2015 Estonian parliamentary election

2015 Estonian parliamentary election

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101 seats in the Riigikogu
51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout64.23% (Increase0.70pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Taavi Rõivas Edgar Savisaar Sven Mikser
Party Reform Centre SDE
Last election 28.56%, 33 seats 23.32%, 26 seats 17.09%, 19 seats
Seats won 30 27 15
Seat change Decrease3 Increase1 Decrease4
Popular vote 158,970 142,458 87,189
Percentage 27.69% 24.81% 15.19%
Swing Decrease0.87pp Increase1.49pp Decrease1.90pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Urmas Reinsalu Andres Herkel Mart Helme
Party IRL Free EKRE
Last election 20.52%, 23 seats 2.12%, 0 seats
Seats won 14 8 7
Seat change Decrease9 New Increase7
Popular vote 78,699 49,882 46,772
Percentage 13.71% 8.69% 8.15%
Swing Decrease6.81pp New Increase6.03pp

Results by electoral district

Prime Minister before election

Taavi Rõivas
Reform

Prime Minister after election

Taavi Rõivas
Reform

Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia on 1 March 2015. Advance voting was held between 19 and 25 February with a turnout of 33 percent.[1] The Reform Party remained the largest in the Riigikogu, winning 30 of the 101 seats. Its leader, Taavi Rõivas, remained Prime Minister. The newly elected 101 members of the 13th Riigikogu assembled at Toompea Castle in Tallinn within ten days of the election. Two political newcomers, the Free Party and the Conservative People's Party (EKRE) crossed the threshold to enter the Riigikogu.

In January 2015, the National Electoral Committee announced that ten political parties and eleven individual candidates had registered to take part in the 2015 parliamentary election. Individuals from contesting political parties also participated in multiple organised debates in January and February 2015.

Following this election, Reform successfully negotiated with the Triple Alliance parties SDE and IRL afterwards, forming a second government headed by Rõivas in April. This coalition fell after a vote of confidence in the following year, bringing about the first government to not feature Reform since 1999 due to the collapse of the cordon sanitaire around the Centre Party after it elected a new leader, ending the long-lasting leadership of Edgar Savisaar, who had been perceived as too Russophilic.[2][3]

  1. ^ Record number of e-votes given in ongoing elections ERR, 26 February 2015
  2. ^ "Edgar Savisaar tahab kohtu kaudu Vene mõjuagendi mainest vabaneda". Eesti Päevaleht (in Estonian). Retrieved 2023-08-20.
  3. ^ "ÜLEVAADE PILDIS: Edgar Savisaare elu võimaliku mõjuagendina". Delfi (in Estonian). Retrieved 2023-08-20.