2011 Estonian parliamentary election
Party PM candidate Seats after 2007 elections Rating
Estonian Reform Party Andrus Ansip 31 43% ( November 2010 , Estonia ) , 33% ( November 2010 , Tallinn ) , 36% ( December 2010 ) , 36% ( January 2011 , TNS Emor ) , 25% ( January 2011 , Turu-Uuringute ) , 39% ( 13 February 2011 ) , 28% ( 25 February 2011 , TNS Emor )
Estonian Centre Party Edgar Savisaar 29 23% ( November 2010 , Estonia ) , 31% ( November 2010 , Tallinn ) , 23% ( December 2010 ) , 23% ( January 2011 , TNS Emor ) , 19% ( January 2011 , Turu-Uuringute ) , 25% ( 25 February 2011 , TNS Emor )
Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica Mart Laar 19 15% ( November 2010 , Estonia ) , 20% ( November 2010 , Tallinn ) , 15% ( December 2010 ) , 16% ( January 2011 , TNS Emor ) , 12% ( January 2011 , Turu-Uuringute ) , 21% ( 25 February 2011 , TNS Emor )
Social Democratic Party Sven Mikser 10 11% ( November 2010 , Estonia ) , 9% ( November 2010 , Tallinn ) , 13% ( December 2010 ) , 14% ( January 2011 , TNS Emor ) , 9% ( January 2011 , Turu-Uuringute ) 16% ( 25 February 2011 , TNS Emor )
Estonian Greens Aleksei Lotman 6 3% ( November 2010 , Estonia ) , 4% ( November 2010 , Tallinn ) , 5% ( December 2010 ) , 4% ( January 2011 , TNS Emor ) , 2% ( January 2011 , Turu-Uuringute ) 4% ( 25 February 2011 , TNS Emor )
People 's Union of Estonia Andrus Blok 6 2% ( November 2010 , Estonia ) , 1% ( November 2010 , Tallinn ) , 4% ( December 2010 ) , 2% ( January 2011 , TNS Emor ) , 2% ( January 2011 , Turu-Uuringute ) 2% ( 25 February 2011 , TNS Emor )
Party of Estonian Christian Democrats Peeter Võsu 0
Estonian Independence Party Vello Leito 0
Russian Party in Estonia Dimitri Klenski 0
Non-party candidates 0 9% ( January 2011 , Turu-Uuringute )
Opinion polling
A parliamentary election was held in Estonia on 6 March 2011, with e-voting between 24 February and 2 March 2011. The 101 members of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) were elected using a form of proportional representation for a four-year term. The seats were allocated using a modified D'Hondt method. The country is divided into twelve multi-mandate electoral districts. There is a nationwide threshold of 5% for party lists, but if the number of votes cast for a candidate exceeds or equals the simple quota (which shall be obtained by dividing the number of valid votes cast in the electoral district by the number of mandates in the district) he or she is elected. Pre-election polls put the Reform Party, led by Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, ahead of its main rival, the opposition Centre Party. The former is right of centre, the latter is considered populist, slightly to the left on economic matters. Both parties are members of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party. The election was marked by the highest number of running independents (32) since 1992. Several independent candidates were members of the Estonian Patriotic Movement.