An indirect presidential election took place in
Estonia on August 29, 2011. There were two candidates: incumbent president
Toomas Hendrik Ilves and European parliament deputy
Indrek Tarand.[1] For the first time in the country's post-Soviet history, only one round took place, as Ilves was able to secure the necessary two-thirds majority to get re-elected without a runoff. Ilves received 73 votes while Tarand obtained only 25. One vote was blank and two were disqualified. Ilves was supported by the ruling
Estonian Reform Party and
Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica, as well as the
Social Democratic Party, to which he formerly belonged. Tarand was supported by the
Estonian Centre Party.[2]