title: Estonian Coalition Party
text: # Estonian Coalition Party
  
  Estonian Coalition Party (Estonian: Eesti Koonderakond) was an Estonian centre-right liberal political party. Founded in 1991 by Tiit Vähi, it disbanded in 2002. The party was an observing member of Liberal International from 1998 on. It had contacts with parties like Latvian Way and participated in the ruling coalition of 1995-1999. A party mostly uniting former (urban) nomenklatura and other Soviet era officials, it was closely allied with the Party of Rural People, which, however, represented more populist, centre-left ideology.
  
  ## Electoral results
  
  ### Parliamentary elections
  
  | Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Government |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1992 | 62,329 | 13.6 (#2) | 17 / 101 | 17 | Opposition |
  | 1995 | 174,248 | 32.2 (#1) | 41 / 101 | 24 | Coalition |
  | 1999 | 36,692 | 7.6 (#4) | 7 / 101 | 34 | Opposition |
  
  * ↑ as Safe Home (joint list with Country People's Union)
  * ↑ with Country People's Union
  * ↑ with Estonian Country Union and Party of Estonian Pensioners and Families
  