Voters re-elect Austerity Ansip

"As predicted, the centre-right Reform party which won 33 seats has topped the poll" in Estonian general elections, reports Postimees. The daily also notes an upsurge in support for the Social Democratic party, which obtained 19 of the 101 seats in a new parliament that will feature only four parties. Other groups including the Estonian Greens and the People’s Union of Estonia, which both scored under 5% of the vote, will not be represented. In its editorial, the Tallinn daily remarks that "a firm austerity policy successfully implemented in a time of crisis" was the key factor that brought victory to the outgoing government led by Prime Minister Andrus Ansip, and highlights the "success of the country’s Internet voting system which was used by most of the country’s electorate who cast their votes online prior to the election."