In the polling station set up in the wine shed of the Mäetaguse Manor in Alutaguse Municipality around ten people voted in the first half-hour of the station being open.

"The Riigikogu is far away for country folk. Local elections see a much greater voter turnout than parliamentary ones," said Lehti Targijainen, head of the local electoral committee.

Targijainen said that election compasses helped her make her decision.

"I have been a particular party's supporter for a long time, while I have voted somewhat differently in the last two elections. I want new parties to make the parliament," she offered.

By noon, around a hundred voters had turned up at the polling station in the Jõhvi Concert Hall.

"I gave my vote to a person who keeps their word. Not straight away, of course. Because, as the saying goes, Moscow wasn't built in one go. I believe voter turnout is low in Ida-Viru County because there are a lot of Russian speaking people here," Tatjana Iljina said.

Four years ago, Ida-Viru County yielded seven Riigikogu mandates. Due to a drop in the number of voting-age citizens, just six mandates will be coming from Ida-Viru County this time for which 65 candidates are vying.

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