Local Government Council Elections

Voter turnout

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

 

Voters by citizenship

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

 

Tally of ballot papers

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

 

Advance voting

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

 

Home voting

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

 

Administrative and election unit indicators

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

 

Participation in elections

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

 

Distribution of parishes and towns by number of mandates

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

 

Participation of political parties

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

 

Lists of candidates

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

 

Indicators for candidates

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

 

Indicators for elected members

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