1938 Estonian presidential election

1938 Estonian presidential election
← 1934 24 April 1938 1992 →
  Konstantin Päts
Nominee Konstantin Päts
Party Independent
Parliamentary votes 219
Nominator Johan Laidoner
President before election

Office established

Elected President

Konstantin Päts
Independent

The 1938 Estonian presidential election took place on April 24, 1938. The electoral assembly, which consisted of the bicameral legislature and 120 representatives of municipalities, assembled to elect a President. The only candidate set forth was State Treasurer Konstantin Päts, who was elected President with 219 votes out of the total 240 delegates. Two delegates were absent.[1] Konstantin Päts was elected as the first President of Estonia but failed to serve a full term due to the subsequent Soviet occupation.

  1. ^ "Konstantin Päts valiti Eesti Vabariigi Presidendiks" [Konstantin Päts was elected President of the Republic of Estonia] (in Estonian). No. 48. Sakala. 25 April 1934.