[4] He was replaced by Otto Strandman, Piip, Juhan Kukk, Theodor Pool and Seljamaa.
[5] The two parties formally merged in 1919,[2] and won a quarter of the seats in the 1919 Constituent Assembly elections, with Strandman heading the government formed on 8 May 1919.
After its foundation, the Labour Party supported non-revolutionary social and agrarian reform.
Socialist during its early years, the party gradually moved towards the political centre.
[2] The party drew its support from artisans, civil servants, intellectuals, small landowners and the non-socialist working class.