As expected, Katri Raik (SDE) has been elected mayor of the eastern Estonian town of Narva.
Raik, a former interior minister, received 18 votes to former mayor Aleksei Jevgarov s 11, ending a power vacuum which has existed at the Narva city council chambers since mid-November, when Jevgarov was removed after a vote of no-confidence, and city council chair Irina Janovitš also resigned. Much of the political in-fighting in Narva revolved around the Center Party and a breakaway local group; Raik is a member of the Social Democratic Party (SDE).
Raik s appointment requires two replacements, one for her Riigikogu seat, which she applied to vacate Tuesday, and one for her previous city council seat.