In the
2002 parliamentary elections, the party won 12 out of 120 seats as part of the Together for Macedonia alliance, led by the
Social Democratic Union of Macedonia and the Liberal Democratic Party. After the 2002 elections it participated in the government together with the SDSM and the
Democratic Union for Integration. After the
2006 parliamentary elections, the Liberal Democratic Party did not remain in government. The party participated in the
2009 Macedonian presidential election without entering in coalition with any of the larger parties. The candidate for presidency in the election was
Nano Ruzin, who garnered 40,042 votes which equaled 4.06% of the popular vote in the first round of the elections. In the
2011 parliamentary election, the Liberal Democratic Party lost all 4 of its seats, receiving 1.48% of the popular vote. The party was part of the coalition "
Alliance for the Future" alongside
SDSM,
VMRO-NP,
NSDP,
United for Macedonia and
Dignity. Following the
2013 local elections, the party's candidate for mayor, Andrej Žernovski, defeated the then mayor of the
Centar Municipality, Vladimir Todorovik, taking a landslide victory in an election that lasted 3 electoral rounds. The opposition, led by SDSM, criticized the government and accused the government of bringing voters illegally from
Pustec, a city in Albania. Further video material and strange names on the electoral lists revealed the information to be accurate. Nevertheless, the candidate of the opposition declared electoral victory following a very complicated and questionable election in the municipality. No answers were given by the current government in power in Macedonia,
VMRO-DPMNE has rejected any accusations as false. The LDP became a member of the
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party on 2 December 2016. On the early parliament elections on 11 December 2016, the party was in coalition with
SDSM. The coalition won 440 000 and 49/120 MPs in the Macedonian assembly, with the LDP itself winning three seats. ==References==