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1923 Estonian parliamentary election
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100 seats in the Riigikogu; 51 seats needed for a majority
State Elder before election; Juhan Kukk; Labour Party	State Elder after election ; Konstantin Päts; Farmers' Assemblies

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.

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^[1]

References

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

External links

II Riigikogu valimised: 5.-7. mail 1923^{[permanent dead link‍]} Riigi Statistika Keskbüroo

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

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1923 Estonian parliamentary election

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