The PLL traces its roots back to the
Legality Movement (1943–1944), a
royalist political and paramilitary organisation active during
World War II which sought to restore the
House of Zogu to the Albanian throne. The 1924 in the PLL's logo is a reference to the 24 December 1924 counter-revolution of
Zog I, which restored the king to his throne and deposed the government installed by the
June Revolution earlier that year. Former members of the Legality Movement held their first "congress in exile" from 24 to 25 November 1962, at the
Sheraton-Atlantic Hotel in
New York City, United States. They held nine more congresses in exile before the
fall of communism in Albania and the legalisation of opposition parties in the country. The party contested its first parliamentary election
in 1996, receiving 2.07 percent of the popular vote and no seats. In
early elections held the following year, the party garnered 3.25 percent of the popular vote and won two seats. The party returned to parliament with the election of one deputy
in 2021. It joined the
Alliance for a Great Albania electoral coalition in the lead up to the
2025 parliamentary election. == Ideology and program ==