Rauf Denktaş had considerable influence on the party.

[3] At the legislative elections for the Assembly of the Republic on 20 January 2005, the party won 13.5% of the popular vote and 6 out of 50 seats.

Its candidate, Mustafa Arabacıoğlu, won 13.3% of the votes in the Northern Cyprus presidential elections on 17 April 2005.

At the legislative elections on 19 April 2009 the DP won 5 out of 50 seats and 10.7% of the popular vote.

[8] It joined the government as the junior partner once again, this time with the UBP, in April 2016.