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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.

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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.

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