Liberal Democrat party president Tim Farron has warned it would be "absolutely foolish" for the party to "turn in" on itself.
As two Lib Dem parliamentary candidates in key swing seats called on leader Nick Clegg to step down, Mr Farron insisted Mr Clegg was the man to lead the party into the general election.
He urged members to "be proud behind our leader".
Mr Farron said he had "deep sympathy" with members who had lost seats.
But the Westmorland and Lonsdale MP told the BBC's The Andrew Marr Show that he disagreed with calls among the party to oust its leader.
He said "tough decisions" had been taken in 2010 and it would be wrong to change course now just when they were being vindicated on things like the economic recovery.
Jackie Porter, would-be MP for Winchester, said that after another poor local election showing, it was time to act in the party's best interests.
'Bruised'West Dorset candidate Ros Kayes said the public had lost trust in Mr Clegg.
Both Winchester and West Dorset are currently held by the Conservatives but are seen as winnable.
Mr Farron said he understood a lot of people were "bruised" by the local election results on Thursday and Friday.
"I've lost elections before and it's miserable," he said.
"I also understand why many people will feel that the message they got back on the doorsteps that they didn't like us in government is a really tough one."
He added: "But I just think that at this time it would be absolutely foolish of us as a party to turn in on ourselves."
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