Journal: Baltic Region
Year: 2020

A well-developed party system has emerged in Estonia over the decades of independence.There are, however, distinct geographical patterns of voting.A number of new political parties have appeared in the country; the regional and ethnic patterns of voting (the latter matter much in Estonia) have changed dramatically.This study aims to analyse the recent changes in the Estonian party system as well as the causes of these changes and the effect of the ethnic and geographical factors on the transform