Decline
The party was closed in 1935 because of the end of democratic era in Estonia. The Party's leadership however tried to operate semi-legally.
In 1940, the Party ceased to exist entirely. After the beginning of the Soviet occupation during World War II they escaped to Sweden and continued their work in emigration in Stockholm under the name of Estonian Socialist Party's Foreign Association (Eesti Sotsialistliku Partei Välismaakoondis).
In 1990, the Estonian Socialist Party's Foreign Association merged into the newly formed Estonian Social Democratic Party.
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