Editing Order and Justice (section)

===Recovery (2004–2006)===
[[2004 Lithuanian presidential election|Another presidential election]] was scheduled to elect a replacement for Paksas. The LDP nominated Paksas, giving the people a referendum on his impeachment. Whilst his nomination was initially accepted, it was then thrown out by the Constitutional Court, leaving the LDP without a nominee in the election.<ref name="Algis Krupavicius 2005" /> In the [[2004 European Parliament election in Lithuania|first election]] to the [[European Parliament]], the LDP won 6.8% of the vote, and one seat.<ref name="Algis Krupavicius 2005" /> The member of the [[European Parliament]] from the Lithuanian Liberal Democratic party was [[Rolandas Pavilionis]], a former rector of [[Vilnius University]]. He joined the [[Union for Europe of the Nations]].

Throughout Paksas's scandal and impeachment, the Liberal Democrats presented soft opposition to the governing centre-left coalition, alongside the united [[Liberal and Centre Union]] and [[Homeland Union]]. In the [[2004 Lithuanian parliamentary election|parliamentary election]] in October, the LDP formed a coalition called ''Coalition for Rolandas Paksas 'For Order and Justice' '', which was successful in winning 11 seats. However, the centre-left coalition managed to hold on to power, thanks to a failure of the centre-right parties to agree to cooperate.<ref name="Algis Krupavicius 2005" />