The party competed in the April 2009 parliamentary election, obtaining 13.13% of the vote and of 15 seats in parliament.

The party has joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) as an observer member.

On 12 April 2013, the Liberal Party Reform Council was launched, with Ion Hadârcă as leader.

The internal split became permanent when a separate Liberal Reformist Party (PLR) joined the Pro-European Coalition, formed after the dissolution of the Alliance for European Integration (AIE), remaining in the Leancă Cabinet after the Liberal Party (PL) left the government.

Furthermore, Chirtoacă, leader of the PL,[7][8] was designated as the candidate of the MPU for the 2020 Moldovan presidential election.

For the 2021 Moldovan parliamentary election, PL decided to compete along with PPR, USB, and AUR and managed to get 7,216 votes (0.49%), but failed to meet the 5% threshold.