MEP Marina Kaljurand said the current chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDE) Indrek Saar and several former party leaders have asked her to run for the position of party chair. Kaljurand said she has no intention to run.
Sunday's local elections were a lackluster affair for nearly all the leaders of Estonia's major political parties, running as 'flagship' vote-attracting candidates but in many cases polling lower than less well-known figures. The one exception was Eesti 200 chief, Kristina Kallas; while Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) leader Martin Helme was the most-voted-for candidate from his party, his overall vote count was nothing special in the context of the electoral district he ran in.