The Constitution Party (), known until 11 February 2006 as the Estonian United People's Party (), 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 (, VEE; ) was a minor centre-left political party in Estonia, representing the Russian minority. History The party was originally established as the Russian National Union (; ), a right-of-centre party, in 1920. It r ...

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

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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: E ...

to form the

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Controversy

According to the

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

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, created by the

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(SVR) as part of their campaign of " political intelligence manipulations". Also, several members of the party have connections with groups such as Nochnoy Dozor.

Election results

References

External links

Official website
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