Estonian parliamentary election, 1920

Estonian parliamentary election, 1920

29 November 1920
100 seats in the Riigikogu 51 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Otto August Strandman Konstantin Päts August Rei Party Labour Party Farmers' Assemblies Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party Last election 30 seats 8 seats 41 seats Seats won 22 21 18 Seat change -8 (-3.2%) +13 (+14.1%) -23 (-16.3%) Popular vote 99,030 97,825 80,211 Percentage 21.1% 20.8% 17.1%
Prime Minister before election Ants Piip Labour Party Elected State Elder Konstantin Päts Farmers' Assemblies

Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia between 27 and 29 November 1920, the first held under the 1920 constitution. 100 deputies were elected into the new Riigikogu by party lists in 10 regions, by which one party or electoral bloc could put up several lists in one region. Seats were still distributed on the state level, where votes for different lists were summed up by their political affiliation and then seats distributed using d'Hondt formula. Thereafter seats for one party or bloc were distributed between different lists of that political force using the same formula.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Estonian Labour Party	99,030	21.0	22	–8
Farmers' Assemblies	97,825	20.8	21	+13
Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party	80,211	17.0	18	–23
Estonian Independent Socialist Workers' Party	50,119	10.6	11	+4
Estonian People's Party	48,927	10.4	10	–15
Christian Democratic Party	35,420	7.5	7	+2
Central Committee of Tallinn Trade Unions	24,849	5.3	5	New
German-Baltic Party	18,444	3.9	4	+1
Russian National Union	4,744	1.0	1	New
Economic Group	4,948	1.1	1	New
Russian People's Union	3,876	0.8	0	New
Citizens of the Republic of Estonia at Lake Peipsi	1,344	0.3	0	New
Men of Our Mats	614	0.1	0	New
Fighting Army of the Republic of Estonia	221	0.0	0	New
Jewish Minority	211	0.0	0	New
Jewish National Minority	184	0.0	0	New
Christian Group	168	0.0	0	New
Eligible voters of Kuigatsi Parish	48	0.0	0	New
Total	471,228	100	100	–20
Registered voters/turnout	653,000	72.2	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

• II Riigikogu valimised : 5.-7. mail 1923 / Riigi Statistika Keskbüroo = Élections au parlement : de 5.-7. mai 1923 / Bureau Central de Statistique de l'Estonie - Tallinn : Riigi Statistika Keskbüroo, 1923 (Tallinn : Tallinna Eesti Kirjastus-Ühisus ; Narva : M. Minis)