Siim Kallas Reform Juhan Parts Res Publica Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia on 2 March 2003.
Following the 1999 election, a Triple Alliance coalition government was formed by Mart Laar of the Pro Patria Union, including the Reform Party and the Moderates.
The Estonian National Electoral Committee announced that 11 political parties and 16 individual candidates registered to take part in the 2003 parliamentary election.
[8][7] Opinion polls showed the Centre Party led by the mayor of Tallinn, Edgar Savisaar, with a small lead in the run up to the election.
[15] However their populism and their lack of a clear policy on whether Estonia should join the European Union meant they were likely to struggle to form a coalition after the election.
[5] Res Publica's campaign focused on the need to address crime and corruption[5] and they portrayed themselves as being a change to the older political parties.
The highest percentage figure in each poll is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's color.
[18] Altogether the right of centre parties won 60 seats, compared to only 41 for the left wing, and so were expected to form the next government.