The alliance was formed for the 2002 general elections by the People's Party for Work and Betterment and the Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[1] It received 1.3% of the vote in the national parliamentary elections, winning a single seat in the national House of Representatives, taken by Mladen Potočnik.^[1] Its candidate for the Croat member of the Presidency, Mladen Ivanković-Lijanović, finished second with 17% of the Croat vote.^[1] The alliance also won two seats in the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.