Estonian Constituent Assembly elections, 1918

Elections to the Estonian Constituent Assembly were held on 3-4 February 1918. In some electoral districts, the elections were postponed until 9-10 February. During the October revolution, the Bolsheviks also took power in parts of Estonia, mostly in urban areas in Northern Estonia. Parts of Estonia were already occupied by Germany and the elections were not held in these areas.

The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (bolsheviks) allowed the elections to be held, in hope of getting a majority of the votes. However, they achieved only 37.4% of the votes, leaving a majority for parties that supported Estonian independence. The Estonian Constituent Assembly was never convened after these elections, because the communists cancelled the elections and Germany occupied the rest of Estonia in the same February. New elections to the Constituent Assembly were held in 1919.

Results

Party	Ideology	Votes	%
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (bolsheviks) (Venemaa Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Tööliste (bolševike) Partei)	Communism	92,559	37.4%
Estonian Labour Party (Eesti Tööerakond)	Left-wing politics	75,354	30.4%
Estonian Democratic Bloc (Eesti demokraatlik blokk)	Right-wing politics	56,231	22.7%
Party of Estonian Socialists Revolutionaries (left SRs) (Eesti Sotsialistide-Revolutsionääride Partei (pahempoolsed esseerid))	Social revolutionarism	8,437	3.4%
Christian Union (Kristlik Liit)	Christian democracy	5,645	2.3%
Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Eesti Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Tööliste Partei)	Social democracy	4,293	1.7%
Party of Estonian Socialists Revolutionaries (right SRs) (Eesti Sotsialistide-Revolutsionääride Partei (parempoolsed esseerid))	Social revolutionarism	2,306	0.9%
Democratic Organization of Russian Citizens (Vene Kodanike Demokraatlik Organisatsioon)	Russian minority	1,397	0.6%
Union for Estonian Independents (Eesti Iseseisvuslaste Liit)	Separatism	1,392	0.6%
Total valid votes		234,902	100%