Estonian parliamentary election, 2007

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Parliamentary elections took place in Estonia on Sunday, March 4, 2007. The electoral system was a two-tier semi-open list proportional representation system with a 5% (27,510.65 votes) election threshold. It was the world's first nationwide vote where part of the votecasting was allowed in the form of remote electronic voting via the Internet.

1 Voting
2 E-voting via the Internet
3 The contenders and their prime-ministerial candidates
- 3.1 Parties represented in the previous Parliament
- 3.2 Parties not represented in the previous Parliament
4 Seats by electoral district
5 Election results
6 Notes
7 References
8 External link

[edit] Voting

Voter turnout in the 2007 Riigikogu election was 61.91%.^[1]

[edit] E-voting via the Internet

Main article: Electronic voting in Estonia

In 2007 Estonia held its and the world's first national Internet election. Voting was available from February 26 to 28.^[2] A total of 30,275 citizens (3.4%) used Internet voting.^[3]

Electronic voting in Estonia began in October 2005 local elections when Estonia became the first country to have legally binding general elections using the Internet as a means of casting the vote and was declared a success by the Estonian election officials.

[edit] The contenders and their prime-ministerial candidates

[edit] Parties represented in the previous Parliament

Social Democratic Party - Ivari Padar
People's Union of Estonia - Villu Reiljan
Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica - Mart Laar
Estonian Reform Party - Andrus Ansip
Estonian Centre Party - Edgar Savisaar

[edit] Parties not represented in the previous Parliament

Also, seven independent candidates stood in this election.^[4]

[edit] Seats by electoral district

The district number	Electoral District	Seats
1	Haabersti, Põhja-Tallinn and Kristiine districts in Tallinn	8
2	Kesklinn, Lasnamäe and Pirita districts in Tallinn	11
3	Mustamäe and Nõmme districts in Tallinn	8
4	Harjumaa (without Tallinn) and Raplamaa counties	13
5	Hiiumaa, Läänemaa and Saaremaa counties	7
6	Lääne-Virumaa county	6
7	Ida-Virumaa county	8
8	Järvamaa and Viljandimaa counties	8
9	Jõgevamaa and Tartumaa counties (without Tartu)	7
10	Tartu city	8
11	Võrumaa, Valgamaa and Põlvamaa counties	9
12	Pärnumaa county	8

[edit] Election results

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Summary of the 4 March 2007 Parliament of Estonia **election results**
Party		Ideology	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Estonian Reform Party	Classical liberalism	153,044	27.8%	+10.1%	31	+12
	Estonian Centre Party	Social liberalism	143,518	26.1%	+0.7%	29	+1
	Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica¹	Conservatism	98,347	17.9%	–14.0%	19	–16
	Social Democratic Party²	Social democracy	58,363	10.6%	+3.6%	10	+4
	Estonian Greens³	Green politics	39,279	7.1%	+7.1%	6	+6
	People's Union of Estonia	Agrarianism	39,215	7.1%	–5.9%	6	–7
	Party of Estonian Christian Democrats⁴	Christian democracy	9,456	1.7%	+0.7%	0	—
	Constitution Party⁵	Russian minority, left-wing	5,464	1.0%	–1.2%	0	—
	Estonian Independence Party	Euroscepticism, Nationalism	1,273	0.2%	–0.4%	0	—
	Russian Party in Estonia	Russian minority	1,084	0.2%	±0.0%	0	—
	Estonian Left Party⁶	Democratic socialism	607	0.1%	–0.3%	0	—
	Independents		563	0.1%	–0.3%	0	—
Total			550,213	100.0%	—	101	—

[edit] Notes

Note 1: Compared to the sum of the Res Publica Party and the Pro Patria Union, who merged to form the Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica in 2006.
Note 2: Compared to the Moderate People's Party, which became the Social Democratic Party in 2004.
Note 3: The Greens did not participate in the previous elections.
Note 4: Compared to the Estonian Christian People's Union, which became the Party of Estonian Christian Democrats in 2006.
Note 5: Compared to the Estonian United People's Party, which became the Constitution Party in 2006.
Note 6: Compared to the Estonian Social Democratic Labour Party, which became the Estonian Left Party in 2004.