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1919 Estonian Constituent Assembly election

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120 seats in the Constituent Assembly 61 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader August Rei Otto Strandman Jaan Tõnisson Party ESTP Labour Party People's Party Seats won 41 30 25 Popular vote 152,341 114,879 94,892 Percentage 33.27% 25.09% 20.72%
Prime Minister of the Provisional Government before election Konstantin Päts Estonian Country People's Union Elected Prime Minister Otto Strandman Labour Party

Constituent Assembly elections were held in Estonia on 5–7 April 1919. The elections were called by the Estonian Provisional Government during the Estonian War of Independence. The Assembly was elected by party-list proportional representation in one nationwide district using the D'Hondt method. Eligible voters included soldiers at the front. The elections were won by left-wing and centrist parties.

Results

References

1. Chronology at riigikogu.ee
2. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p581 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
3. Historical Dictionary of Estonia; p. 140 ISBN 0-8108-4904-6
4. Vincent E. McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p397 ISBN 0-313-23804-9

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