Estonian United Left Party

Estonian United Left Party

Eestimaa Ühendatud Vasakpartei
Estonian United Left Party Eestimaa Ühendatud Vasakpartei
	File:Estonian United Left Party logo.png
Leader	Igor Rosenfeld
Founded	28 June 2008
Preceded by	Estonian Left Party; Constitution Party
Headquarters	Keemikute tn 26–2, Maardu
Membership (2021)	1,696
Ideology	Russian minority politics
European affiliation	Party of the European Left
Colours	Red
Riigikogu	0 / 101
European Parliament (Estonian seats)	0 / 7
Website
	Official website (archived 26 May 2019)
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The Estonian United Left Party (Estonian: Eestimaa Ühendatud Vasakpartei, Russian: Объединённая левая партия Эстонии, Ob'edinënnaja levaja partija Estonii) is a political party in Estonia representing the Russian minority in Estonia. It is a member of the Party of the European Left.

History

On 28 June 2008, the Estonian Left Party (a party comprising most of the remnants of the post-1990 Communist Party of Estonia) and the Constitution Party (one of two parties representing the Russian minority in Estonia) merged to form the Estonian United Left Party (Eestimaa Ühendatud Vasakpartei).^[4] Despite the party's professed adherence to a left-wing direction, some observers and journalists have noted and claimed that the party is perceived to be more interested in catering to Russian minority politics and has been relatively marginal in Estonian politics.^[5]In particular, party chairman Mstislav Rusakov made a comment about the party's apparent obscurity for an interview for Eesti Rahvusringhääling: "The problem is to convey this information to people, because, as I already said, go out into the street, ask: "The United Left Party ...?", they will tell you: "What is this?".^[6] Meanwhile, in an opinion article for the online Russian-language edition of Postimees, Valery Saïkovski asserts that the party is only relevant for Russian nationalist purposes.^[7]

In 2018, there were posters in Tallinn allegedly from the EULP that endorsed Pavel Grudinin, the presidential candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation running in the 2018 Russian presidential election. However, the party has denied that they are responsible for these posters, and the Russian Embassy in Estonia called them "low quality craft".^[8]

Election results

Parliamentary elections

Election	Votes			Seats		Pos.	Government
Election	#	%	± pp	#	±	Pos.	Government
2015	764	0.13	new	0 / 101	new	10th	Extra-parliamentary
2019	510	0.09	0.04	0 / 101	0	10th	Extra-parliamentary

European Parliament elections

Election	Votes			Seats		Pos.
Election	#	%	± pp	#	±	Pos.
2009	3,519	0.89	new	0 / 6	new	7th
2014	226	0.07	0.82	0 / 6	0	9th

References

^ "Äriregistri teabesüsteem" (in Estonian). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
^ Toots, Anu (March 2019). "2019 Parliamentary elections in Estonia" (PDF). Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
^ Lanko, Dmitry (2015). "Estonian Political Parties in the mid-2010s" (PDF). Open Access Repository.
^ "Eestimaa Ühendatud Vasakpartei on loodud".
^ Nizametdinov, Ildar. "Sociologist about OLPE: Estonians perceive this party as purely Russian and too radical (In Russian)". err.ee. Eesti Rahvusringhääling (Estonian Public Broadcasting). Retrieved 24 June 2022.
^ Nizametdinov, Ildar. "Sociologist about OLPE: Estonians perceive this party as purely Russian and too radical (In Russian)". err.ee. Eesti Rahvusringhääling (Estonian Public Broadcasting). Retrieved 24 June 2022.
^ Saïkovski, Valery. "Non-systemic left opposition: why there are almost only Russians and there is no result". Posttimees. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
^ "Posters appeared on the streets of Tallinn calling for voting "for Grudinin"". rus.delfi.ee. Delfi. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

External links

Older dormant website of the party.

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[1] "Äriregistri teabesüsteem" (in Estonian). Retrieved 21 January 2021.

[2] Toots, Anu (March 2019). "2019 Parliamentary elections in Estonia" (PDF). Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

[3] Lanko, Dmitry (2015). "Estonian Political Parties in the mid-2010s" (PDF). Open Access Repository.

[4] "Eestimaa Ühendatud Vasakpartei on loodud".

[5] Nizametdinov, Ildar. "Sociologist about OLPE: Estonians perceive this party as purely Russian and too radical (In Russian)". err.ee. Eesti Rahvusringhääling (Estonian Public Broadcasting). Retrieved 24 June 2022.

[6] Nizametdinov, Ildar. "Sociologist about OLPE: Estonians perceive this party as purely Russian and too radical (In Russian)". err.ee. Eesti Rahvusringhääling (Estonian Public Broadcasting). Retrieved 24 June 2022.

[7] Saïkovski, Valery. "Non-systemic left opposition: why there are almost only Russians and there is no result". Posttimees. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

[8] "Posters appeared on the streets of Tallinn calling for voting "for Grudinin"". rus.delfi.ee. Delfi. Retrieved 24 June 2022.

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