Country: | Estonia |
Type: | parliamentary |
Outgoing Members: | Members of the 2nd Riigikogu |
Previous Election: | 1923 Estonian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1923 |
Elected Members: | Members of the 3rd Riigikogu |
Next Election: | 1929 Estonian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1929 |
Seats For Election: | 100 seats in the Riigikogu |
Majority Seats: | 51 |
Election Date: | 17 May 1926 |
Leader1: | August Rei |
Image1: | August Rei (cropped).jpg |
Party1: | Estonian Socialist Workers' Party |
Last Election1: | 20 seats |
Seats1: | 24 |
Seat Change1: | 4 |
Popular Vote1: | 119,914 |
Percentage1: | 22.9% |
Leader2: | Jaan Teemant |
Party2: | Farmers' Assemblies |
Last Election2: | 23 seats |
Seats2: | 23 |
Popular Vote2: | 111,960 |
Percentage2: | 21.4% |
Leader4: | Rudolf Penno |
Last Election4: | 4 seats |
Seats4: | 14 |
Seat Change4: | 10 |
Popular Vote4: | 70,702 |
Percentage4: | 13.5% |
Image5: | Prime minister Otto Strandman.jpg |
Leader5: | Otto Strandman |
Party5: | Estonian Labour Party |
Last Election5: | 12 seats |
Seats5: | 13 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 64,648 |
Percentage5: | 12.3% |
State Elder | |
Posttitle: | State Elder after election |
Before Election: | Jaan Teemant |
Before Party: | Farmers' Assemblies |
After Election: | Jaan Teemant |
After Party: | Farmers' Assemblies |
Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia between 15 and 17 May 1926. Before the elections, the electoral law was changed to create more stability by introducing a system of bonds and raising the electoral threshold to require a party to win a minimum of two seats.