The Estonian Workers' Party ( et, Eesti Tööliste Partei) was a political party in

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

History

The party was a front for the

Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...

, which had used umbrella organisations to participate in politics since being banned in 1918. In the 1926 elections the party won six seats,

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...

& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p586 a decrease on the ten seats the Communists won in the 1923 elections running under the guise of the

Workers' United Front The Workers' United Front ( et, Töörahva Ühine Väerind) was a political party in Estonia. History The party was a front for the Communist Party, which had used umbrella organisations to participate in politics since being banned in 1918.

. The 1929 elections saw the party retain its six seats. For the 1932 elections the Communists ran as the

Left-wing Workers The Left-wing Workers ( et, Pahempoolsed töölised ja kehvikud) was a political party in Estonia. History The party was a front for the Communist Party,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p587 which ...

.Nohlen & Stöver, p583

References

Defunct political parties in Estonia Communist parties in Estonia {{Estonia-party-stub