Russian Party in Estonia

Defunct political party in Estonia

Russian Party in Estonia

Vene Erakond Eestis
Русская партия Эстонии

Founder| Aleksei Sorokin
Founded| 1920
Dissolved| 2012
Merged into| Social Democratic Party
Ideology| Russian minority interests
Plurinationalism
Cultural autonomy
Political position| Centre-left[1]
Colours|  Blue

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The Russian Party in Estonia (Estonian: Vene Erakond Eestis, VEE; Russian: Русская партия Эстонии) was a minor centre-left political party in Estonia, representing the Russian minority.[1]

## History

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The party was originally established as the Russian National Union (Estonian: Vene Rahvuslik Liit; Russian: Русский национальный союз), a right-of-centre party, in 1920.[2] It received 1% of the national vote in the parliamentary elections that year,[3] winning a single seat in the Riigikogu.[4]

After Estonia regained independence after the fall of the Soviet Union the Russian Party of Estonia was established in 1994 as the legal successor to the Russian National Union.[5] For the 1995 elections the party formed the "Our Home is Estonia" alliance with the Estonian United People's Party.[6] The alliance won six seats.

The party ran alone in the 1999 elections, receiving 2% of the vote but failing to win a seat.[7][8] The 2003 elections saw the party's vote share fall to just 0.2% as it remained without representation in the Riigikogu. It received 0.2% of the vote again in the 2007 elections and 0.9% in the 2011 elections, failing to win a seat on either occasion.

In 2012 the party merged into the Social Democratic Party.[9]

## Election results

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### Riigikogu

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Election  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/–  | Status

|
|
|
|
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1920 | 8,623  | 1.8 (#9)  |

1 / 100

| –  | Opposition
1995 | 31,763  | 5.87 (#6)  |

6 / 101

| –  | Opposition
1999 | 9,825  | 2.03 (#9)  |

0 / 101

|  6  | Extraparliamentary
2003 | 990  | 0.20 (#11)  |

0 / 101

|  | Extraparliamentary
2007 | 1,084  | 0.20 (#10)  |

0 / 101

|  | Extraparliamentary
2011 | 5,029  | 0.87 (#7)  |

0 / 101

|  | Extraparliamentary

## References

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1. ^ a b Yang, Yousun (2020). "How Internal Factors Afect the Performance of Ethnic Political Parties in Central and Eastern European Countries: A QCA‑Based Analysis". Chinese Political Science Review. 5 (1). Fudan University: 579. doi:10.1007/s41111-020-00159-w.
2. ^ David James Smith, John Hiden (2012) Ethnic Diversity and the Nation State: National Cultural Autonomy Revisited, Routledge, p64
3. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p582 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p586
5. ^ Janusz Bugajski (2002) Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in the Post-Communist Era, M.E. Sharpe, p78
6. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p579
7. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p585
8. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p587
9. ^ Social Dems Seal Merger with Russian Party Social Democratic Party

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