Estonia 2003 parliamentary election

Final results from ParlGov, read 5 October 2026: Estonian Centre Party won 28 of 101 seats with 25.4% of the vote; 58.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.8 points on 1999.

Estonia
Held Sunday 2 March 2003

Result

51 for a majority

Seats and votes by party

Party	Seats	± seats	%	± points	Votes
Estonian Centre Party	28	0	25.4	+2.0	125,709
Res Publica Party	28		24.6		121,856
Estonian Reform Party	19	+1	17.7	+1.8	87,551
People's Union of Estonia	13	+6	13.0	+5.7	64,463
Pro Patria Union	7	−11	7.3	−8.8	36,169
Social Democratic Party / Moderates	6	−11	7.0	−8.2	34,837
Constitution Party	0	−6	2.2	−3.9	11,113
Party of Estonian Christian Democrats	0	0	1.1	−1.3	5,275

± is the change against the Estonia 1999 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party

Estonian Centre Party 125,709
Res Publica Party 121,856
Estonian Reform Party 87,551
People's Union of Estonia 64,463
Pro Patria Union 36,169
Social Democratic Party / Moderates 34,837
Constitution Party 11,113
Party of Estonian Christian Democrats 5,275

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

Share of the vote

Estonian Centre Party25.4%
Res Publica Party24.6%
Estonian Reform Party17.7%
People's Union of Estonia13.0%
Pro Patria Union7.3%
Social Democratic Party / Moderates7.0%
Constitution Party2.2%
Party of Estonian Christian Democrats1.1%

Turnout

58.2% of the 859,714 registered voters cast a ballot (500,686 ballots), up 0.8 points on 1999. 494,888 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

Estonian Centre Party25.4% of votes27.7% of seats
Res Publica Party24.6% of votes27.7% of seats
Estonian Reform Party17.7% of votes18.8% of seats
People's Union of Estonia13.0% of votes12.9% of seats
Pro Patria Union7.3% of votes6.9% of seats
Social Democratic Party / Moderates7.0% of votes5.9% of seats
Constitution Party2.2% of votes0.0% of seats

Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.4 by votes and 4.7 by seats; Estonian Centre Party led Res Publica Party by 0.8 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal

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