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The Estonian Workers' Party () was a political party in
Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
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History

The party was a front for the Communist Party, 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 ex ...
& 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 1929 elections saw the party retain its six seats. For the 1932 elections the Communists ran as the Left-wing Workers.Nohlen & Stöver, p583


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