Estonian parliamentary election, 1926

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17 May 1926

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

	First party	Second party

Leader	August Rei	Jaan Teemant
Party	ESTP	Farmers' Assemblies
Last election	20 (15+5) seats	23 seats
Seats won	24	23
Seat change	+4	—
Popular vote	119,914	111,960
Percentage	22.9%	21.4%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Rudolf Penno	Otto August Strandman
Party	Settlers' Party	Labour Party
Last election	4 seats	12 seats
Seats won	14	13
Seat change	+10	+1
Popular vote	70,702	64,648
Percentage	13.5%	12.3%

State Elder before election

Jaan Teemant
Farmers' Assemblies

Elected State Elder

Jaan Teemant
Farmers' Assemblies

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.

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