starting in 1990 as the first political party of the muslim minority participating in the parliamentary elections, in the first elections in 1990 after the end of the communist regime, which the muslims had boycotted, the party won 6.0% of the popular vote and 24 out of 400 seats and became the fourth largest party in the parliament. in the parliamentary elections in 1991 it won 7.6% of the vote and remained with 24 seats in а 240-seater parliament. in the elections in 1994 it won 5.4% of the vote and its seats decreased to 15. in the elections in 1997 it won 7.6% of the vote and 19 out of 240 seats. from 2001 to 2009, the party was part of the government, first in a coalition with the national movement simeon ii (ndsv) party and then with the bulgarian socialist party (bsp). the party had ministers in the sakskoburggotski government, stanishev government and oresharski government (2013-2014).