1920 Estonian parliamentary election explained

Election Name:1920 Estonian parliamentary election
Country:Estonia
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Elected Members:Members of the 1st Riigikogu
Next Election:1923 Estonian parliamentary election
Next Year:1923
Seats For Election:100 seats in the Riigikogu
Majority Seats:51
Election Date:29 November 1920
Image1:Prime minister Otto Strandman.jpg
Leader1:Otto Strandman
Party1:Estonian Labour Party
Last Election1:30 seats
Seats1:22
Seat Change1: 8
Popular Vote1:99,030
Percentage1:21.02%
Leader2:Konstantin Päts
Party2:Farmers' Assemblies
Last Election2:8 seats
Seats2:21
Seat Change2: 13
Popular Vote2:97,825
Percentage2:20.76%
Image3:August Rei (cropped).jpg
Leader3:August Rei
Party3:Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party
Last Election3:41 seats
Seats3:18
Seat Change3: 23
Popular Vote3:80,211
Percentage3:17.02%
Prime Minister
Before Election:Ants Piip
Before Party:Estonian Labour Party
Posttitle:State Elder after election
After Election:Konstantin Päts
After Party:Farmers' Assemblies

Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia between 27 and 29 November 1920, the first held under the 1920 constitution. 100 deputies were elected into the new Riigikogu by party lists in 10 regions, by which one party or electoral bloc could put up several lists in one region. Seats were still distributed on the state level, where votes for different lists were summed up by their political affiliation and then seats distributed using d'Hondt formula. Thereafter seats for one party or bloc were distributed between different lists of that political force using the same formula.

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