1919 Estonian Constituent Assembly election

1919 Estonian Constituent Assembly election
7 April 1919
120 seats in the Constituent Assembly
61 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader August Rei Otto Strandman Jaan Tõnisson
Party ESTP Labour Party People's Party
Seats won 41 30 25
Popular vote 152,341 114,879 94,892
Percentage 33.27% 25.09% 20.72%
Prime Minister of the Provisional Government before election

Konstantin Päts
Estonian Country People's Union

Elected Prime Minister

Otto Strandman
Labour Party

Constituent Assembly elections were held in Estonia on 5–7 April 1919. The elections were called by the Estonian Provisional Government during the Estonian War of Independence. The Assembly was elected by party-list proportional representation in one nationwide district using the D'Hondt method. Eligible voters included soldiers at the front. The elections were won by left-wing and centrist parties.

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