[1] In the 1993 general elections it won seven seats in the National Assembly, becoming the joint third-largest faction.
Following the elections it became part of a coalition government headed by Jean-Luc Mandaba of the Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People (MLPC).
[2] In the next parliamentary elections in 1998 the PLD was part of the Presidential Movement, but was reduced to two seats.
[3] The party again allied itself with the MLPC, which was able to form a government after the defection of an opposition MP.
[5] In 2010 the PLD joined the Presidential Majority alliance in preparation for the 2011 general elections.