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2019 Estonian parliamentary election
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All 101 seats in the Riigikogu 51 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout
63.67% (0.56pp)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Kaja Kallas
Jüri Ratas
Mart Helme
Party
Reform
Centre
EKRE
Last election
27.69%, 30 seats
24.81%, 27 seats
8.15%, 7 seats
Seats won
34
26
19
Seat change
4
1
12
Popular vote
162,363
129,618
99,671
Percentage
28.93%
23.10%
17.76%
Swing
1.24pp
1.71pp
9.61pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Helir-Valdor Seeder[1]
Jevgeni Ossinovski[2]
Party
Isamaa
SDE
Last election
13.71%, 14 seats
15.19%, 15 seats
Seats won
12
10
Seat change
2
5
Popular vote
64,219
55,175
Percentage
11.44%
9.83%
Swing
2.27pp
5.36pp
Distribution of seats and the largest party by electoral districts
Prime Minister before election
Jüri Ratas
Centre
Prime Minister after election
Jüri Ratas
Centre
Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia on 3 March 2019. The newly elected 101 members of the 14th Riigikogu assembled at Toompea Castle in Tallinn within ten days of the election. The Reform Party remained the largest party, gaining four seats for a total of 34 and the Conservative People's Party had the largest gain overall, increasing their seat count by 12 to a total of 19 seats.
The Centre Party's result fell below expectations after being polled in tight competition with the Reform Party right before the election. Isamaa and SDE both lost support. Estonia 200 finished at 4.4%, falling just short of the 5% threshold. The Free Party's vote share fell to just 1.2%, resulting in the party losing all 8 of the seats it won in 2015.
In January 2019, the National Electoral Committee announced that ten political parties and fourteen individual candidates had registered to take part in the 2019 parliamentary election. During the campaign period, issues discussed most extensively regarded income taxation and immigration. Individuals from contesting political parties also participated in multiple organised debates in January and February 2019.
The election had a record percentage of votes cast electronically over the Internet up to that point in time. Centre successfully negotiated with the Conservative People's Party (EKRE) and Isamaa afterwards, forming a second government headed by Ratas in April, becoming the first government ever to include EKRE.
^"Helir-Valdor Seeder elected chairman of IRL". ERR. 13 May 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
^"Ossinovski valiti sotside uueks juhiks, Mikser loobus". Postimees. 30 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
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