The Party of Estonian Christian Democrats (''Erakond Eesti Kristlikud Demokraadid''), formerly known as the Estonian Christian People's Party (''Eesti Kristlik Rahvapartei'') was a

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Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

, which is not represented in the

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(parliament). In 2012, the party was declared bankrupt by a court, therefore it cannot participate in elections. It is a Christian-conservative party which is opposed to the

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and campaigned against Estonia joining the EU. The party is a member of the

European Christian Political Movement The European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) is the only European political party explicitly working on promoting Christian values. The party unites national parties and individuals from across Europe who share policies influenced by Chris ...

(EPCM).

Party in elections

At the 2003 legislative

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, the party won 1.1% of the popular vote (5,275 votes) and no seats. In the 2007 parliamentary election, this improved to 9,443 (1.7%), but still fell far short of the 5% threshold. In the 2002 local council elections, the EKRP was elected in 3 local councils out of 247 and collected 7 seats. In

Kuressaare Kuressaare () is a town on Saaremaa island in Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Saaremaa Parish and the capital of Saare County. Kuressaare is the westernmost town in Estonia. The recorded population on 1 January 2018 was 13,276. Th ...

it collected 1 seat out of 21 (5.6% share of votes; 294 votes), in

Pihtla Parish Pihtla Parish was a municipality in Saare County, Estonia. The municipality had a population of 1,400 (as of 1 January 2006) and covered an area of 228.11 km². During the administrative-territorial reform in 2017, all 12 municipalities on ...

2 seats out of 11 (24.7% share of votes; 163 votes) and in

Püssi Püssi is a town in Lüganuse Parish, Ida-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia, with a population of 917 . It is located near the road between Tallinn and St. Petersburg. History Following the end of the Soviet Union's 45-year rule over Estonia ...

4 seats out of 13 (31.8% share of votes; 191 votes). In the 2005 local council elections the EKRP took part in 13 local elections out of 227 and collected 3 seats. In the whole country, the party collected 1799 votes which made up 0.36% of all votes. The Party won a seat in

(1 seat out of 21; 5.4% share of votes; 264 votes) and

(2 seats out of 11; 18.3% share of votes; 109 votes) The party took part, but didn't collect any seats in these councils: *

Keila Keila (german: Kegel) is a town and an urban municipality in Harju County in north-western Estonia, 25 km southwest of Tallinn. Keila is also the location of administrative buildings of the surrounding Keila Parish, a rural municipality se ...

(1.6% share of votes; 57 votes) * Ridala Parish (3.0% share of votes; 30 votes) *

Haljala Parish Haljala Parish ( et, Haljala vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a population of 4297 (2021) and an area of 549 km². Populated places Small borough Haljala - Võsu Villages Aaspere - Aasu - Aasume ...

(2.0% share of votes; 18 votes) * Vihula Parish (3.0% share of votes; 27 votes) * Kaarma Parish (2.1% share of votes; 26 votes) *

Valjala Parish Valjala Parish (or Valjala rural municipality) was a rural Municipalities of Estonia, municipality in western Estonia. It is a part of Saare County. The municipality had a population of 1,397 (as of 1 January 2006) and covered an area of 180.02&n ...

(8.7%; 45 votes) *

Puka Parish Puka Parish was a rural municipality of the Estonian county of Valga. Settlements ;Small borough Puka ;Villages Aakre - Kähri - Kibena - Kolli - Komsi - Kuigatsi - Meegaste - Palamuste - Pedaste - Plika - Põru - Prange - Pühaste ...

(1.8% share of votes; 10 votes) *

Viljandi Viljandi (, german: Fellin, sv, Fellin) is a town and municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 17,407 in 2019. It is the capital of Viljandi County and is geographically located between two major Estonian cities, Pärnu and Tartu. ...

(0.6% share of votes; 41 votes) *

Võru Võru (; vro, Võro; german: Werro) is a town and a municipality in south-eastern Estonia. It is the capital of Võru County and the centre of Võru Parish. History Võru was founded on 21 August 1784, according to the wish of the Empress Cather ...

(3.9% share of votes; 235 votes) *

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...

(0.7% share of vote; 891 votes) * Tartu (0.1% share of vote; 46 votes). In the town of

the party didn't take part in the elections and lost its four seats. In local elections in Estonia the threshold is 5% of valid votes cast in the council.

External links

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