Election of the President of the Republic in 2001
Election in the Riigikogu
The first round of voting took place on 27 August 2001.
After counting the votes of the first round, the National Electoral Committee ascertained the following numbers:
| 1. Members of the Riigikogu entered in the list of electors | 101 |
| 2. Members of the Riigikogu who received a ballot paper | 101 |
| 3. Members of the Riigikogu who participated in the voting | 91 |
| 4. Invalid ballot papers | 0 |
| 5. Unmarked ballot papers (no box marked with a cross) | 13 |
| Candidate | Votes |
| Peeter Kreitzberg | 40 |
| Andres Tarand | 38 |
As none of the candidates received the support of two thirds of the Riigikogu, the second round of voting was held on 28 August. Before the second round of voting, new candidates were nominated.
The second round of voting took place on 28 August 2001.
After counting the votes of the second round, the National Electoral Committee ascertained the following numbers:
| 1. Members of the Riigikogu entered in the list of electors | 101 |
| 2. Members of the Riigikogu who received a ballot paper | 99 |
| 3. Members of the Riigikogu who participated in the voting | 91 |
| 4. Invalid ballot papers | 1 |
| 5. Unmarked ballot papers (no box marked with a cross) | 19 |
| Candidate | Votes |
| Peeter Kreitzberg | 36 |
| Peeter Tulviste | 35 |
As none of the candidates received the required two thirds majority, the third round was held on 28 August.
The third round of voting took place on 28 August 2001.
After counting the votes of the third round, the National Electoral Committee ascertained the following numbers:
| 1. Members of the Riigikogu entered in the list of electors | 101 |
| 2. Members of the Riigikogu who received a ballot paper | 99 |
| 3. Members of the Riigikogu who participated in the voting | 90 |
| 4. Invalid ballot papers | 0 |
| 5. Unmarked ballot papers (no box marked with a cross) | 24 |
| Candidate | Votes |
| Peeter Kreitzberg | 33 |
| Peeter Tulviste | 33 |
As none of the candidates received the required two thirds majority in the Riigikogu, the President of the Riigikogu convened the electoral body for 21 September 2001.
Voting in the electoral body
The first round of voting took place on 21 September 2001.
After counting the votes of the first round, the National Electoral Committee ascertained the following numbers:
| 1. Number of members of the electoral body entered in the list of electors | 367 |
| 2. Number of members of the electoral body who received a ballot paper | 366 |
| 3. Number of members of the electoral body who participated in the voting | 366 |
| 4. Invalid ballot papers | 0 |
| 5. Unmarked ballot papers (no box marked with a cross) | 1 |
| Candidate | Votes |
| Peeter Kreitzberg | 72 |
| Arnold Rüütel | 114 |
| Toomas Savi | 90 |
| Peeter Tulviste | 89 |
As none of the candidates received the majority of votes of the members of the electoral body who participated in the voting, the second round was held on 21 September.
The second round took place on 21 September 2001.
After counting of the votes of the second round, the National Electoral Committee ascertained the following numbers:
| 1. Number of members of the electoral body entered in the list of electors | 367 |
| 2. Number of members of the electoral body who received a ballot paper | 366 |
| 3. Number of members of the electoral body who participated in the voting | 366 |
| 4. Invalid ballot papers | 2 |
| 5. Unmarked ballot papers (no box marked with a cross) | 23 |
| Candidate | Votes |
| Arnold Rüütel | 186 |
| Toomas Savi | 155 |
Arnold Rüütel received over 50% of the votes of the members of the electoral body who participated in the voting, and was thus elected the President of the Republic.