2026 Estonian presidential election

By law, the president of Estonia is indirectly elected. The Riigikogu has the task of electing the president in the first instance, in up to three rounds. If no candidate receives the required supermajority of two-thirds (68 votes out of 101), the election for president then moves to an electoral college consisting of 101 MPs and 107 representatives of local (municipal) governments. If the electoral college fails to achieve a majority in two rounds, the process is to return to the parliament yet again to restart. The incumbent Alar Karis has served one term and is eligible to be elected to a second consecutive term in office. ==Candidates==

Individuals must be nominated by one-fifth of the members of Riigikogu (21 MPs) in order to officially stand as candidates. As part of changes adopted before the election, candidates now are to be set up 12 to nine days before voting instead of four to two as before. Nominated candidates are also now expected to give a speech of up to 10 minutes detailing their positions. Declared • Mart Helme, ex-leader of EKRE (2013-2020), former Minister of the Interior (2019-2020) Unlikely to run The following individual is eligible, and has not outright declined his nomination, but considers it unlikely: • Alar Karis, incumbent President of Estonia (since 2021) ==Notes==