1919 Estonian Constituent Assembly election

{{Short description|1919 elections in Estonia}}

{{Infobox election

| country = Estonia

| type = parliamentary

| previous_election = Estonian Provincial Assembly

| previous_year = 1917

| next_election = 1920 Estonian parliamentary election

| next_year = 1920

| seats_for_election = 120 seats in the Constituent Assembly

| majority_seats = 61

| election_date = 7 April 1919

| image_size = 130x130px

| image1 = August Rei (cropped).jpg

| leader1 = August Rei

| party1 = Estonian Social Democratic Workers' Party

| leaders_seat1 =

| seats1 = 41

| popular_vote1 = 152,341

| percentage1 = 33.27%

| image2 = Prime minister Otto Strandman.jpg

| leader2 = Otto Strandman

| party2 = Estonian Labour Party

| leaders_seat2 =

| seats2 = 30

| popular_vote2 = 114,879

| percentage2 = 25.09%

| image3 = Jaan Tonisson1928.jpg

| leader3 = Jaan Tõnisson

| party3 = Estonian People's Party

| leaders_seat3 =

| seats3 = 25

| popular_vote3 = 94,892

| percentage3 = 20.72%

| title = Prime Minister of the Provisional Government

| before_election = Konstantin Päts

| before_party = Estonian Country People's Union

| posttitle = Elected Prime Minister

| after_election = Otto Strandman

| after_party = Estonian Labour Party

}}

Constituent Assembly elections were held in Estonia on 5–7 April 1919.[http://www.riigikogu.ee/?id=34582&langchange=1 Chronology at riigikogu.ee] The elections were called by the Estonian Provisional Government during the Estonian War of Independence. The Assembly was elected by party-list proportional representation in one nationwide district using the D'Hondt method. Eligible voters included soldiers at the front. The elections were won by left-wing and centrist parties.[https://books.google.com/books?id=XKWRct15XfkC&pg Historical Dictionary of Estonia; p. 140] {{ISBN|0-8108-4904-6}}