Estonia is a

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for

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covering the

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Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, an ...

. It is currently represented by seven

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. The elections uses the

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with an

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Members of the European Parliament

Elections

2004

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament. However, as Estonia had only joined the

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earlier that month, it was the first election European election held in that state. The election took place on 13 June. The biggest winner was the

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. The governing

Res Publica Party Res Publica Party ( et, Erakond Res Publica) was a political party in Estonia that self-identified as conservative. Established as a party on 8 December 2001, the political organisation Res Publica was founded already as early as 1989 and exist ...

and People's Union polled poorly. The

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in Estonia was one of the lowest of all member countries at only 26.8%. A similar trend was visible in most of the new member states that joined the EU in 2004.

2009

The 2009 European election was the seventh election to the European Parliament and the fourth for Estonia.

2014

The 2014 European election was the eighth election to the European Parliament and the fifth for Estonia.

2019

The

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was the ninth election to the European Parliament and the sixth for Estonia.

References

External links

European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)

List of MEPs
europarl.europa.eu {{Electoral districts of Estonia Electoral districts of Estonia European Parliament constituencies 2004 establishments in Estonia Constituencies established in 2004