 In the 1994 Basque elections EB won 93,291 votes (9.15%) and gained its first six seats in the Basque Parliament.It was a member of the Basque Government for 8 years (between 2001 and 2009), supporting Juan José Ibarretxe of the Basque Nationalist Party as "lehendakari".In 2009 it obtained 36,134 votes (3.51%).