 In 1996 the MRS participated in national elections with Sergio Ramírez as presidential candidate and Leonel Arguello as a candidate for the vice-presidency.In 2001 based on a programmatic platform with democratic commitments and postulates, the MRS was part of the National Convergence Alliance and through this alliance participated in the presidential elections of that year.In the presidential and parliamentary elections of 2006, the MRS led the MRS Alliance, led by the former mayor of Managua Herty Lewites, who was nominated as a candidate for the presidency in a formula with Edmundo Jarquín Calderón as vice-presidential candidate.