 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Liberal Democratic Party yakaramba iri simba rakakosha mune zvematongerwo enyika zveRussia. Pakukwirira kwepfuma yayo, LDPR yakaunganidza 23 yemavhoti musarudzo dzeDuma dza1993 uye yakawana mumiriri mukuru munyika yose LDPR iri iyo inonyanya kuvhota mumatunhu makumi matanhatu nematanhatu kubva pamakumi masere nemasere. Ichi chinhu chakakurudzira Zhirinovsky kukwikwidzazve nokuda kwehofisi yapurezidhendi, nguva ino achipesana naBoris Yeltsin. Idi rokuti kukwikwidza kwaYeltsin kwakaratidzika kuva kunonetswa zvakakomba nemapoka orudzi rweRussia uye bato reCommunist rakavandudzwa rakashamisa vazhinji vevatariri vokunze, zvikurukuru munyika dzokuMadokero, avo vakaratidza kunetseka kuti zviitiko zvakadaro zvinomutsa tyisidziro yakakomba mukupona kwedemokrasi yeRussia, iyo yatova mumamiriro ezvinhu asina kusimba zvikuru. Zhirinovsky akava nzvimbo yokutsoropodzwa kwakakomba uye airatidzika kuva mufananidzo mupenyu wokudzvinyirira namasimba masimba muRussia yazvino uno. Nepo vamwe vacherekedzi vaida kurangarira mashoko ake anopokana senhamburiko dzakasimba dzokuunganidza rutsigiro rworudzi, dzisingagoni kuonekwa sechinhu chipi nechipi chakakomba kupfuura zvokudya zvesarudzo zvinotarisirwa kushandiswa mudzimba, pakanga pane kuvhiringidzika kukuru pamusoro pokuti muna February 1996, mwedzi pamberi pesarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika, Zhirinovsky akaiswa wechipiri muongororo dzepfungwa, shure kweCommunist Gennady Zyuganov uye mberi kwaBoris Yeltsin. Pakupedzisira, zvisinei, Zhirinovsky akaiswa wechishanu ne 5.7 mugove mumutambo wokutanga wekuvhota. Kubvira ipapo, rombo rebato rakadzikama zvishoma, nesarudzo ya2003 ichiona chikamu chevhoti cheLDPR che11.7. Muna 2004, Zhirinovsky akaramba kunyange kusarudzwa nebato, achisiya iro basa kuna Oleg Malyshkin, uyo akagamuchira 2 rutsigiro kubva kuvhoti. 