity party | 2,951 | 0.9% | (New) | 0 | - | |
| Others | 3,202 | 1.1% | - | 0 | −1 | |
| total | 332.104 | 100.0% | - | 6 (7) | - | |
| Invalid votes | 755 | 0.02% | −0.08% | |||
| voter turnout | 332.859 | 37.6% | +1.1% | |||
| Eligible voters | 885.417 | |||||
| Source: State Electoral Commission | ||||||
Political groups in the European Parliament
| Political party | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | +/- | % | ||
| Renew Europe (RE) | 3 | ± 0 | 50.00% (42.86%) | |
| Progressive Alliance of Social Democrats (S&D) | 2 | +1 | 33.33% (28.57%) | |
| Identity and Democracy (ID) | 1 | New | 16.67% (14.29%) | |
| European People's Party (EPP) | 0 (1) | −1 (± 0) | 0% (14.29%) | |
| The Greens / European Free Alliance (Greens / EFA) | 0 | −1 | 0% | |
| European Conservatives and Reformists (EKR) | 0 | ± 0 | 0% | |
| United European Left / Nordic Green Left (GUE / NGL) | 0 | ± 0 | 0% | |
| total | 6 (7) | - (+1) | 100.0 | |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results by national party: 2019-2024 Estonia - Final results. European Parliament website, May 28, 2019, accessed on May 29, 2019 .
- ↑ news.err.ee , online news from June 18, 2018 (English)
- ↑ poliitika.postimees.ee , online report from May 26, 2018 (Estonian)
- ↑ news.err.ee , online release of March 24, 2019 (English)
- ↑ news.err.ee , online news from March 31, 2019 (English)
- ↑ news.err.ee , online news from April 16, 2019 (English)
- ↑ Kantar Emor May 23, 2019 , on poliitika.ee
- ↑ Norstat May 22, 2019 , on inst.ee
- ↑ Turu-uuringute AS May 15, 2019
- ↑ Norstat May 15, 2019 , on inst.ee
- ↑ Kantar Emor May 9, 2019 , on poliitika.ee
- ↑ Norstat May 9, 2019 , on inst.ee
- ↑ Norstat May 2, 2019 , on inst.ee
- ↑ Norstat April 17, 2019 , on inst.ee
- ↑ Kantar Emor April 15, 2019
- ↑ Norstat April 10, 2019 , on inst.ee
- ↑ Turu-uuringute AS March 18, 2019
- ↑ Turu-uuringute AS February 20, 2019
- ↑ Turu-uuringute AS January 28, 2019
- ↑ Kantar Emor November 27, 2018
- ↑ a b c European Parliament 2019. Valimised, accessed on June 3, 2019 (English, Estonian).
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