Elections to the Estonian Constituent Assembly

Estonian Constituent Assembly

The Estonian Constituent Assembly was elected on 5-7 April 1919, called by the Estonian Provisional Government during the Estonian War of Independence. The Assembly was elected by proportional representation. Eligible voters included soldiers at the front...

 were held on 3-4 February 1918. In some electoral districts, the elections were postponed until 9-10 February. During the October revolution

October Revolution

The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...

, the Bolsheviks also took power in parts of Estonia, mostly in urban areas in Northern Estonia. Parts of Estonia were already occupied by Germany and the elections were not held in these areas.

The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (bolsheviks) allowed the elections to be held, in hope of getting a majority of the votes. However, they achieved only 37.4% of the votes, leaving a majority for parties that supported Estonian independence. The Estonian Constituent Assembly was never convened after these elections, because the communists cancelled the elections and Germany occupied the rest of Estonia in the same February. New elections to the Constituent Assembly were held in 1919.

Results

Party Political party A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...	Ideology	Votes	%
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (bolsheviks) (Venemaa Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Tööliste (bolševike) Partei)	Communism Communism Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...	92,559	37.4%
Estonian Labour Party Estonian Labour Party The Estonian Labour Party was a centre-left political party in Estonia. It emerged in 1917 with the merger of the Estonian Radical Socialist Party and Estonian radicals from Petrograd and remained an important coalition party until 1932, when it merged with other centrist parties to form the... (Eesti Tööerakond)	Left-wing politics Left-wing politics In politics, Left, left-wing and leftist generally refer to support for social change to create a more egalitarian society...	75,354	30.4%
Estonian Democratic Bloc (Eesti demokraatlik blokk)	Right-wing politics Right-wing politics In politics, Right, right-wing and rightist generally refer to support for a hierarchical society justified on the basis of an appeal to natural law or tradition. To varying degrees, the Right rejects the egalitarian objectives of left-wing politics, claiming that the imposition of equality is...	56,231	22.7%
Party of Estonian Socialists Revolutionaries (left SRs) (Eesti Sotsialistide-Revolutsionääride Partei (pahempoolsed esseerid))	Social revolutionarism Socialist-Revolutionary Party thumb|right|200px|Socialist-Revolutionary election poster, 1917. The caption in red reads "партия соц-рев" , short for Party of the Socialist Revolutionaries...	8,437	3.4%
Christian Union (Kristlik Liit)	Christian democracy Christian Democracy Christian democracy is a political ideology that seeks to apply Christian principles to public policy. It emerged in nineteenth-century Europe under the influence of conservatism and Catholic social teaching...	5,645	2.3%
Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party The Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party was a political party in Estonia. This party, founded on the platforms of patriotism, Estonian independence, and social justice, wrote the first Estonian constitution.... (Eesti Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Tööliste Partei)	Social democracy Social democracy Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...	4,293	1.7%
Party of Estonian Socialists Revolutionaries (right SRs) (Eesti Sotsialistide-Revolutsionääride Partei (parempoolsed esseerid))	Social revolutionarism Socialist-Revolutionary Party thumb|right|200px|Socialist-Revolutionary election poster, 1917. The caption in red reads "партия соц-рев" , short for Party of the Socialist Revolutionaries...	2,306	0.9%
Democratic Organization of Russian Citizens (Vene Kodanike Demokraatlik Organisatsioon)	Russian minority History of Russians in Estonia The population of Russians in Estonia is estimated at 345,000. Most Russians live in Estonia's capital city Tallinn and the major northeastern cities of Narva and Kohtla-Järve...	1,397	0.6%
Union for Estonian Independents (Eesti Iseseisvuslaste Liit)	Separatism Separatism Separatism is the advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group. While it often refers to full political secession, separatist groups may seek nothing more than greater autonomy...	1,392	0.6%
Total valid votes		234,902	100%