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The Constitution Party (Estonian: Konstitutsioonierakond), known until 11 February 2006 as the Estonian United People's Party (Eestimaa Ühendatud Rahvapartei), was a political party in Estonia, mainly supported by the Russian minority.

For the 1995 elections, the party formed the "Our Home is Estonia" alliance with the Russian Party in Estonia. The alliance won six seats.

The party held six seats in the Riigikogu from 1999 to 2003. At the legislative elections of 2 March 2003, it won 2.2% of the popular vote and got no seats. In 2007's election, it fell further to 5,470 votes (1.0%) and again got no seat; Estonian Internal Security Service alleged there was an active promotion campaign by Russian special services.

On 28 June 2008, it merged with the Estonian Left Party to form the Estonian United Left Party.

Controversy

According to the Estonian Internal Security Service the Constitution Party was a puppet-party supported and controlled by Russia, created by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) as part of their campaign of "political intelligence manipulations". Also, several members of the party have connections with groups such as Nochnoy Dozor.

Election results

References

1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p579 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Eesti Päevaleht 20 June 2008: Kaitsepolitsei aastaraamat: Vene luure tegi mullu Eestis usinalt tööd Archived 2008-06-30 at the Wayback Machine by Kärt Anvelt
3. "Counterintelligence". Annual Review 2007 (PDF). Tallinn: Estonian Security Police. 2008. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-04-15.
4. "KAPO aastaraamat 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2020-03-18.

External links

• Official website

• Political parties established in 1994
• Defunct political parties in Estonia
• Russian political parties in Estonia
• 1994 establishments in Estonia
• 2008 disestablishments in Estonia
• Political parties disestablished in 2008