1926 Estonian parliamentary election

1926 Estonian parliamentary election

17 May 1926
100 seats in the Riigikogu 51 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader August Rei Jaan Teemant Party ESTP Farmers' Assemblies Last election 20 seats 23 seats Seats won 24 23 Seat change 4 Popular vote 119,914 111,960 Percentage 22.9% 21.4%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Rudolf Penno Otto Strandman Party Settlers' Party Labour Party Last election 4 seats 12 seats Seats won 14 13 Seat change 10 1 Popular vote 70,702 64,648 Percentage 13.5% 12.3%
State Elder before election Jaan Teemant Farmers' Assemblies State Elder after election Jaan Teemant Farmers' Assemblies

Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia between 15 and 17 May 1926. Before the elections, the electoral law was changed to create more stability by introducing a system of bonds and raising the electoral threshold to require a party to win a minimum of two seats.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Estonian Socialist Workers' Party	119,914	22.91	24	+4
	Farmers' Assemblies	111,960	21.39	23	0
	Settlers' Party	70,702	13.51	14	+10
	Estonian Labour Party	64,648	12.35	13	+1
	Estonian People's Party	38,824	7.42	8	0
	Estonian Workers' Party	30,339	5.80	6	–4
	Christian People's Party	28,133	5.37	5	–3
	Russian parties	17,474	3.34	3	–1
	German-Baltic Party	13,278	2.54	2	–1
	Landlords' Party	12,355	2.36	2	0
	Tenants' Union	6,692	1.28	0	–1
	National Liberal Party	4,854	0.93	0	–4
	Working People's Union	3,704	0.71	0	0
	Country People's Union	603	0.12	0	0
Total		523,480	100.00	100	0
Valid votes		523,480	99.35
Invalid/blank votes		3,421	0.65
Total votes		526,901	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		715,783	73.61
Source: Nohlen & Stöver[1]

See also

• III Riigikogu

References

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

External links

• III Riigikogu valimised : 15.-17. mail 1926 Riigi Statistika Keskbüroo