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.
1926, estonian, parliamentary, election, parliamentary, elections, were, held, estonia, between, 1926, before, elections, electoral, changed, create, more, stability, introducing, system, bonds, raising, electoral, threshold, require, party, minimum, seats, 19. 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 1926 Estonian parliamentary election 1923 17 May 1926 1929 outgoing memberselected members 100 seats in the Riigikogu51 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Leader August Rei Jaan TeemantParty ESTP Farmers AssembliesLast election 20 seats 23 seatsSeats won 24 23Seat change 4Popular vote 119 914 111 960Percentage 22 9 21 4 Third party Fourth party Leader Rudolf Penno Otto StrandmanParty Settlers Party Labour PartyLast election 4 seats 12 seatsSeats won 14 13Seat change 10 1Popular vote 70 702 64 648Percentage 13 5 12 3 State Elder before electionJaan TeemantFarmers Assemblies State Elder after election Jaan TeemantFarmers Assemblies Contents 1 Results 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksResults editPartyVotes Seats Estonian Socialist Workers Party119 91422 9124 4Farmers Assemblies111 96021 39230Settlers Party70 70213 5114 10Estonian Labour Party64 64812 3513 1Estonian People s Party38 8247 4280Estonian Workers Party30 3395 806 4Christian People s Party28 1335 375 3Russian parties17 4743 343 1German Baltic Party13 2782 542 1Landlords Party12 3552 3620Tenants Union6 6921 280 1National Liberal Party4 8540 930 4Working People s Union3 7040 7100Country People s Union6030 1200Total523 480100 001000Valid votes523 48099 35Invalid blank votes3 4210 65Total votes526 901100 00Registered voters turnout715 78373 61Source Nohlen amp Stover 1 See also editIII RiigikoguReferences edit Dieter Nohlen amp Philip Stover 2010 Elections in Europe A data handbook p582 ISBN 978 3 8329 5609 7External links editIII Riigikogu valimised 15 17 mail 1926 Riigi Statistika Keskburoo nbsp nbsp This Estonian elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1926 Estonian parliamentary election amp oldid 1154799237, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
