In the
2013 Kosovan local elections Limaj abandoned
PDK to support the Civic Initiative for Malishevo (
Albanian:
Iniciativa Qytetare për Malishevën) and (winning) mayoral candidate Ragip Begaj, ending 15 years of PDK government.
Kosovo Liberation Army leader and PDK co-founder left the party with
Jakup Krasniqi Chairman of the Assembly of Kosovo. Jakup Krasniqi was elected secretary of the national council of the party. On 29 January 2018, the party convention decided to change the name of their party from Initiative for Kosovo (Nisma për Kosovën), to the Social Democratic Initiative (Nisma Socialdemokrate). ==Election results==