Estonian Workers' Party

The Estonian Workers' Party (Estonian: Eesti Tööliste Partei) was a political party in Estonia.

Estonian Workers' Party Eesti Tööliste Partei
Founded	1926
Dissolved	1930
Preceded by	Workers' United Front
Succeeded by	Left-wing Workers
Ideology	Communism Marxism-Leninism
Political position	Far-left
Colours	Red
Politics of Estonia Political parties Elections

History

The party was a front for the Communist Party, which had used umbrella organisations to participate in politics since being banned in 1918.^[1] In the 1926 elections the party won six seats,^[2] a decrease on the ten seats the Communists won in the 1923 elections running under the guise of the Workers' United Front.^[2]

The 1929 elections saw the party retain its six seats.^[2] For the 1932 elections the Communists ran as the Left-wing Workers.^[3]