Coalition ahead in Estonia vote

ESTONIA’S centre-right government took a commanding lead in the Baltic country’s first election as a eurozone member, winning well over half of the advance ballots.

Mon, 07 Mar, 2011 - 00:00

The results were an early indication that Prime Minister Andrus Ansip’s coalition could win a second term.

Ansip’s Reform Party got 34% and its conservative partner IRL had 24% of the advance votes.

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