1938 Estonian parliamentary election

1938 Estonian parliamentary election
24-25 February 1938
All 80 seats in the Riigivolikogu
41 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Konstantin Päts
(de facto)		 Jaan Tõnisson
(de facto)
Party PER Independents
Last election 64 seats –
Seats won 42 16
Seat change 64 New
Popular vote 256,213 189,929
Percentage 57.43% 42.57%
Results by constituency
     PER      PER supporters      Former RKE members      Former Settlers      Former Vaps members      EKP-aligned      Former ESTP members      Metslang-allied socialists

Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia on 24 and 25 February 1938. The National Front for the Implementation of the Constitution won 64 of the 80 seats. In turn, the Front was essentially an enlarged version of the pro-government Patriotic League.

Of the 16 independents elected, six were members of the Democracy Group (composed of two former members of the National Centre Party, two Settlers and two of the Vaps Movement), six of the Unity Group of Working People (composed of four leftist Socialists and two rightist Socialists), two were Independent Workers and two were members of the Russian Group.

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