European Parliament election, 2014 (Estonia)

The European elections in Estonia in 2014 will take place on Sunday 25th May 2014 instead. It is carried out within the framework of an EU-wide European elections held in 2014. Estonia represents 6 of the 751 seats in the European Parliament.

Choice

It is the third direct elections to the European Parliament since the accession of the Republic of Estonia to the European Union on 1 May 2004. It is the first European election after Estonia joined the euro area on 1 January 2011.

Choice is open to all EU citizens who are registered in the Estonian electoral rolls. You must be at least 18 years of age on election day. The minimum age for eligibility for election in Estonia is 21 years. Members of the armed forces are excluded from the right to vote.

Election process

The polls are open on election day von 9.00 bis 20.00 clock. Voters can leave the voices in code offices Between the tenth and the seventh day before the election outside their place of residence already. The choice is possible with residence abroad as a postal ballot or in an Estonian foreign representation.

In addition, voters can cast their vote over the Internet by means of a digital signature until the fourth day before the election. All you need is usually their electronic identity card, a reader and two PIN numbers.

Electoral system

The Estonian MPs are elected according to the principle of proportional representation. There are naturally in Estonia in the European election no threshold. The whole country counts as one constituency. For the determination of the deputies found the D' Hondt method application.

It is true ( otherwise than at the European elections in Estonia 2009) the system of open lists; that is, the order of candidates on the party lists is determined by the voters. An amendment to the law was the Estonian Parliament ( Riigikogu ) adopted in 2010.

Topics

The choice is considered mood test for the next Estonian parliamentary elections in early March 2015.

By cutting off the voltage, founded in 2012, Euro-skeptic Conservative People's Party of Estonia ( Eesti Konservatiivne Rahvaerakond ) is seen. The right-wing populist party led by the historian Mart Helme had made especially against Estonia's accession to the ESM mood. Another issue is the EU's migration policy. The son of party leader and Ekre board member Martin helmets had in May 2013 with his claim in a television program "Black out the door " ( Kui on must, näita ust) provided for protests.

2009 results

At the last European election on 7 June 2009, there were the following result:

For Members of the European Parliament in 2009, three women and three men were elected:

The turnout in Estonia in 2009 was 43.9 % significantly higher than in the previous European elections on 13 June 2004 (26.8%).

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