Estonian United Left Party

The Estonian United Left Party (Estonian: Eestimaa Ühendatud Vasakpartei, Russian: Объединённая левая партия Эстонии, Ob'edinënnaja levaja partija Estonii) is a political party in Estonia representing the Russian minority in Estonia. It is a member of the Party of the European Left.

Estonian United Left Party
Eestimaa Ühendatud Vasakpartei
LeaderJulia Lindvall
Founded28 June 2008 (2008-06-28)
Preceded byEstonian Left Party
Constitution Party
HeadquartersKeemikute tn 26–2, Maardu
Membership (2021) 1,696[1]
IdeologyRussian minority politics[2][3]
European affiliationParty of the European Left
Colours  Red
Riigikogu
0 / 101
European Parliament (Estonian seats)
0 / 7
Website
Official website (archived 26 May 2019)

History

On 28 June 2008, the Estonian Left Party (a party comprising most of the remnants of the post-1990 Communist Party of Estonia) and the Constitution Party (one of two parties representing the Russian minority in Estonia) merged to form the Estonian United Left Party (Eestimaa Ühendatud Vasakpartei).[4]

Election results

Parliamentary elections
Election Votes Seats Pos. Government
#  % ± pp # ±
2015 764 0.13 new
0 / 101
 new 10th Extra-parliamentary
2019 510 0.09 0.04
0 / 101
 0 10th Extra-parliamentary

European Parliament elections
Election Votes Seats Pos.
#  % ± pp # ±
2009 3,519 0.89 new
0 / 6
 new 7th
2014 226 0.07 0.82
0 / 6
 0 9th

References
  1. "Äriregistri teabesüsteem" (in Estonian). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. Toots, Anu (March 2019). "2019 Parliamentary elections in Estonia" (PDF). Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
  3. Lanko, Dmitry (2015). "Estonian Political Parties in the mid-2010s" (PDF). Open Access Repository.
  4. "Eestimaa Ühendatud Vasakpartei on loodud".


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