Estonian parliamentary election, 2007

Parliamentary elections took place in Estonia on Sunday, March 4, 2007 to elect members of the Riigikogu. The electoral system was a two-tier semi-open list proportional representation system with a 5% (27,510.65 votes) election threshold. It was the world's first nationwide vote where part of the votecasting was allowed in the form of remote electronic voting via the Internet.

Voting

Voter turnout in the 2007 Riigikogu election was 61.91%.

E-voting via the Internet

In 2007 Estonia held its and the world's first national Internet election. Voting was available from February 26 to 28., News.com, February 21, 2007, InformationWeek February 28, 2007

Electronic voting in Estonia began in October 2005 local elections when Estonia became the first country to have legally binding general elections using the Internet as a means of casting the vote and was declared a success by the Estonian election officials.

The contenders and their prime-ministerial candidates

Parties represented in the previous Parliament

• Social Democratic Party - Ivari Padar
• People's Union of Estonia - Villu Reiljan
• Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica - Mart Laar
• Estonian Reform Party - Andrus Ansip
• Estonian Centre Party - Edgar Savisaar

Parties not represented in the previous Parliament

• Estonian Left Party
• Estonian Independence Party
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