The Democratic Bloc () was a political grouping in

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History

The Bloc was formed in 1917 by the

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, the

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and the Rural League.Vincent E McHale (1983) ''Political parties of Europe'', Greenwood Press, p389 Between them the parties had won 24 of the 62 seats in the Provincial Assembly elections in the same year. In the Russia-wide elections in November 1917, the Democratic Bloc received around 23% of the vote in the

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. In the Estonian Constituent Assembly elections the following year, the Bloc maintained its vote share at around 23%.Raun, p104 In March 1919 the

and

merged to form the

Estonian People's Party The Estonian People's Party (, ER) was a centre-right political party in Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the w ...

, with the Rural League remaining a separate party.

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