Elections in Estonia

The Riigikogu has 101 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold.

All permanent residents, regardless of citizenship, are eligible to vote in the local (municipal) elections in Estonia.

If a bill which is submitted to a referendum does not receive a majority of votes in favour, the President of the Republic shall declare extraordinary elections to the Parliament.

There are some issues which cannot be submitted to the referendum: issues regarding the budget, taxation, financial obligations of the state, ratification and denunciation of international treaties, the declaration or termination of a state of emergency, or national defence (article 105 of the Constitution[7]).

Also, there was a referendum on the restoration of Estonian independence in 1991 while Estonia was still under Soviet occupation.