1919 Estonian Constituent Assembly election

1919 elections in Estonia Estonia parliamentary Estonian Provincial Assembly 1917 1920 Estonian parliamentary election 1920 120 seats in the Constituent Assembly 61 7 April 1919 130x130px August Rei (cropped).jpg August Rei Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party 41 152,341 33.27% Prime minister Otto Strandman.jpg Otto Strandman Estonian Labour Party 30 114,879 25.09% Jaan Tonisson1928.jpg Jaan Tõnisson Estonian People's Party 25 94,892 20.72% Prime Minister of the Provisional Government Konstantin Päts Estonian Country People's Union Elected Prime Minister Otto Strandman Estonian Labour Party Constituent Assembly elections were held in Estonia on 5–7 April 1919.Chronology at riigikogu.ee 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.Historical Dictionary of Estonia; p. 140 0-8108-4904-6 Results Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party 152341 41 Estonian Labour Party 114879 30 Estonian People's Party 94892 25 Rural League 29989 8 Socialists-Revolutionaries 26536 7 Christian Democratic Party 20157 5 German Party in Estonia 11462 3 Russian National Union 5765 1 Party of the Residents of Hiiumaa Island 1090 0 All-Estonian Sailors' Union 795 0 653000 McHale,Vincent E. McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p397 0-313-23804-9 Nohlen & StöverDieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p581 978-3-8329-5609-7 References Category:Independence of Estonia Category:Parliamentary elections in Estonia Constitutent Estonia Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:Constituent assembly elections in Europe