The Tenants' Union ( et, Üürnikkude Liit) was a political party in

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 ...

History

The party first ran in national elections in 1923, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p577 when it won a single seat in the parliamentary elections with 1.3% of the vote.Nohlen & Stöver, p586 Despite maintaining their vote share in the

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, the party lost its only seat in the

Riigikogu The Riigikogu (; from Estonian ''riigi-'', of the state, and ''kogu'', assembly) is the unicameral parliament of Estonia. In addition to approving legislation, the Parliament appoints high officials, including the Prime Minister and Chief Just ...

due to the

electoral threshold The electoral threshold, or election threshold, is the minimum share of the primary vote that a candidate or political party requires to achieve before they become entitled to representation or additional seats in a legislature. This limit can ...

being raised to require parties to win a minimum of two seats.Nohlen & Stöver, p568 The party did not contest any further elections.

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