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An election forMembers of the European Parliament fromEstonia to theEuropean Parliament was held on 7 June 2009.
Turnout was 43.9% – about 17.1% higher than during theprevious election five years before. The turnout was also slightly above the European average of 42.94%.
Six seats were up for taking in this election: two of them were won by theEstonian Centre Party.Estonian Reform Party,Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica,Social Democratic Party and an independent candidateIndrek Tarand all won one seat each.
The election result was remarkable in that the independent candidate Indrek Tarand gathered the support of 102,460 voters, only 1,046 votes less than the winner of the election, Estonian Centre Party, surpassing the results of all other major and minor parties.
Another independent candidate, euroscepticalMartin Helme, surprised also in gaining 9,832 votes and thus surpassing one parliament party -People's Union of Estonia - and gaining only 1,019 less than the next best on the list,Estonian Greens.
The election was conducted using theD'Hondt method withclosed lists. The success of independent candidates in this election has been attributed both to general disillusionment with major parties and use of closed lists which rendered voters unable to cast a vote for specific candidates in party lists.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Estonian Centre Party | 103,506 | 26.07 | 2 | +1 | |
| Estonian Reform Party | 60,877 | 15.33 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pro Patria and Res Publica Union | 48,492 | 12.22 | 1 | 0 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 34,508 | 8.69 | 1 | –2 | |
| Estonian Greens | 10,851 | 2.73 | 0 | New | |
| People's Union of Estonia | 8,860 | 2.23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Estonian United Left Party | 3,519 | 0.89 | 0 | 0 | |
| Libertas Estonia | 2,206 | 0.56 | 0 | 0 | |
| Party of Estonian Christian Democrats | 1,715 | 0.43 | 0 | New | |
| Russian Party in Estonia | 1,267 | 0.32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Farmers' Assembly | 612 | 0.15 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 120,569 | 30.37 | 1 | +1 | |
| Total | 396,982 | 100.00 | 6 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 396,982 | 99.45 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,199 | 0.55 | |||
| Total votes | 399,181 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 909,628 | 43.88 | |||
| Source:VVK | |||||
Edgar Savisaar renounced his mandate, leaving his seat to the third candidate in the party's list – his wifeVilja Savisaar. She was confirmed as a Member of the European Parliament on 7 July 2009.[1]
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