Amid this position, CPL (independent) joined the national unity government, which included almost all parties and organisations in the Supreme Council except the CPL (CPSU), Lithuanian Democratic Party (LDP) and the Association of Poles in Lithuania (ZPL).

Algirdas Brazauskas became Deputy Prime Minister of Lithuania in the Prunskienė Cabinet.

[3] The LDDP won the 1992 parliamentary election, gaining 43% of the vote giving it 73 seats in the Seimas.

The electoral coalition was named after Algirdas Brazauskas and it won a majority of the votes.

The merged party took the Social Democratic name, but was dominated by former LDDP members.

[5] Attempts of reviving the LDDP, like the "Democratic Labour and Unity Party" (DDVP) of Brazauskas' widow Kristina Brazauskienė [lt] or the Social Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania (LSDDP) only had limited success.

The only exception of large cities was Kaunas, where Sąjūdis (and later the Homeland Union) had greater support.