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 were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Konstantin Päts August Rei Otto August Strandman Party Farmers' Assemblies Social Democratic Workers' 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 Elected State Elder Konstantin Päts Farmers' Assemblies

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	%
Farmers' Assemblies	99,226	21.6	23	+2
Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party	64,297	14.0	15	–3
Estonian Labour Party	51,674	11.2	12	–10
Workers' United Front	43,711	9.5	10	+5
Estonian People's Party	34,646	7.5	8	–2
Christian Democratic Party	33,700	7.3	8	+1
Independent Socialist Workers' Party	21,704	4.7	5	–6
National Liberal Party	20,670	4.5	4	New
Russian parties	18,829	4.1	4	+3
Settlers' Party	17,266	3.8	4	New
German-Baltic Party	15,950	3.5	3	–1
Landlords' Party	9,967	2.2	2	New
Tenants' Union	6,130	1.3	1	New
Demobilised Soldiers' Union	5,670	1.2	1	New
Working People's Union	3,996	0.9	0	New
Swedish People's League	3,600	0.8	0	New
Smallholders of Saaremaa	2,496	0.5	0	New
Economic Group	2,214	0.5	0	–1
Seto-Ingrian Group	1,514	0.3	0	New
Smallholders, Settlers, Rural and Urban Workers	932	0.2	0	New
Seto Smallholders	639	0.1	0	New
Country People's Party (Võru, Valga and Petseri)	481	0.1	0	New
Settlers and State Leaseholders	475	0.1	0	New
Country People's Party (Harju County)	175	0.0	0	New
Party of Nationalists (Viru County)	175	0.0	0	New
Country People's Party (Tallinn)	48	0.0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	17,199	–	–	–
Total	477,284	100	100	0
Registered voters/turnout	702,542	67.9	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

See also

• List of members of the Riigikogu, 1923–26

External links

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