In European elections, Estonia is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by six MEPs. It covers the member state of Estonia. The elections uses the D'Hondt method with an open list.
Current MEPs [edit]
As of October 2007
The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. However, as Estonia had only joined the European Union earlier that month, it was the first election European election held in that state. The election took place on June 13.
The biggest winner was the Social Democratic Party. The governing Res Publica Party and People's Union polled poorly. The voter turnout in Estonia was one of the lowest of all member countries at only 26.8%. A similar trend was visible in most of the new member states that joined the EU in 2004.
e • d Summary of the results of Estonia's 13 June 2004 election to the European Parliament
| 2004 • 2009 → |
| National party |
European party |
Main candidate |
Votes |
% |
+/– |
Seats |
+/– |
|
Social Democratic Party (SDE) |
PES |
|
85,433 |
36.79 |
— |
3 |
— |
|
Centre Party (KESK) |
ELDR |
|
40,704 |
17.53 |
— |
1 |
— |
|
Reform Party (RE) |
ELDR |
|
28,377 |
12.22 |
— |
1 |
— |
|
Pro Patria Union (IL) |
EPP |
|
24,375 |
10.50 |
— |
1 |
— |
|
People's Union (RL) |
AEN |
|
18,687 |
8.05 |
— |
0 |
— |
|
Res Publica Party (ERP) |
EPP |
|
15,457 |
6.66 |
— |
0 |
— |
|
Democratic Party (EDP) |
|
|
2,849 |
1.23 |
— |
0 |
— |
|
Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats) |
19,228 |
8.28 |
— |
0 |
— |
| Valid votes |
232,241 |
99.04 |
|
| Blank and invalid votes |
2,244 |
0.96 |
| Totals |
234,485 |
100.00 |
— |
6 |
— |
| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout |
873,809 |
26.83 |
— |
|
e • d Summary of the results of Estonia's 7 June 2009 election to the European Parliament
| ← 2004 • 2009 • 2014 → |
| National party |
European party |
Main candidate |
Votes |
% |
+/– |
Seats |
+/– |
|
Centre Party (KESK) |
ELDR |
|
103,506 |
26.07 |
8.57  |
2 |
1 |
|
Indrek Tarand (TARAND) |
None |
Indrek Tarand |
102,460 |
25.81 |
new |
1 |
1 |
|
Reform Party (RE) |
ELDR |
|
60,877 |
15.33 |
3.13 |
1 |
0  |
|
Pro Patria and Res Publica Union (IRL) |
EPP |
|
48,492 |
12.22 |
new |
1 |
0 |
|
Social Democratic Party (SDE) |
PES |
|
34,508 |
8.69 |
28.11  |
1 |
2 |
|
Greens (EER) |
EGP |
|
10,851 |
2.73 |
|
0 |
|
|
Martin Helme (HELME) |
None |
Martin Helme |
9,832 |
2.48 |
|
0 |
|
|
People's Union (RL) |
AEN |
|
8,860 |
2.23 |
5.77 |
0 |
|
|
Dimitri Klenski (KLENSKI) |
None |
Dimitri Klenski |
7,137 |
1.80 |
|
0 |
|
|
Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote) |
10,459 |
2.63 |
— |
0 |
— |
| Valid votes |
396,982 |
99.45 |
|
| Blank and invalid votes |
2,199 |
0.55 |
| Totals |
399,181 |
100.00 |
— |
6 |
0 |
| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout |
909,628 |
43.88 |
17.05 |
|
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