1992 Estonian presidential election

none Estonia presidential 1938 Estonian presidential election 1938 1996 Estonian presidential election 1996 20 September 1992 (public vote)5 October 1992 (parliamentary vote) 67.95% Lennart Meri for president 1992 (SM 10020 33Ard pisipilt) (cropped).jpg Lennart Meri 014F9A 138,317 28.94% 59 Arnold Rüütel at 1992 Olympians reception (ESMF654 2-A12587 1).jpg Arnold Rüütel F5B453 195,743 42.23% 31 1992 Estonian presidential election.svg Results by county, voters abroad, Tallinn and TartuVabariigi presidendi ja riigikogu valimised 1992: dokumente ja materjale Eesti Vabariigi Valimiskomisjon 1992 Tallinn 116–125 et President Heinrich Mark Lennart Meri Pro Patria Union Presidential elections were held in Estonia on 20 September 1992, alongside parliamentary elections.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p574 978-3-8329-5609-7 As no candidate received over 50% of the vote, a second round was held in Parliament on 5 October 1992, in which Lennart Meri was elected. Voter turnout in the public vote was 68%. This was the only time to date that an Estonian presidential election included a public vote. Planned direct elections for the head of state in 1934 were cancelled due to a coup, and after 1992 presidential elections reverted to being carried out in the Electoral College or in Parliament,President of the Republic of Estonia Elections - Past elections - Estonian National Electoral Committee http://www.vvk.ee/past-elections/president-of-state-elections/ 2021-03-13 www.vvk.ee en as had been the case in 1938. Campaign Out of the seven candidates that announced their intention to run for the presidency, only four - Arnold Rüütel, Lennart Meri, Rein Taagepera and Lagle Parek managed to get enough signatures to set up their candidacy.Eesti presidendivalimised: 5 valimist, 14 kandidaati, 17 valimisvooru, 3 presidenti https://www.ohtuleht.ee/755886/eesti-presidendivalimised-5-valimist-14-kandidaati-17-valimisvooru-3-presidenti 2024-01-18 www.ohtuleht.ee et Third-place candidate Rein Taagepera later wrote that his candidacy was motivated by two things - he considered himself the only candidate with experience in democratic politics, having lived in exile during the Soviet occupation, and he feared that Rüütel would want to strengthen the role of the presidency, making him unfit to oversee a parliamentary democracy.2022-10-01 AJALUGU ⟩ Rein Taagepera: Lennart Meri ei teinud presidendina suuri vigu https://arvamus.postimees.ee/7616503/ajalugu-rein-taagepera-lennart-meri-ei-teinud-presidendina-suuri-vigu 2024-01-18 Arvamus etTaagepera Rein 1993 Running for President of Estonia: A Political Scientist in Politics https://www.jstor.org/stable/419848 PS: Political Science and Politics 26 2 302–304 10.2307/419848 1049-0965 subscription During the campaign, a controversy arose involving Ando Leps, associated with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, allegedly planning a damaging letter against Lennart Meri, accusing his father of collaboration with the NKVD and KGB. As a pre-emptive response, Meri's team strategically placed a letter in the paper Liivimaa Kroonik that would redirect the narrative to implicate Meri's father in collaboration with multiple intelligence agencies, mitigating the impact of Leps' subsequent accusations which surfaced a few days later.20. august – mitte ainult taasiseseisvumispäev. Algas vaba Eesti esimene presidendiralli https://epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/120053084/20-august-mitte-ainult-taasiseseisvumispaev-algas-vaba-eesti-esimene-presidendiralli 2024-01-18 Eesti Päevaleht et Results Public vote Parliamentary vote Arnold Rüütel 195743 31 Lennart Meri 138317 59 Rein Taagepera 109631 – Lagle Parek 19837 – 5077 11 689608 101 Nohlen & Stöver Results by territorial commission Territorial commissionMeriRüütelParekTaageperaTurnoutHarjumaa26.1%44.9%3.6%24.7%68.1%Hiiumaa17.4%53.9%3.0%24.5%67.1%Ida-Virumaa16.8%54.9%2.4%25.2%72.4%Jõgevamaa25.6%47.9%3.5%21.8%61.6%Järvamaa25.5%47.1%2.5%24.0%65.0%Lääne-Virumaa18.9%50.2%2.4%27.8%62.8%Läänemaa28.0%49.1%2.7%19.3%64.9%Põlvamaa27.5%37.5%3.9%29.8%62.6%Pärnumaa20.3%47.7%3.9%27.4%69.1%Raplamaa23.1%48.0%4.1%24.0%64.5%Saaremaa20.4%57.9%2.6%18.2%64.6%Tartumaa35.4%41.2%4.1%18.2%67.0%Valgamaa25.8%45.8%4.8%22.4%68.6%Viljandimaa24.8%44.9%3.0%26.3%63.7%Võrumaa27.0%38.3%6.1%27.2%67.8%Kohtla-Järve14.2%50.4%2.3%31.6%70.4%Narva10.7%37.2%7.9%42.0%67.6%Pärnu28.8%37.5%3.3%29.5%68.7%Sillamäe10.8%50.1%5.6%32.6%83.4%Tallinn33.8%37.8%4.8%22.6%71.8%Tartu49.8%27.8%3.9%17.1%65.8%Overseas63.6%11.6%19.9%4.4%99.9%Total29.5%41.8%4.2%23.4%68.0%Source: National Electoral Committee References Category:Presidential elections in Estonia Estonia Presidential