It went on to win 27 in 1901, with Karavelov briefly serving as Prime Minister after the elections in a coalition government with the People's Liberal Party (PLP).
For the April 1923 elections the DP joined the Constitutional Bloc alliance formed in order to oppose the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (BZNS).
After World War II the party contested the 1946 Constitutional Assembly elections, but failed to win a seat.
After the fall of the Communist regime the party was re-established in 1990 and joined the Union of Democratic Forces (SDS) alliance.
For the 1994 elections, the Democratic Party left the SDS and formed the People's Union alliance with the BZNS,[11] winning eighteen seats.