Voting and election results
Local Government Council Elections 2017
Local Government Council Elections 2013
Local Government Council Elections 2009
Local Government Council Elections 2005
Local Government Council Elections 2002
Local Government Council Elections 1999
Local Government Council Elections 1996
Local Government Council Elections 1993
Year | Population (1 January) | Voters | Voted | Voter turnout (%) |
2017 | 1 315 635 | 1 100 647 | 586 519 | 53.3 |
2013 | 1 320 174 | 1 086 935 | 630 050 | 58.0 |
2009 | 1 335 740 | 1 094 317 | 662 813 | 60.6 |
2005 | 1 358 850 | 1 059 292 | 502 504 | 47.4 |
2002 | 1 383 510 | 1 021 439 | 536 044 | 52.5 |
1999 | 1 379 237 | 1 052 404 | 524 453 | 49.8 |
1996 | 1 465 364 | 879 034 | 461 653 | 52.5 |
1993 | 1 511 303 | 880 296 | 463 443 | 52.6 |
Year | Estonian citizens | European Union citizens | Foreigners |
2017 | 917 521 | 29 476 | 153 650 |
2013 | 904 103 | 18 378 | 164 454 |
2009 | 909 003 | 9 786 | 175 528 |
2005 | 886 741 | 4 704 | 167 847 |
2002 | 856 845 | n/a | 164 594 |
1999 | 856 030 | n/a | 196 374 |
1996 | 807 919 | n/a | 71 115 |
1993 | 709 611 | n/a | 170 685 |
Year | Valid ballot papers | Invalid ballot papers | Proportion of invalid ballot papers (%) |
2017 | 582 542 | 3 977 | 0.7 |
2013 | 625 336 | 4 714 | 0.7 |
2009 | 658 213 | 4 600 | 0.7 |
2005 | 496 336 | 6 168 | 1.2 |
2002 | 529 596 | 6 448 | 1.2 |
1999 | 518 582 | 5 860 | 1.1 |
1996 | 457 007 | 4 616 | 1.0 |
1993 | 454 720 | 8 723 | 1.9 |
Year | Voted at advance voting. total | At place of residence | Outside place of residence | Electronically | Voted at advance voting. proportion among voters (%) |
2017 | 306 922 | 72 668 | 48 220 | 186 034 | 52.3 |
2013 | 265 208 | 90 543 | 40 857 | 133 808 | 42.1 |
2009 | 236 528 | 107 005 | 25 210 | 104 313 | 35.7 |
2005 | 148 490 | 120 012 | 19 191 | 9 287 | 29.6 |
2002 | 105 637 | 96 872 | 8 765 | n/a | 19.7 |
1999 | 95 449 | 87 909 | 7 540 | n/a | 18.2 |
1996 | 127 460 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 27.6 |
1993 | 80 987 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 17.5 |
Year | Home voters | Home voters. proportion among voters (%) |
2017 | 6 439 | 1.1 |
2013 | 9 327 | 1.0 |
2009 | 9 703 | 1.5 |
2005 | 11 026 | 2.2 |
2002 | 17 158 | 3.2 |
1999 | 16 299 | 3.1 |
1996 | no statistics available | n/a |
1993 | no statistics available | n/a |
Year | Rural municipalities and cities | Electoral districts | Rural municipalities and cities with one electoral district | Voting districts |
2017 | 79 | 106 | 70 | 557 |
2013 | 215 | 222 | 214 | 582 |
2009 | 226 | 234 | 224 | 632 |
2005 | 227 | 240 | 224 | 660 |
2002 | 241 | 251 | 238 | 656 |
1999 | 247 | 264 | 241 | 668 |
1996 | 254 | 273 | 247 | 678 |
1993 | 254 | 322 | 202 | 706 |
Year | Candidates in politcal parties | Candidates in electon coalitions | Independent candidates | Candidates in total | Mandates | Candidates per mandate |
2017 | 7 140 | 4 605 | 59 | 11 804 | 1729 | 6.8 |
2013 | 9 393 | 5 290 | 101 | 14 784 | 2 951 | 5.0 |
2009 | 9 074 | 6 089 | 159 | 15 322 | 3 076 | 5.0 |
2005 | 10 972 | 3 617 | 67 | 14 656 | 3 111 | 4.7 |
2002 | no statistics available | no statistics available | 121 | 15 203 | 3 273 | 4.6 |
1999 | no statistics available | no statistics available | 159 | 12 801 | 3 355 | 3.8 |
1996 | no statistics available | no statistics available | 409 | 11 128 | 3 453 | 3.2 |
1993 | no statistics available | no statistics available | 807 | 8 971 | 3 522 | 2.5 |
Year | 7—12 mandates | 13—16 mandates | 17—20 mandates | 21—30 mandates | 31—... mandates |
2017 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 43 | 5 |
2013 | 102 | 63 | 25 | 21 | 4 |
2009 | 107 | 68 | 26 | 21 | 4 |
2005 | 105 | 69 | 28 | 21 | 4 |
2002 | 109 | 82 | 28 | 17 | 5 |
1999 | 108 | 92 | 29 | 13 | 5 |
1996 | 106 | 108 | 20 | 15 | 5 |
1993 | 106 | 102 | 23 | 17 | 6 |
Year | Registered parties | Participating parties | Participation with their list |
2017 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
2013 | 9 | 6 | 6 |
2009 | 14 | 8 | 8 |
2005 | 17 | 11 | 11 |
2002 | 20 | 13 | 13 |
1999 | 18 | 14 | 12 |
1996 | 28 | 19 | 11 |
1993 | 15 | 12 | 12 |
Year | Total of lists | Political party lists | Election coalitions lists for political parties | Election coalitions lists |
2017 | 434 | 271 | n/a | 163 |
2013 | 923 | 631 | n/a | 292 |
2009 | 912 | 588 | n/a | 324 |
2005 | 912 | 726 | n/a | 186 |
2002 | 874 | 632 | n/a | 242 |
1999 | 768 | 180 | 18 | 570 |
1996 | 773 | 122 | 30 | 621 |
1993 | 844 | 106 | n/a | 738 |
Year | Average age of candidates | Men | Percentage (M) | Women | Percentage (W) |
2017 | 48.4 | 7 242 | 61.4 | 4 562 | 38.6 |
2013 | 46.2 | 8 872 | 60.0 | 5 912 | 40.0 |
2009 | 44.7 | 9 385 | 61.3 | 5 937 | 38.7 |
2005 | 44.6 | 8 893 | 60.7 | 5 763 | 39.3 |
2002 | 44.8 | 9 464 | 62.3 | 5 739 | 37.7 |
1999 | 44.6 | 8 239 | 64.4 | 4 562 | 35.6 |
1996 | no statistics available | 7 454 | 67.0 | 3 674 | 33.0 |
1993 | no statistics available | 6 436 | 71.7 | 2 535 | 28.3 |
Year | Average age of elected members | Men | Percentage (M) | Women | Percentage (W) |
2017 | 49.5 | 1 234 | 71.4 | 495 | 28.6 |
2013 | 47.7 | 2 034 | 68.9 | 917 | 31.1 |
2009 | 46.7 | 2 166 | 70.4 | 910 | 29.6 |
2005 | 47.0 | 2 191 | 70.4 | 920 | 29.6 |
2002 | 46.4 | 2 345 | 71.6 | 928 | 28.4 |
1999 | 45.3 | 2 404 | 71.7 | 951 | 28.3 |
1996 | no statistics available | 2 533 | 73.4 | 920 | 26.6 |
1993 | no statistics available | 2 649 | 76.1 | 834 | 23.9 |