The invention discloses an electric press plier which comprises a shell, wherein a switch is arranged on the shell, the inside of the lower end of the shell is provided with a power supply and a circuit control device, the inside of the upper end of the shell is provide with a motor and a speed reducer, a drive gear is arranged on an output shaft of the speed reducer and mutually matched with a driven gear fixedly arranged on a screw barrel, the screw barrel is sleeved on a screw in the shell and mutually and helically matched with the screw, a knocking block is arranged on the screw, the shell is internally and respectively provided with a front stroke switch and a rear stroke switch which are mutually matched with the knocking block, a digital display device is arranged on the rear end of the shell, and the front end of the screw is mutually matched with a plier assembly arranged at the front end of the shell. The invention has the advantages of avoidance of structural defects of hydraulic compression joint, convenience for compression joint, small volume, light weight, convenience for carrying, high automation, convenience for use and management because the compression joint frequency is measured by a control system and displayed by the digital display device, and the like.