The Left-wing Workers (Estonian: Pahempoolsed töölised ja kehvikud) was a political party in Estonia.
Left-wing Workers Pahempoolsed töölised ja kehvikud | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1932 |
| Dissolved | 1935 |
| Succeeded by | Estonian Workers' Party |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism-Leninism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colours | Red |
History
editThe party was a front for the Communist Party,[1] which had used umbrella organisations to participate in politics since being banned in 1918.[2] In the 1932 elections it won five seats,[3] a decrease on the six seats the Communists had won in the 1929 elections running under the guise of the Estonian Workers' Party.[1]
Along with all others, the party was banned in 1935 following Konstantin Päts's self-coup.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p587 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Communist subversion against the state in the Republic of Estonia in the nineteen-twenties and thirties Estonica
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p586
- ^ Vincent E. McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p371 ISBN 0-313-23804-9
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