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DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 21, 1990                   TAG: 9003212121
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: MOSCOW                                 LENGTH: Short

SECESSIONISTS WIN AS ESTONIANS ELECT A NEW PARLIAMENT

Independence supporters won Estonia's parliamentary elections, giving secessionist movements a sweep of the three Baltic republics, according to preliminary results released Tuesday.

Estonia's initial results indicated candidates from the People's Front won at least 38 of the 105 seats in the republic's new Parliament, said Rina Lohmus, a correspondent for official Estonian Radio. At least 16 seats were taken by the Estonian Committee, a more radical independence group.

A group of small parties supporting the People's Front platform also won several seats, according to the radio. Results from about 15 seats still had not been determined, Lohmus said.

The secessionists' win followed the electoral victories of independence movements in the neighboring Baltic republics of Latvia and Lithuania.

by CNB