The Constitution Party (''Konstitutsioonierakond''), known until 11 February 2006 as the Estonian United People's Party (''Eestimaa Ühendatud Rahvapartei''), was a

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, mainly supported by the

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minority. For the 1995 elections the party formed the "Our Home is Estonia" alliance with the

Russian Party in Estonia The Russian Party in Estonia ( et, Vene Erakond Eestis, VEE) was a minor political party in Estonia. History The party was originally established as the Russian National Union, a right-of-centre party, in 1920. It received 1% of the national vo ...

. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p579 The alliance won six seats. The party held 6 seats in the

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from 1999 to 2003. At the

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of 2 March 2003, it won 2.2% of the popular vote and got no seats. In 2007's election, it fell further to 5,470 votes (1.0%) and again got no seat; Estonian Internal Security Service alleged there was an active promotion campaign by Russian special services.

Eesti Päevaleht ''Eesti Päevaleht'' ''("Estonia Daily")'' is a major daily Estonian newspaper, from the same publishers as the weekly '' Eesti Ekspress''. It has a daily circulation of around 36,000. History and profile ''Eesti Päevaleht'' was founded on 5 Ju ...

20 June 2008
Kaitsepolitsei aastaraamat: Vene luure tegi mullu Eestis usinalt tööd
by Kärt Anvelt On 28 June 2008, it merged with the

Estonian Left Party Estonian Left Party (, EVP) was a leftist socialist political party in Estonia. History *1990: Registration of the independent Estonian Communist Party (EKP). *1992: Congress of EKP renamed Estonian Democratic Labour Party (EDTP). *July 1995: ED ...

to form the

Estonian United Left Party The Estonian United Left Party ( et, Eestimaa Ühendatud Vasakpartei, russian: Объединённая левая партия Эстонии, ) is a political party in Estonia representing the Russian minority in Estonia. It is a member of th ...

Controversy

According to the

Estonian Internal Security Service The Estonian Internal Security Service ( et, Kaitsepolitsei, officially et, Kaitsepolitseiamet, KaPo for short) is a central national security institution of Republic of Estonia. Its purposes are centered on enforcing constitutional order. Th ...

the Constitution Party was a puppet-party supported and controlled by

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, created by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) as part of their campaign of " political intelligence manipulations". Also several members of the party have connections with groups such as Nochnoy Dozor.KAPO aastaraamat 2007
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Election results

References

External links

Official website
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