TALLINN, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Ulle Madise, the sole candidate in Estonia's presidential election, was elected president Wednesday during an extraordinary session in the country's 101-member Parliament (Riigikogu).
Madise, Estonia's chancellor of justice, received support from 71 lawmakers, according to the live cast of the parliament session. She needed a two-thirds majority, or at least 68 votes, to be elected in the secret ballot.
78 lawmakers cast ballots in the ballot, of which seven were blank, the Parliament said. ■