Country: | Estonia |
Type: | parliamentary |
Outgoing Members: | Members of the 1st Riigikogu |
Previous Election: | 1920 Estonian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1920 |
Next Election: | 1926 Estonian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1926 |
Elected Members: | Members of the 2nd Riigikogu |
Seats For Election: | 100 seats in the Riigikogu |
Majority Seats: | 51 |
Election Date: | 7 May 1923 |
Image1: | Konstantin Pats 1934.jpg |
Leader1: | Konstantin Päts |
Party1: | Farmers' Assemblies |
Last Election1: | 21 seats |
Seats1: | 23 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Popular Vote1: | 99,226 |
Percentage1: | 21.6% |
Leader2: | August Rei |
Party2: | Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party |
Last Election2: | 18 seats |
Seats2: | 15 |
Seat Change2: | 3 |
Popular Vote2: | 64,297 |
Percentage2: | 14.0% |
Image3: | Prime minister Otto Strandman.jpg |
Leader3: | Otto Strandman |
Party3: | Estonian Labour Party |
Last Election3: | 22 seats |
Seats3: | 12 |
Seat Change3: | 10 |
Popular Vote3: | 51,674 |
Percentage3: | 11.2% |
State Elder | |
Posttitle: | State Elder after election |
Before Election: | Juhan Kukk |
Before Party: | Estonian Labour Party |
After Election: | Konstantin Päts |
After Party: | Farmers' Assemblies |
Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia between 5 and 7 May 1923. There were some controversies - some lists, most remarkably Communist, were declared void before the elections because of electoral law violations, and the results gave Estonia its most fragmented parliament ever.