The party was established by Souvanna Phouma on 26 May 1961, and supported a neutral approach to foreign and internal affairs.
[1] After a period of inactivity, it contested the 1965 elections, winning fourteen of the 59 seats.
When a merger did not happen, the party stopped contesting national elections, although it continued to exist into the 1970s.
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