1923 Estonian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia between 5 and 7 May 1923. There were some controversies - some lists, most remarkably Communist, were declared void before the elections because of electoral law violations, and the results gave Estonia its most fragmented parliament ever.

1923 Estonian parliamentary election

← 1920 7 May 1923 1926 →

100 seats in the Riigikogu
51 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Konstantin Päts August Rei Otto Strandman
Party Farmers' Assemblies ESTP Labour Party
Last election 21 seats 18 seats 22 seats
Seats won 23 15 12
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 3 Decrease 10
Popular vote 99,226 64,297 51,674
Percentage 21.6% 14.0% 11.2%

State Elder before election

Juhan Kukk
Labour Party

State Elder after election

Konstantin Päts
Farmers' Assemblies

Results edit

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Farmers' Assemblies99,22621.5723+2
Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party64,29713.9815–3
Estonian Labour Party51,67411.2312–10
Workers' United Front43,7119.5010+5
Estonian People's Party34,6467.538–2
Christian Democratic Party33,7007.328+1
Independent Socialist Workers' Party21,7044.725–6
National Liberal Party20,6704.494New
Russian parties18,8294.094+3
Settlers' Party17,2663.754New
German-Baltic Party15,9503.473–1
Landlords' Party9,9672.172New
Tenants' Union6,1301.331New
Demobilised Soldiers' Union5,6701.231New
Working People's Union3,9960.870New
Swedish People's League3,6000.780New
Smallholders of Saaremaa2,4960.540New
Economic Group2,2140.480–1
Seto-Ingrian Group1,5140.330New
Smallholders, Settlers, Rural and Urban Workers8320.180New
Seto Smallholders6390.140New
Country People's Party (Võru, Valga and Petseri)4810.100New
Settlers and State Leaseholders4750.100New
Country People's Party1750.040New
Party of Nationalists1750.040New
Country People's Party (Tallinn)480.010New
Total460,085100.001000
Valid votes460,08596.40
Invalid/blank votes17,1993.60
Total votes477,284100.00
Registered voters/turnout702,54267.94
Source: Nohlen & Stöver[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p582 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

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