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title: "Estonia: PM Kallas' Reform Party wins parliamentary elections"
url: https://moldova1.md/p/5557/estonia-pm-kallas-reform-party-wins-parliamentary-elections
published: 2023-03-06T08:49:32Z
language: en
section: "International"
source: moldova1.md
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# Estonia: PM Kallas' Reform Party wins parliamentary elections

> The centre-right Reform Party of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas won Sunday's parliamentary elections in Estonia with 31.6% of the vote, ahead of the far-right EKRE party (16%), almost final results show, reports AFP.

The centre-right Reform Party of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas won Sunday's parliamentary elections in Estonia with 31.6% of the vote, ahead of the far-right EKRE party (16%), almost final results show, reports AFP.

![France 24](https://storage.moldova1.md/images/06bce2d2-ca7a-4607-b722-0969e74010c2.jpg)

*Sursa: France 24*

To govern, the Reform Party will have to form a coalition with one or more parties in the 101-seat parliament, as in the outgoing legislature. The Centre Party (centre-left) won 14.7% of the vote, Estonia 200 (liberal) 13.5%, the Social Democratic Party 9.4% and Isamaa (conservative) 8.3%, according to the Electoral Commission.

When asked by the press to comment, Kaja Kallas said she was satisfied with the results, but said she was waiting for the final count.

*"It is much better than we expected," acting PM Kallas said. "I have ruled out coalition with EKRE and stand by my statements as I did in 2019,"* she added.

Should the results be confirmed, the Reform Party would surpass its result of four years ago (28.9%) and win 38 seats (+4).

Favourite among businessmen and young professionals, the Reform Party has pledged to increase military spending to at least 3% of GDP and relax taxation for businesses. It supports same-sex civil partnerships.

An EU and NATO member, Estonia, a country of 1.3m people, was behind international calls last year for military aid for Ukraine fighting a Russian invasion.