Riigikogu electoral district no. 6

Electoral district no. 6 (Estonian: Valimisringkond nr 6) is one of the 12 multi-member electoral districts of the Riigikogu, the national legislature of Estonia. The district was established in 2003 when the existing electoral district no. 6 was split into two. It is conterminous with the county of Lääne-Viru. The district currently elects five of the 101 members of the Riigikogu using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2019 parliamentary election it had 44,583 registered electors.

Electoral district no. 6
Valimisringkond nr 6
Electoral District for the Riigikogu
Location of Electoral district no. 6 within Estonia
County	Lääne-Viru
Population	58,862 (2020)[1]
Electorate	44,583 (2019)
Current Electoral District
Created	2003
Seats	List 5 (2011–present) 6 (2003–2011)
Member of the Riigikogu[2]	List   Siret Kotka (K)   Anti Poolamets (EKRE)   Indrek Saar (SDE)   Üllar Saaremäe (I)   Marko Torm (RE)
Created from	District no. 6

Electoral system

Electoral district no. 6 currently elects five of the 101 members of the Riigikogu using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system.^[3][4] The allocation of seats is carried out in three stages. In the first stage, any individual candidate, regardless of whether they are a party or independent candidate, who receives more votes than the district's simple quota (Hare quota: valid votes in district/number of seats allocated to district) is elected via a personal mandate.^[5] In the second stage, district mandates are allocated to parties by dividing their district votes by the district's simple quota.^[5] Only parties that reach the 5% national threshold compete for district mandates and any personal mandates won by the party are subtracted from the party's district mandates.^[5] Any unallocated district seats are added to a national pool of compensatory seats.^[5] In the final stage, compensatory mandates are calculated based on the national vote and using a modified D'Hondt method.^[5] Only parties that reach the 5% national threshold compete for compensatory seats and any personal and district mandates won by the party are subtracted from the party's compensatory mandates.^[5] Though calculated nationally, compensatory mandates are allocated at the district level.

Seats

Seats allocated to electoral district no. 6 by the National Electoral Committee of Estonia at each election was as follows:

• 2023 - 5^[6]
• 2019 - 5^[7]
• 2015 - 5^[8]
• 2011 - 5^[9]
• 2007 - 6^[10]
• 2003 - 6^[11]

Election results

Summary

Election	Left EÜVP/EVP/ESDTP/Õ/V			Constitution K/EÜRP/MKOE			Social Democrats SDE/RM/M			Greens EER/NJ/R			Centre K/R			Reform RE			Isamaa I/IRL/I/I\ERSP/I			Conservative People's EKRE/ERL/EME/KMÜ
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
2023	415	1.47%	0				2,110	7.46%	0	150	0.53%	0	3,788	13.40%	0	8,783	31.06%	1	3,881	13.72%	0	5,779	20.44%	1
2019	12	0.04%	0				2,428	9.01%	0	310	1.15%	0	5,371	19.94%	1	6,396	23.75%	1	5,461	20.28%	1	5,768	21.42%	1
2015	17	0.06%	0				4,000	14.85%	0	199	0.74%	0	5,241	19.46%	1	7,247	26.91%	1	5,127	19.04%	1	2,492	9.25%	0
2011							7,050	24.84%	1	535	1.89%	0	4,747	16.73%	1	7,618	26.84%	1	6,027	21.24%	1	1,696	5.98%	0
2007	23	0.08%	0	36	0.12%	0	4,152	14.34%	1	2,049	7.08%	0	7,222	24.95%	1	6,997	24.17%	1	5,326	18.40%	1	2,604	8.99%	0
2003	81	0.31%	0	117	0.45%	0	2,266	8.75%	0				7,384	28.52%	1	2,779	10.73%	0	1,768	6.83%	0	3,831	14.79%	1

(Excludes compensatory seats)

Detailed

  Party has received at least 5% of the vote nationally and is entitled to compete for district seats.

2023

Results of the 2023 parliamentary election held on 5 March 2023:^[12][13][14]

Party			Votes			Total Votes	%	Seats
			Lääne- Viru	Expat- riates	Elec- tronic			Per.	Dis.	Com.	Tot.
	Estonian Reform Party	REF	3,047	25	5,629	8,783	31.06%	1	0	0	1
	Conservative People's Party of Estonia	EKRE	3,931	49	1,705	5,779	20.44%	0	1	1	2
	Isamaa	IE	1,860	5	1,976	3,881	13.72%	0	0	0	0
	Estonian Centre Party	KESK	2,377	2	1,359	3,788	13.40%	0	0	0	0
	Estonia 200	EE200	928	6	1,509	2,474	8.75%	0	0	1	1
	Social Democratic Party	SDE	898	4	1,177	2,110	7.46%	0	0	0	0
	Parempoolsed		367	0	468	844	2.98%	0	0	0	0
	Estonian United Left Party	EÜVP	304	1	105	415	1.47%	0	0	0	0
	Estonian Greens	EER	53	0	96	150	0.53%	0	0	0	0
	Teho Paulus (Independent)		15	0	15	30	0.11%	0	0	0	0
	Tarmo Kalde (Independent)		17	0	6	23	0.08%	0	0	0	0
Valid votes			13,797	92	14,045	28,277	100.00%	1	1	2	4
Rejected votes			168	2	0	172	0.60%
Total polled			13,965	94	14,045	28,449	60.82%
Registered electors			42,511	4,266		46,777

The following candidates were elected:^[14]

• Personal mandates - Hanno Pevkur (REF), 6,567 votes.
• District mandates - Anti Poolamets (EKRE), 2,831 votes.
• Compensatory mandates - Evelin Poolamets (EKRE), 968 votes; Tarmo Tamm (EE200), 876 votes.

2019

Results of the 2019 parliamentary election held on 3 March 2019:^[15][16][17]

Party			Votes			Total Votes	%	Seats
			Lääne- Viru	Expat- riates	Elec- tronic			Per.	Dis.	Com.	Tot.
	Estonian Reform Party	RE	2,979	14	3,403	6,396	23.75%	0	1	0	1
	Conservative People's Party of Estonia	EKRE	3,754	65	1,949	5,768	21.42%	0	1	0	1
	Isamaa	I	2,908	6	2,547	5,461	20.28%	0	1	0	1
	Estonian Centre Party	K	4,022	10	1,339	5,371	19.94%	0	1	0	1
	Social Democratic Party	SDE	1,239	10	1,179	2,428	9.01%	0	0	1	1
	Estonia 200		411	1	416	828	3.07%	0	0	0	0
	Estonian Greens	EER	168	2	140	310	1.15%	0	0	0	0
	Estonian Free Party	EVA	120	0	65	185	0.69%	0	0	0	0
	Estonian Biodiversity Party		69	0	106	175	0.65%	0	0	0	0
	Estonian United Left Party	EÜVP	7	0	5	12	0.04%	0	0	0	0
Valid votes			15,677	108	11,149	26,934	100.00%	0	4	1	5
Rejected votes			183	2	0	185	0.68%
Total polled			15,860	110	11,149	27,119	60.83%
Registered electors			44,239	344		44,583

The following candidates were elected:^[17]

• District mandates - Siret Kotka-Repinski (K), 2,095 votes; Anti Poolamets (EKRE), 3,335 votes; Taavi Rõivas (RE), 2,847 votes; and Üllar Saaremäe (I), 2,023 votes.
• Compensatory mandates - Indrek Saar (SDE), 1,332 votes.

2015

Results of the 2015 parliamentary election held on 1 March 2015:^[18][19][20]

Party			Votes			Total Votes	%	Seats
			Lääne- Viru	Expat- riates	Elec- tronic			Per.	Dis.	Com.	Tot.
	Estonian Reform Party	RE	4,724	16	2,507	7,247	26.91%	0	1	0	1
	Estonian Centre Party	K	4,665	8	568	5,241	19.46%	0	1	0	1
	Pro Patria and Res Publica Union	IRL	3,421	12	1,694	5,127	19.04%	0	1	0	1
	Social Democratic Party	SDE	2,810	5	1,185	4,000	14.85%	0	0	0	0
	Conservative People's Party of Estonia	EKRE	1,845	5	642	2,492	9.25%	0	0	0	0
	Estonian Free Party	EVA	1,411	4	789	2,204	8.18%	0	0	0	0
	Party of People's Unity	RÜE	248	0	76	324	1.20%	0	0	0	0
	Estonian Greens	EER	114	0	85	199	0.74%	0	0	0	0
	Estonian Independence Party	EIP	69	0	14	83	0.31%	0	0	0	0
	Estonian United Left Party	EÜVP	14	0	3	17	0.06%	0	0	0	0
Valid votes			19,321	50	7,563	26,934	100.00%	0	3	0	3
Rejected votes			222	1	0	223	0.82%
Total polled			19,543	51	7,563	27,157	59.17%
Registered electors			45,848	51		45,899

The following candidates were elected:^[20]

• District mandates - Siret Kotka (K), 2,558 votes; Marko Pomerants (IRL), 2,681 votes; and Valdo Randpere (RE), 3,170 votes.

2011

Results of the 2011 parliamentary election held on 6 March 2011:^[21][22][23]

Party			Votes			Total Votes	%	Seats
			Lääne- Viru	Expat- riates	Elec- tronic			Per.	Dis.	Com.	Tot.
	Estonian Reform Party	RE	5,786	14	1,818	7,618	26.84%	0	1	0	1
	Social Democratic Party	SDE	5,466	10	1,574	7,050	24.84%	0	1	1	2
	Pro Patria and Res Publica Union	IRL	4,416	25	1,586	6,027	21.24%	0	1	0	1
	Estonian Centre Party	K	4,244	3	500	4,747	16.73%	0	1	0	1
	People's Union of Estonia	ERL	1,477	1	218	1,696	5.98%	0	0	0	0
	Estonian Greens	EER	378	3	154	535	1.89%	0	0	0	0
	Aivar Koitla (Independent)		228	4	50	282	0.99%	0	0	0	0
	Party of Estonian Christian Democrats	EKD	173	1	42	216	0.76%	0	0	0	0
	Estonian Independence Party	EIP	110	0	17	127	0.45%	0	0	0	0
	Russian Party in Estonia	VEE	67	0	14	81	0.29%	0	0	0	0
Valid votes			22,345	61	5,973	28,379	100.00%	0	4	1	5
Rejected votes			323	3	0	326	1.14%
Total polled			22,668	64	5,973	28,705	58.73%
Registered electors			48,811	64		48,875

The following candidates were elected:^[23]

• District mandates - Hanno Pevkur (RE), 3,784 votes; Marko Pomerants (IRL), 3,455 votes; Indrek Saar (SDE), 3,931 votes; and Peeter Võsa (K), 1,936 votes.
• Compensatory mandates - Rannar Vassiljev (SDE), 1,960 votes.

2007

Results of the 2007 parliamentary election held on 4 March 2007:^[24][25][26]

Party			Votes			Total Votes	%	Seats
			Lääne- Viru	Expat- riates	Elec- tronic			Per.	Dis.	Com.	Tot.
	Estonian Centre Party	K	7,100	8	114	7,222	24.95%	0	1	0	1
	Estonian Reform Party	RE	6,661	27	309	6,997	24.17%	0	1	0	1
	Pro Patria and Res Publica Union	IRL	4,913	72	341	5,326	18.40%	0	1	0	1
	Social Democratic Party	SDE	3,954	11	187	4,152	14.34%	0	1	0	1
	People's Union of Estonia	ERL	2,542	3	59	2,604	8.99%	0	0	0	0
	Estonian Greens	EER	1,904	9	136	2,049	7.08%	0	0	0	0
	Party of Estonian Christian Democrats	EKD	391	5	8	404	1.40%	0	0	0	0
	Estonian Independence Party	EIP	94	0	0	94	0.32%	0	0	0	0
	Russian Party in Estonia	VEE	42	0	1	43	0.15%	0	0	0	0
	Constitution Party	K	36	0	0	36	0.12%	0	0	0	0
	Estonian Left Party	EVP	21	0	2	23	0.08%	0	0	0	0
Valid votes			27,658	135	1,157	28,950	100.00%	0	4	0	4
Rejected votes			293	1	0	294	1.01%
Total polled			27,951	136	1,157	29,244	59.01%
Registered electors			49,425	136		49,561

The following candidates were elected:^[26]

• District mandates - Kristiina Ojuland (RE), 3,519 votes; Marko Pomerants (IRL), 3,156 votes; Indrek Saar (SDE), 1,855 votes; and Toomas Varek (K), 2,890 votes.

2003

Results of the 2003 parliamentary election held on 2 March 2003:^[27][28][29]

Party			Votes		Total Votes	%	Seats
			Lääne- Viru	Expat- riates			Per.	Dis.	Com.	Tot.
	Estonian Centre Party	K	7,378	6	7,384	28.52%	0	1	1	2
	Union for the Republic–Res Publica	ÜVE-RP	7,108	13	7,121	27.50%	1	0	0	1
	People's Union of Estonia	ERL	3,829	2	3,831	14.79%	0	1	0	1
	Estonian Reform Party	RE	2,768	11	2,779	10.73%	0	0	1	1
	Moderate People's Party	RM	2,261	5	2,266	8.75%	0	0	1	1
	Pro Patria Union Party	I	1,737	31	1,768	6.83%	0	0	1	1
	Estonian Christian People's Party	EKRP	346	0	346	1.34%	0	0	0	0
	Estonian Independence Party	EIP	125	0	125	0.48%	0	0	0	0
	Estonian United People's Party	EÜRP	117	0	117	0.45%	0	0	0	0
	Estonian Social Democratic Labour Party	ESDTP	81	0	81	0.31%	0	0	0	0
	Astrid Koppel (Independent)		49	0	49	0.19%	0	0	0	0
	Russian Party in Estonia	VEE	27	0	27	0.10%	0	0	0	0
Valid votes			25,826	68	25,894	100.00%	1	2	4	7
Rejected votes			330	1	331	1.26%
Total polled			26,156	69	26,225	54.23%
Registered electors			48,288	69	48,357
Turnout			54.17%	100.00%	54.23%

The following candidates were elected:^[29]

• Personal mandates - Marko Pomerants (ÜVE-RP), 4,324 votes;
• District mandates - Peeter Kreitzberg (K), 2,541 votes; and Vello Tafenau (ERL), 1,481 votes.
• Compensatory mandates - Mart Laar (I), 1,055 votes; Kadi Pärnits (RM), 786 votes; Märt Rask (RE), 1,307 votes; and Toomas Varek (K), 1,221 votes.