1929 Estonian parliamentary election

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13 May 1929

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100 seats in the Riigikogu
51 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	August Rei	Jaan Teemant	Rudolf Penno
Party	ESTP	Farmers' Assemblies	Settlers' Party
Last election	24 seats	23 seats	14 seats
Seats won	25	24	14
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	121,024	116,715	69,069
Percentage	23.97%	23.11%	13.68%

State Elder before election

August Rei
ESTP

State Elder after election

Otto Strandman
Labour Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia between 11 and 13 May 1929.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Estonian Socialist Workers' Party	121,024	23.97	25	+1
	Farmers' Assemblies	116,715	23.11	24	+1
	Settlers' Party	69,069	13.68	14	0
	Estonian Labour Party	51,527	10.20	10	–3
	Estonian People's Party	45,033	8.92	9	+1
	Estonian Workers' Party	31,094	6.16	6	0
	Christian People's Party	20,863	4.13	4	–1
	German-Baltic Party–Swedish People's League	16,235	3.21	3	+1
	Landlords' Party	14,627	2.90	3	+1
	Russian parties	12,797	2.53	2	–1
	Workers, Lodgers, Fishermen and Smallholders	6,012	1.19	0	New
Total		504,996	100.00	100	0

Valid votes		504,996	99.39
Invalid/blank votes		3,110	0.61
Total votes		508,106	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		733,250	69.30
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p583 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

IV Riigikogu valimised : 11.-13. maini 1929 / ; Riigi Statistika Keskbüroo = Élections au parlement : de 11.-13. mai 1929 / Bureau Central de Statistique de l'Estonie Tallinn, 1929 (Tallinn : Riigi trükikoda)

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