Mart Helme, leader of the Conservative People's Party

The Estonian elections presented no major upsets, with the two main parties remaining the two main parties.





However, the biggest winner among the several parties contesting the election was undoubtedly the Conservative People's Party, which more than doubled its vote.





This is normally described as a populist "far right" Eurosceptic nationalist party, whose members sometimes participate in torchlight parades.





At the last election held in 2015, the result was as follows:

REFORM PARTY (Liberal) 30 seats (27.7% of the vote)

CENTRE PARTY (Centre) 27 seats (24.8%)

SOCIAL DEMOCRATS (Left) 15 seats (15.2%)

PRO PATRIA (Conservatives) 14 seats (13.7%)

PEOPLE'S PARTY (hard right) 7 seats (8.1%)

That has now changed to this:

REFORM PARTY (Liberal) 34 seats (28.8%) +4 seats

CENTRE PARTY (Centre) 26 seats (23%) -1 seat

PEOPLE'S PARTY (hard right) 19 seats (17.8%) +12 seats

PRO PATRIA (Conservatives) 12 seats (11.4%) -2 seats

SOCIAL DEMOCRATS (Left) 10 seats (9.8%) -5 seats

Now, as is usual in true democracies like Estonia, there will be a process of forming a coalition.