Russian Party in Estonia
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The Russian Party in Estonia (Template:Langx, VEE; Template:Langx) was a minor centre-left political party in Estonia, representing the Russian minority.[1]
History
The party was originally established as the Russian National Union (Template:Langx; Template:Langx), a right-of-centre party, in 1920.[2] It received 1% of the national vote in the parliamentary elections that year,[3] winning a single seat in the Riigikogu.[4]
After Estonia regained independence after the fall of the Soviet Union the Russian Party of Estonia was established in 1994 as the legal successor to the Russian National Union.[5] For the 1995 elections the party formed the "Our Home is Estonia" alliance with the Estonian United People's Party.[6] The alliance won six seats.
The party ran alone in the 1999 elections, receiving 2% of the vote but failing to win a seat.[7][8] The 2003 elections saw the party's vote share fall to just 0.2% as it remained without representation in the Riigikogu. It received 0.2% of the vote again in the 2007 elections and 0.9% in the 2011 elections, failing to win a seat on either occasion.
In 2012 the party merged into the Social Democratic Party.[9]
Election results
Riigikogu
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 8,623 | 1.8 (#9) | Template:Composition bar | – | Opposition |
| 1995 | 31,763 | 5.87 (#6) | Template:Composition bar | – | Opposition |
| 1999 | 9,825 | 2.03 (#9) | Template:Composition bar | Decrease 6 | Extraparliamentary |
| 2003 | 990 | 0.20 (#11) | Template:Composition bar | Steady | Extraparliamentary |
| 2007 | 1,084 | 0.20 (#10) | Template:Composition bar | Steady | Extraparliamentary |
| 2011 | 5,029 | 0.87 (#7) | Template:Composition bar | Steady | Extraparliamentary |
References
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- ↑ David James Smith, John Hiden (2012) Ethnic Diversity and the Nation State: National Cultural Autonomy Revisited, Routledge, p64
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p582 Template:ISBN
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p586
- ↑ Janusz Bugajski (2002) Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in the Post-Communist Era, M.E. Sharpe, p78
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p579
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p585
- ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p587
- ↑ Social Dems Seal Merger with Russian Party Social Democratic Party
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