2011 Riigikogu Election Results

On Sunday 6 March 2011, the elections for the 12th Estonian Parliament were held.

Nine parties contested the 101 mandates available in the elections, four of them gained the required five per cent vote threshold to qualify for the distribution of mandates:

Party Seats in 2007 Seats in 2011
Reform Party 31 33
Centre Party 29 26
Pro Patria and Res Publica Union 19 23
Social Democratic Party 10 19

Mandate distribution according to female/male in each party:

Party Female Male
Reform Party 5 28
Centre Party 7 19
Pro Patria and Res Publica Union 4 19
Social Democratic Party 3 16
Total 19 82

Voter support for each of the parties receiving mandates:

Party Vote % in 2007 Vote % in 2011
Reform Party 27.8 28.6
Centre Party 26.1 23.3
Pro Patria and Res Publica Union 17.9 20.5
Social Democratic Party 10.6 17.1

Voter turnout in cities and counties:

City, County Voter turnout (%)
Harju County 69
Hiiu County 60
Ida-Viru County 55
Järva County 58
Jõgeva County 58
Lääne County 60
Lääne-Viru County 58
Pärnu County 59
Põlva County 60
Rapla County 60
Saare County 56
Tartu County 61
Valga County 57
Viljandi County 59
Võru County 57
City of Tallinn 70
City of Tartu 64

Facts and Figures:

Total voter participation: 580,264

Voter turnout: 63.5%

Advance poll voter turnout: 19.2%

Electronic voters: 140,846 voters, 24.3% among all the votes cast

Percentage of women among the elected members of parliament: 19.2%

Individual mandates won by simple quotas: 14

No independent candidate won a mandate

Highest vote total for a candidate: 23,012
(Mr Edgar Savisaar from the Centre Party )

Lowest vote total for a candidate receiving a mandate: 303


Estonian National Electoral Committee: http://www.vvk.ee