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Second round of Estonian presidential runoff proves inconclusive

Xinhua, August 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

The second round of the Estonian presidential election on Tuesday proved inconclusive, local media reported.

Estonia's former prime minister and former EU commissioner Siim Kallas, who joined the election Tuesday as an independent candidate, got 45 votes. Former education minister Mailis Reps got 32 votes while the former chancellor of justice Allar Joks came in last with 21 votes.

The election will go onto a third round on Tuesday afternoon with a runoff between Kallas and Reps, according to Estonian Broadcasting Corporation.

If no candidate receives the required 68 votes in the third round, the speaker will convene an electoral body consisting of all 101 members of the parliament and 234 representatives of local government councils who will then have to elect the president.

Estonia's outgoing President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has spent two five-year terms in office and is due to stand down in October. Enditem