It was formed by Ooi Boon Ewe, an independent candidate in the 2001 general election in Singapore.
The party was approved in the midst of the 2006 general election hustling, but was days late for nomination.
PLDP attempted to contest in the 2011 general election, with Ooi running for the Sengkang West Single Member Constituency.
However, on Nomination Day, Ooi's assentor did not turn up,[1] leading to Ooi publicly appealing to the opposition's supporters to be his assentor but to be rejected by the crowd.
He subsequently shed tears over again the inability to participate in elections, being in his 70s and having desired to become a Member of Parliament.