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Incumbent 'wins Estonia election' | |
(about 20 hours later) | |
Estonia's governing coalition is poised to stay in power, official preliminary results show, with the prime minister's centre-right party winning most votes. | |
With 98% of the votes counted, Andrus Ansip's Reform Party has gained 27.7% of votes polled. | |
The left-leaning Centre Party, a coalition partner, took 26.2% of votes. | |
The polls were the fifth parliamentary elections since the country gained independence in 1991 but marked a world first for voting online. | |
Turnout rose to 61% of those eligible to vote, up from 58% in 2003, officials said. | |
Earlier, after initial results, Mr Ansip had said it was clear that people were supporting the coalition parties. | |
Most of Estonia's political parties had campaigned on the country's rapid economic growth and their plans for taxation. | |
Some 30,000 out of 900,000 eligible voters chose the online option, though e-ballots had to be cast at least three days ahead of the election day. | |
The groundbreaking online election system takes advantage of the fact that nearly 90% of Estonians carry a computer-readable identity card - which they were able to use to log in to the secure online voting website. | The groundbreaking online election system takes advantage of the fact that nearly 90% of Estonians carry a computer-readable identity card - which they were able to use to log in to the secure online voting website. |
E-voting systems, in which people use online machines in polling stations or register to get an e-vote password, have been tried on a smaller scale in many European countries, including in some local elections in the UK and Ireland. | E-voting systems, in which people use online machines in polling stations or register to get an e-vote password, have been tried on a smaller scale in many European countries, including in some local elections in the UK and Ireland. |