Estonian Centre Party
Political party in Estonia
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| 2025 | The Estonian Centre Party was the sole political party to vote against a constitutional amendment that removed voting rights in local elections for non-citizens, which predominantly impacted Russian citizens and stateless residents in Estonia. |
| 2024 | European Parliament election with Mihhail Kõlvart as list leader, receiving 12.43% of votes, marking the party's lowest performance in European elections. |
| September 14 2024 | The party ended its membership in the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. |
| August 2024 | Jaak Madison, a former MEP from the Conservative People's Party of Estonia, joined the Centre Party and expressed intentions to reorient the party as a conservative people's party. |
| 2023 | Parliamentary election shows a significant decline, with 15.28% of votes and 16 seats, dropping to third place and returning to opposition. |
| 2023 | In the parliamentary election, the Centre Party received 15.3% of the vote and 16 seats in the Riigikogu, remaining in opposition. |
| September 10 2023 | Mihhail Kõlvart is elected as party leader at a special party conference in Paide, winning 543 votes (51.91%) against Tanel Kiik's 489 votes (46.75%) |
| July 8 2022 | A new coalition government was formed without the Centre Party. |
| June 3 2022 | Kaja Kallas dismissed the seven ministers affiliated with the Centre Party, leading to the government operating as a minority government. |
| January 2021 | Jüri Ratas resigned as Prime Minister, and Kaja Kallas formed a Reform Party-led grand coalition government with the Estonian Centre Party. |
| 2020 | The Estonian Centre Party secured representation in the European Committee of the Regions with one alternate member for the 2020–2025 mandate, sitting in the Renew Europe CoR group. |
| 2019 | Under Jüri Ratas's leadership, the party wins 23.10% of votes and 25 seats in parliamentary elections, entering a coalition government. |
| 2019 | European Parliament election with Yana Toom as list leader, securing 14.39% of votes in the RE group. |
| 2019 | In the parliamentary election, the Centre Party lost support while the Reform Party gained a plurality, leading to complex coalition negotiations. |
| April 5 2019 | Raimond Kaljulaid announced his decision to quit the Centre Party and sit as an independent member of Parliament in protest of the party's coalition talks with EKRE. |
| 2016 | Jüri Ratas becomes the party leader, replacing Edgar Savisaar |
| 2015 | Party maintains strong performance in parliamentary elections with 24.81% of votes and 27 seats, briefly in opposition before joining the coalition. |
| 2012 | Centre Party reached peak popularity among Russian-speaking citizens, with support from up to 75% of ethnic non-Estonians. |
| 2011 | Parliamentary election results show a slight decline, with 23.32% of votes and 26 seats, remaining in opposition. |
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