iakub lakoba unsuccessfully participated in the 2004 presidential elections, in which he and his vice presidential candidate, fatima kvitsinia, came in fifth and last with only 800 votes. after leading candidates sergei bagapsh and raul khadjimba decided to resolve the crisis that ensued after the elections by contending on a joint presidential/vice presidential ticket in a rerun, lakoba was the only other candidate to stand again. this time, he chose fellow party member stella gunia as his vice presidential candidate and the pair garnered 3,400 votes, equal to 4.7% of the total votes cast.