Estonian parliamentary election, 1932

Estonian parliamentary election, 1932
Estonia
23 May 1932

100 seats in the Riigikogu
51 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Konstantin Päts Jaan Tõnisson August Rei
Party Union of Settlers and Smallholders National Centre Party Estonian Socialist Workers' Party
Last election 38 (24+14) seats 26 (10+9+4+3) seats 25 seats
Seats won 42 23 22
Seat change +4 -3 -3
Popular vote 199,035 110,662 104,662
Percentage 39.8% 22.1% 20.9%

State Elder before election

Jaan Tõnisson
Union of Settlers and Smallholders

Elected State Elder

Karl August Einbund
Union of Settlers and Smallholders

Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia between 21 and 23 May 1932.

Background

Before the elections major shifts occurred in the political landscape. The Farmers' Assemblies (mostly backed by the "old farmers" and those somewhat more conservative and economically right-wing) and Settlers' Party (patriotic left-of-centre agrarian) merged to form the Union of Settlers and Smallholders, whilst the Estonian People's Party, the Christian People's Party, the Labour Party and the Landlords' Party merged to form the National Centre Party.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Union of Settlers and Smallholders199,03539.842+4
National Centre Party110,66222.123–3
Estonian Socialist Workers' Party104,83520.922–3
Left-wing Workers25,9665.25–1
Russian parties25,2465.05+3
German-Baltic PartySwedish People's League15,5271.930
National Union of Labour9,5971.90New
Socialist Workers and Peasants–Russian Party5,1911.00New
Farmers' Association4,4530.90New
Invalid/blank votes3,388
Total503,9001001000
Registered voters/turnout747,52867.4
Source: Nohlen & Stöver[1]

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p583 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7


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