right wins handily in Estonia parliamentary election | Eastern NC Now

The right has scored yet another victory in a series of European parliament elections, as parties of the right and center-right won 62 of the 101 seats in the Estonian parliament today.  The governing center-right Reform Party won 37 seats, with the nationalist right EKRE winning 17 seats, and the nationalist right Isamaa winning 8.  Reform is now the largest party in parliament and EKRE second largest.  The established center-left parties, the Center Party and the Social Democratic Party won 25 seats between them, a combined loss of 11 seats from the last election.  Estonia 200, a centrist party that calls for reducing taxes won the remaining 14 seats.