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

7 May 1923
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 2 3 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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Farmers' Assemblies	99,226	21.57	23	+2
	Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party	64,297	13.98	15	–3
	Estonian Labour Party	51,674	11.23	12	–10
	Workers' United Front	43,711	9.50	10	+5
	Estonian People's Party	34,646	7.53	8	–2
	Christian Democratic Party	33,700	7.32	8	+1
	Independent Socialist Workers' Party	21,704	4.72	5	–6
	National Liberal Party	20,670	4.49	4	New
	Russian parties	18,829	4.09	4	+3
	Settlers' Party	17,266	3.75	4	New
	German-Baltic Party	15,950	3.47	3	–1
	Landlords' Party	9,967	2.17	2	New
	Tenants' Union	6,130	1.33	1	New
	Demobilised Soldiers' Union	5,670	1.23	1	New
	Working People's Union	3,996	0.87	0	New
	Swedish People's League	3,600	0.78	0	New
	Smallholders of Saaremaa	2,496	0.54	0	New
	Economic Group	2,214	0.48	0	–1
	Seto-Ingrian Group	1,514	0.33	0	New
	Smallholders, Settlers, Rural and Urban Workers	832	0.18	0	New
	Seto Smallholders	639	0.14	0	New
	Country People's Party (Võru, Valga and Petseri)	481	0.10	0	New
	Settlers and State Leaseholders	475	0.10	0	New
	Country People's Party	175	0.04	0	New
	Party of Nationalists	175	0.04	0	New
	Country People's Party (Tallinn)	48	0.01	0	New
Total		460,085	100.00	100	0
Valid votes		460,085	96.40
Invalid/blank votes		17,199	3.60
Total votes		477,284	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		702,542	67.94
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

See also

• II Riigikogu

External links

• II Riigikogu valimised: 5.-7. mail 1923 Riigi Statistika Keskbüroo