Party of Estonian Christian Democrats


The Party of Estonian Christian Democrats, formerly known as the Estonian Christian People's Party was a political party in Estonia, which is not represented in the Riigikogu. In 2012, the party was declared bankrupt by a court, therefore it cannot participate in elections.
It is a Christian-conservative party which is opposed to the European Constitution and campaigned against Estonia joining the EU. The party is a member of the European Christian Political Movement.

Party in elections

At the 2003 legislative elections, the party won 1.1% of the popular vote and no seats. In the 2007 parliamentary election, this improved to 9,443, but still fell far short of the 5% threshold.
In the 2002 local council elections, the EKRP was elected in 3 local councils out of 247 and collected 7 seats.
In Kuressaare it collected 1 seat out of 21, in Pihtla Parish 2 seats out of 11 and in Püssi 4 seats out of 13.
In the 2005 local council elections the EKRP took part in 13 local elections out of 227 and collected 3 seats. In the whole country, the party collected 1799 votes which made up 0.36% of all votes. The Party won a seat in Kuressaare and Pihtla parish
The party took part, but didn't collect any seats in these councils:
In the town of Püssi the party didn't take part in the elections and lost its four seats. In local elections in Estonia the threshold is 5% of valid votes cast in the council.