The Reform Party, who led the ruling coalition in the legislature of the previous convocation, won on the last day before the next elections in Estonia in the parliament (Riigikogu). According to the National Electoral Commission, she gained 28 percent of the vote.
As a result of the vote, the Reform Party secured 30 percent of the seats in the legislature, reports Tass. In second place – centrist party with 25 percent of votes and 27 seats. The leaders of the Reform Party has stated that they intend to build a coalition of three political forces, but centrist it is not going to be invited, according to TV channel “Russia 24″.
In the parliamentary elections could take part in about 900 thousand citizens country, under 18 years of age. Holders of the so-called “gray passports” stateless country – 87.8 thousand residents of Estonia (6.5 percent of the population) – were denied the right to vote. Basically it is the Russian-speaking population.
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