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Post by Devonian on Feb 26, 2015 12:59:48 GMT
Estonia is to hold its general election this Sunday 1st of March. 101 parliamentarians to be elected from 12 constituencies using the d'Hondt system Latest opinion polls 19 February poll from TNS Emor Reform 23% Centre 22% Social Democratic 20% Pro Patria & Res Publica 14% Conservative People's Party 9% Free Party 9% Green Party 2% 23 February poll from Turu-uuringute Centre 27% Reform 22% Social Democratic 18% Pro Patria & Res Publica 16% Conservative People's Party 6% Free Party 6% www.erakonnad.info/reiting.html |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2015 22:33:11 GMT
I've added a poll to brush up my knowledge of Estonian political parties. I'll need to do a bit of research before I decide who I would be most likely to vote for.
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Post by Devonian on Feb 27, 2015 22:34:04 GMT
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Post by mrhell on Mar 1, 2015 12:47:36 GMT
The Centre Party are a left liberal party with ties to Putin's party. Basically, the Russians vote for them.
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Post by Devonian on Mar 1, 2015 19:40:48 GMT
Turnout 63.7%
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Mar 1, 2015 20:40:25 GMT
Trying to work out what's going on, all I've learned is that Estonian is bloody difficult.
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Post by Devonian on Mar 1, 2015 20:41:24 GMT
Final results expected soon. Both the Conservative People's Party and the Free Party have passed the 5% threshold and will be in the Parliament
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Post by Devonian on Mar 1, 2015 20:44:46 GMT
Trying to work out what's going on, all I've learned is that Estonian is bloody difficult. Who's the picture on your avatar? |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Mar 1, 2015 20:48:48 GMT
Trying to work out what's going on, all I've learned is that Estonian is bloody difficult. Who's the picture on your avatar? A man of such hardline, right-wing madness it'd make any Republican wince and vote Obama. The one, the only, Monsieur Maurice Duplessis, a man whose administration is referred to as "the Great Darkness" (long-time PM of Quebec). |
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Post by Devonian on Mar 1, 2015 20:52:18 GMT
With 498 of 547 election stations counted
Reform 28.5% 31 seats (-2)
Centre 22.7% 24 seats (-2)
Social Democratic 15.7% 16 seats (-3)
Pro Patria 14.2% 14 seats (-9)
Free Party 8.9% 8 seats (+8)
Conseravtive People's 8.3% 8 seats (+8)
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Post by finsobruce on Mar 1, 2015 20:56:47 GMT
Who's the picture on your avatar? A man of such hardline, right-wing madness it'd make any Republican wince and vote Obama. The one, the only, Monsieur Maurice Duplessis, a man whose administration is referred to as "the Great Darkness" (long-time PM of Quebec). There's a great quote from one of his relatives: The saying goes that after the death of every great man there's a long period of ingratitude. I find Maurice Duplessis's period is lasting pretty long. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Mar 1, 2015 21:03:15 GMT
A man of such hardline, right-wing madness it'd make any Republican wince and vote Obama. The one, the only, Monsieur Maurice Duplessis, a man whose administration is referred to as "the Great Darkness" (long-time PM of Quebec). There's a great quote from one of his relatives: The saying goes that after the death of every great man there's a long period of ingratitude. I find Maurice Duplessis's period is lasting pretty long.He was a strange man, and his legacy is dark, but Quebecers like to pretend nobody ever voted for him. They did, for a long time, and in large numbers, vote for him. So he must have had some appeal. A complex and interesting man. |
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Post by Devonian on Mar 1, 2015 21:19:53 GMT
534 of 547 election stations counted
Reform 27.9% 31 seats (-2)
Centre 24.4% 26 seats (nc)
Social Democratic 15.3% 15 seats (-4)
Pro Patria 13.8% 14 seats (-9)
Free Party 8.7% 8 seats (+8)
Conservative People's 8.2% 7 seats (+7)
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Post by Devonian on Mar 1, 2015 21:27:04 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2015 21:35:51 GMT
Trying to work out what's going on, all I've learned is that Estonian is bloody difficult. Estonian is what happens when you let Finnish run riot. |
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Post by finsobruce on Mar 1, 2015 22:03:46 GMT
Trying to work out what's going on, all I've learned is that Estonian is bloody difficult. Estonian is what happens when you let Finnish run riot. I'll ask my Finnish co-worker who went to university in Estonia to verify this.... |
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Post by Khunanup on Mar 1, 2015 22:53:59 GMT
Final result:
Reform 27.7% 30 seats (-3)
Centre 24.8% 27 seats (+1)
Social Democratic 15.2% 15 seats (-4)
Pro Patria 13.7% 14 seats (-9)
Free Party 8.7% 8 seats (+8)
Conservative People's 8.1% 7 seats (+7)
Will be interesting to see who Reform make deals with for their coalition. Anyone but Centre and CPP presumably.
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Post by finsobruce on Mar 2, 2015 16:28:13 GMT
My Finnish colleague agrees that Estonian is "Finnish gone mad".Not sure what Estonians think... There is apparently one more case and one more letter, but is comprehensible. The much quoted link with Hungarian does not mean Finns can understand it...oh no.
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Mar 2, 2015 16:43:28 GMT
Estonian and Hungarian are roughly as closely related as are English and Sanskrit.
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Post by Khunanup on Mar 2, 2015 18:12:11 GMT
My Finnish colleague agrees that Estonian is "Finnish gone mad".Not sure what Estonians think... There is apparently one more case and one more letter, but is comprehensible. The much quoted link with Hungarian does not mean Finns can understand it...oh no. So that's only 16 cases then... My Finnish mate says that Estonian accents are even more bizarre than rural Finish ones which is saying something! |
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