Center-right Reform Party has 27 percent of votes

Estonia's center-right Reform Party is claiming victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections - Estonia's first since joining the European Union in 2004.

With nearly all the votes counted, the Reform Party has 27 percent, closely followed by its leftist coalition partner, the Center Party, with 26 percent.

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Another conservative party, Pro-Patria and Res Political Union, has 18 percent.

There are 101 seats in the Estonian parliament.

Prime Minister Andrus Ansip calls the election a good and overwhelming victory for the right. But he said upcoming talks on forming a new coalition government could take a while.

The election was notable for being the world's first official parliamentary election in which voters could cast ballots through the Internet. Authorities say 30,000 ballots were cast by computer during a special three-day voting period last week.

Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.