Jump to content

2011 Estonian presidential election

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2011 Estonian presidential election

← 2006 29 August 2011 2016 →
  Toomas Hendrik Ilves Indrek Tarand
Nominee Toomas Hendrik Ilves Indrek Tarand
Party Social Democratic Independent
First round 73 25
Nominators Reform, Social Democratic, IRL Centre

President before election

Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Social Democratic

Elected President

Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Social Democratic

An indirect presidential election took place in Estonia on August 29, 2011. There were two candidates: incumbent president Toomas Hendrik Ilves and European parliament deputy Indrek Tarand.[1] For the first time in the country's post-Soviet history, only one round took place, as Ilves was able to secure the necessary two-thirds majority to get re-elected without a runoff. Ilves received 73 votes while Tarand obtained only 25. One vote was blank and two were disqualified. Ilves was supported by the ruling Estonian Reform Party and Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica, as well as the Social Democratic Party, to which he formerly belonged. Tarand was supported by the Estonian Centre Party.[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "President of the Republic of Estonia Elections - Past elections - Estonian National Electoral Committee". www.vvk.ee. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  2. ^ "Dieter Nohlen", Wikipedia, 2021-02-25, retrieved 2021-03-13