The support for Estonian Christian Democrats (EKD) grew 1.5 times at the Parliamentary Election on March 4, but not enough to exceed the threshold of 5%. EKD had 1.7% votes which was a big jump comparing to the 1.1% received last time.

EKD made a broad election campaign for the first time of its existence. The campaign was started by outdoor advertisement in Tallinn and carried on mainly on the radio, local newspapers and the Internet. During the last two weeks EKD was strongly present on the two main commercial TV channels as well. It became widely known through the process.

The Christian party was a part of all the major debates on the public service television and radio and also on the main news radio “Kuku”. The private print media, the major daily newspapers ignored EKD totally, that could be one of the reasons the party could not get over the threshold. The rating of the party was very low at the beginning of the campaign. It has a much better position now.

62% of the citizens participated in the election. Reform Party was the winner, taking 31 seats of the 101 in the Parliament. Center Party (Keskerakond) got 29 seats, with very little chance to be included in the government. The Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica (IRL) got 19 seats with a good chance to join the winner in the coalition government. Social Democrats (10 seats) and Greens (6 seats) participate in the coalition negotiations too.

The Christian Democrats will not give up but are looking forward with hope to the next, local election in two years time, to get more support and grow before the next Parliamentary election.