Parliamentary elections in Estonia in 1995
The parliamentary elections in Estonia in 1995 took place on Sunday, March 5th, 1995. It was the election for the 8th Riigikogu of the Republic of Estonia .
Electoral system
101 seats were redetermined in the Estonian parliament. The legislative period was four years. There was a five percent threshold . The election was based on proportional representation .
Election result
The block " Coalition Party and Peasant Party " was the winner . He got 32.2 percent of the vote and received 41 seats in parliament. The Estonian Reform Party (RE) landed in second place with 16.2 percent . The third strongest force was the Estonian Center Party (K) with 14.2 percent.
Political party | be right | Seats | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number | % | +/- | number | +/- | ||
Block " Coalition Party and Peasant Party " (KMÜ) | 174,248 | 32.2 | +18.6 | 41 | +24 | |
Estonian Reform Party (RE) | 87,531 | 16.2 | +16.2 | 19th | +19 | |
Estonian Center Party (K) | 76,634 | 14.2 | +1.9 | 16 | +1 | |
Block "Union of Fatherland and ERSP " (I / ERSP) | 42,493 | 7.9 | −14.1 | 8th | −21 | |
Block " The Moderates " (M) | 32,381 | 6.0 | −3.7 | 6th | −6 | |
Block "Our homeland is Estonia!" (MKOE) | 31,763 | 5.9 | +5.9 | 6th | +6 | |
"Rights" block (P) | 27.053 | 5.0 | +5.0 | 5 | +5 | |
Block "Better Estonia / Estonian Citizen" (PE / EK) | 19,529 | 3.6 | −3.3 | - | −8 | |
Future Party of Estonia (TEE) | 13,907 | 2.6 | +2.6 | - | - | |
Block "Justice" (Õ) | 12,248 | 2.3 | +0.7 | - | - | |
Farmers' Party (ETRE) | 8,146 | 1.5 | +1.5 | - | - | |
Fourth Force Block (NJ) | 4,377 | 0.8 | +0.8 | - | - | |
Central Union of Estonian Nationalists (ERKL) | 3,477 | 0.6 | +0.6 | - | - | |
Forest Party (ME) | 3,239 | 0.6 | +0.6 | - | - | |
Estonian Blue Party (ESE) | 1.913 | 0.4 | +0.4 | - | - | |
Estonian Democratic Union (EDL) | 316 | 0.1 | +0.1 | - | - | |
Independent candidates | 1,444 | 0.3 | −4.0 | - | - | |
total | 540,699 | 100.0 | 101 | |||
Valid votes | 540,699 | 99.1 | +1.1 | |||
Invalid votes | 5.126 | 0.9 | −1.1 | |||
voter turnout | 545.825 | 69.1 | +1.3 | |||
Non-voters | 244,567 | 30.9 | −1.3 | |||
Eligible voters | 790.392 | |||||
Source: State Electoral Commission |
Web links
- State Electoral Commission Official Website (Estonian, English)
- Estonian Parliament - Riigikogu Official Website (Estonian, English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Official election result 1995 State Election Commission (Estonian)