As of 20:00 on 20 May, 14.3% percent of eligible voters have already cast their ballot in the European elections electronically or at early voting locations. 94,558 votes have been cast over the internet.
Votes can be changed by another i-vote or at early voting stations today at 18:00 and 20:00, respectively.
Elections in Estonia take place on Sunday, 26 May.
Nine political parties and five independent candidates are running for the EU elections. Estonia has 6 seats in the European Parliament.
The electoral system has no threshold for access to the EP. However according to the latest polls it is expected that only four parties will win seats.
The Estonian Reform Party of Kaja Kallas and the Estonian Center Party of the Prime Minister Jüri Ratas are expected to elect 2 MEPs each, while the Social Democrats of Estonia and the far-right Conservative People’s Party of Estonia (EKRE), which is a partner of the coalition government, 1 seat each.
Estonian citizens are not particularly interested in the EU elections: turnout in 2014 was 36.52%.
