Prime Minister's Party Wins Parliamentary Elections In Estonia

• 6.03.2023, 10:04

The Reform Party will form a government coalition.

Prime Minister Kaja Kallas’ Reform Party of Estonia has won the Estonian parliamentary elections.

According to preliminary data, after counting 100% of the votes cast in the election, the Reform Party won 31.2%, EKRE 16.1% and the Centre Party 15.3%. Next came Eesti 200 (13.3%), the Social Democratic Party (9.3%) and Isamaa (8.2%).

As a result the Reform Party got 37 seats in the Riigikogu (+3 compared to previous elections), EKRE - 17 (-2), Centre Party - 16 (-10), Eesti 200 - 14 seats, Social Democratic Party - 9 (-1) and Isamaa - 8 (-4), ERR reported.

The Reform Party will now form a government coalition. It could be either two- or three-party, but in the new government the party has the opportunity, due to its result, to gain more portfolios than it has now.