The German-Baltic Party ( et, Saksa-Balti erakond; german: Deutsch-baltische Partei in Estland, DbPE) was a political party in
Estonia representing the
German minority
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History
The party was established on 27 November 1918 under the name German Party in Estonia (german: Deutsche Partei in Estland, et, Saksa Erakond Eestimaal) in preparation for the
Constituent Assembly elections the following April. Following the
Estonian War of Independence, the party was renamed the German-Baltic Party.
The party won three seats in the elections in April 1919.
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...
& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p581 In the
parliamentary elections
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in 1920 it won four seats, but was reduced to three seats in the
1923 elections and two seats in the
1926 elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1926.
Africa
* 1926 Egyptian parliamentary election
* 1926 Lagos by-election
* 1926 Northern Rhodesian general election
* 1926 South West African legislative election
Asia
* 1926 Hong Kong sanitary ...
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[Nohlen & Stöver, p586] For the
1929 elections the party formed the German-Swedish Bloc,
[Nohlen & Stöver, p579] winning three seats.
[ This was continued for the 1932 elections, with the bloc again winning three seats.
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List of MPs
References
{{Estonian political parties
Defunct political parties in Estonia
Political parties of minorities in Estonia
German diaspora political parties