Elections
The old DLP was wound up in 1978, but a small group of DLP activists in Victoria formed a new DLP and contested elections. At the 2004 federal election, the DLP received 1.94 percent of the primary vote in the Senate in Victoria which contributed to the election after preferences of Steve Fielding from the Family First Party on a primary vote of 1.88 in Victoria to the Senate. The DLP thereafter formed state parties in other states.
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