Russian Party in Estonia Vene Erakond Eestis Русская партия Эстонии | |
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| Founder | Aleksei Sorokin |
| Founded | 1920 |
| Dissolved | 2012 |
| Merged into | Social Democratic Party |
| Ideology | Russian minority interests Plurinationalism Cultural autonomy |
| Political position | Syncretic |
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The Russian Party in Estonia (Estonian: Vene Erakond Eestis, VEE; Russian: Русская партия Эстонии) was a minor political party in Estonia.
The party was originally established as the Russian National Union (Estonian: Vene Rahvuslik Liit; Russian: Русский национальный союз), a right-of-centre party, in 1920.[1] It received 1% of the national vote in the parliamentary elections that year,[2] winning a single seat in the Riigikogu.[3]
After Estonia regained independence after the fall of the Soviet Union the Russian Party of Estonia was established in 1994 as the legal successor to the Russian National Union.[4] For the 1995 elections the party formed the "Our Home is Estonia" alliance with the Estonian United People's Party.[5] The alliance won six seats.
The party ran alone in the 1999 elections, receiving 2% of the vote but failing to win a seat.[6][7] The 2003 elections saw the party's vote share fall to just 0.2% as it remained without representation in the Riigikogu. It received 0.2% of the vote again in the 2007 elections and 0.9% in the 2011 elections, failing to win a seat on either occasion.
In 2012 the party merged into the Social Democratic Party.[8]
| Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Status |
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| 1920 | 8,623 | 1.8 (#9) | 1 / 100
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– | Opposition |
| 1995 | 31,763 | 5.87 (#6) | 6 / 101
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– | Opposition |
| 1999 | 9,825 | 2.03 (#9) | 0 / 101
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Extraparliamentary |
| 2003 | 990 | 0.20 (#11) | 0 / 101
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Extraparliamentary |
| 2007 | 1,084 | 0.20 (#10) | 0 / 101
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Extraparliamentary |
| 2011 | 5,029 | 0.87 (#7) | 0 / 101
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Extraparliamentary |
