Estonian parliamentary election, 2011

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

	First party	Second party

Leader	Andrus Ansip	Edgar Savisaar
Party	Reform	Centre
Last election	31 seats	29 seats
Seats won	33	26
Seat change	2	3
Popular vote	164,255	134,124
Percentage	28.6%	23.3%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Mart Laar	Sven Mikser
Party	Pro Patria and Res Publica	Social Democratic
Last election	19 seats	10 seats
Seats won	23	19
Seat change	4	9
Popular vote	118,023	98,307
Percentage	20.5%	17.1%

Prime Minister before election

Andrus Ansip
Reform

Elected Prime Minister

Andrus Ansip
Reform

A parliamentary election was held in Estonia on 6 March 2011, with e-voting between 24 February and 2 March 2011.

The 101 members of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) were elected using a form of proportional representation for a four-year term. The seats were allocated using a modified D'Hondt method. The country is divided into twelve multi-mandate electoral districts. There is a nationwide threshold of 5% for party lists, but if the number of votes cast for a candidate exceeds or equals the simple quota (which shall be obtained by dividing the number of valid votes cast in the electoral district by the number of mandates in the district) he or she is elected.

Pre-election polls put the Reform Party, led by Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, ahead of its main rival, the opposition Centre Party. The former is right of centre, the latter is considered populist, slightly to the left on economic matters. Both parties are members of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.

The election was marked by the highest number of running independents (32) since 1992. Several independent candidates were members of the Estonian Patriotic Movement.

The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe observed this election and issued a report with a number of recommendations.

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