In the parliamentary election, the party was supportive of authoritarian, incumbent
President Leonid Kuchma, and opposed to the pro-democratic
Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc. It was described by
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty as a "
party of power", including oligarchs, bureaucrats, and pro-Kuchma politicians, as an attempt to further increase Kuchma's power through constitutional and extra-constitutional means. At the election, the alliance won 11.77% of the popular vote and a total of 102 out of 450 seats, placing it in third behind Our Ukraine and the
Communist Party of Ukraine. Final poll results had predicted 7-8% of the total votes. The alliance received many of its votes from
Donetsk Oblast. The alliance consisted of the 5 following members: •
Party of Regions (), led by
Volodymyr Semynozhenko. •
Agrarian Party of Ukraine (), led by Governor of
Lviv Oblast Mykhailo Hladiy. led by
Anatoliy Kinakh. led by former
Prime Minister Valeriy Pustovoitenko. led by
Serhiy Tyhypko. ==Since the election==