People's Union of Estonia Eestimaa Rahvaliit | |
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| Leader | Margo Miljand |
| Founded | 29 September 1994 (EME) |
| Dissolved | 24 March 2012 |
| Merged into | Conservative People's Party of Estonia |
| Headquarters | Pärnu mnt. 30-6 Tallinn 10141 |
| Ideology | Agrarianism[1] Social conservatism[2] |
| Political position | Centre to centre-left[3] |
| European affiliation | Alliance for Europe of the Nations |
| Colours | Blue, Gold |
| Website | |
| http://www.erl.ee | |
The People's Union of Estonia (Estonian: Eestimaa Rahvaliit) was a political party in Estonia. Its last leader was Margo Miljand.
In the 2003 parliamentary election, the party collected 64,463 votes, which made 13.0% share of all votes and 13 mandates out of 101. In 2007's election, this dropped to 39,211 votes (7.1% of the total, a drop of 5.9%), and six seats in the Riigikogu, a loss of 7. It has dropped from fourth to sixth place among parties, having been bested by the Social Democratic Party and (narrowly) by the Greens.
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2011). "Estonia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012.
- ^ Siaroff, Alan (2019). Comparative European Party System (PDF). p. 237. ISBN 978-1-138-88805-0.
- ^ Country by Country. London: Economist Intelligence Unit. 2003. p. 74.