Constitution Party (Estonia) Explained

Country:Estonia
Native Name:Konstitutsioonierakond
Constitution Party
Leader:Sergei Jürgens
Merged:Estonian United Left Party
Position:Centre-left
Colours:Blue, Orange
Headquarters:Estonia a pst 3/5, 10143 Tallinn

The Constitution Party (Estonian: Konstitutsioonierakond), known until 11 February 2006 as the Estonian United People's Party (Estonian: Eestimaa Ühendatud Rahvapartei), was a political party in Estonia, mainly supported by the Russian minority.

For the 1995 elections, the party formed the "Our Home is Estonia" alliance with the Russian Party in Estonia.[1] The alliance won six seats.

The party held six seats in the Riigikogu from 1999 to 2003. At the legislative elections of 2 March 2003, it won 2.2% of the popular vote and got no seats. In 2007's election, it fell further to 5,470 votes (1.0%) and again got no seat; Estonian Internal Security Service alleged there was an active promotion campaign by Russian special services.[2]

On 28 June 2008, it merged with the Estonian Left Party to form the Estonian United Left Party.

Controversy

According to the Estonian Internal Security Service the Constitution Party was a puppet-party supported and controlled by Russia, created by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) as part of their campaign of "political intelligence manipulations".[3] Also, several members of the party have connections with groups such as Nochnoy Dozor.[4]

Election results

ElectionVotes%Seats+/–Government
199531,7635.87 (#6)
199929,6826.13 (#7)
200311,1132.25 (#7)
20075,464 0.99 (#8)

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Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]
  2. [Eesti Päevaleht]
  3. Book: Annual Review 2007 . . Counterintelligence . 2008 . Tallinn . 8 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100415031941/http://www.kapo.ee/cms-data/_text/138/124/files/aastaraamat-2007-eng.pdf . dead . 2010-04-15 .
  4. Web site: KAPO aastaraamat 2007 . 2020-03-18 . 2016-10-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010042514/https://www.kapo.ee/sites/default/files/public/content_page/aastaraamat-2007.pdf . dead .