Sunday, December 2, 2007


This article is part of the series:Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Politics and government of Estonia
Parliamentary elections took place in Estonia on Sunday, March 4, 2007 to elect members of the Riigikogu. The electoral system was a two-tier semi-open list proportional representation system with a 5% (27,510.65 votes) election threshold. It was the world's first nationwide vote where part of the votecasting was allowed in the form of remote electronic voting via the Internet.

Constitution
President

  • Toomas Hendrik Ilves
    Prime Minister

    • Andrus Ansip
      Government (cabinet)

      • Present cabinet
        Parliament (Riigikogu)
        Supreme Court
        Elections: 2007 - 2003
        Political parties
        Politicians
        Counties (Maakond)
        Municipalities
        EU Politics
        Foreign relations Estonian parliamentary election, 2007 Voting

        Main article: Electronic voting in Estonia E-voting via the Internet

        The contenders and their prime-ministerial candidates

        Social Democratic Party - Ivari Padar
        People's Union of Estonia - Villu Reiljan
        Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica - Mart Laar
        Estonian Reform Party - Andrus Ansip
        Estonian Centre Party - Edgar Savisaar Parties represented in the previous Parliament
        Also, seven independent candidates stood in this election.

        Estonian Left Party
        Estonian Independence Party
        Estonian Christian Democrats
        Estonian Greens
        Constitution Party
        Russian Party in Estonia

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