People's Union of Estonia

People's Union of Estonia
Eestimaa Rahvaliit
LeaderMargo Miljand
Founded29 September 1994 (EME)
Dissolved24 March 2012
Merged intoConservative People's Party of Estonia
HeadquartersPärnu mnt. 30-6
Tallinn 10141
IdeologyAgrarianism[1]
Social conservatism[2]
Political positionCentre to centre-left[3]
European affiliationAlliance for Europe of the Nations
ColoursBlue, 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.

  1. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2011). "Estonia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012.
  2. ^ Siaroff, Alan (2019). Comparative European Party System (PDF). p. 237. ISBN 978-1-138-88805-0.
  3. ^ Country by Country. London: Economist Intelligence Unit. 2003. p. 74.