 The party won two seats in the 1981 elections, taken by Dayan and Mordechai Ben-Porat, and was invited to join the governing coalition, with Ben-Porat becoming Minister Without Portfolio.When Dayan died on 16 October 1981, he was replaced by Hurvitz.However, the party split up on 6 June 1983, when Ben-Porat created the Movement for the Renewal of Social Zionism and Hurvitz reformed Rafi – National List, which he later renamed Ometz.