impossible to win. In addition, they offered every 25th place on their party list and would have banned Gyurcsány himself from running either individually or on a list. Another request was that DK should not present a platform of its own. The party could not accept these conditions, the politician said. On 14 January 2014, centre-left opposition parties agreed to submit a joint list for the spring 2014 general election. The list was headed by MSZP leader Attila Mesterházy, the centre-left alliance's candidate for Prime Minister. Mesterházy was followed by Gordon Bajnai (Together 2014) as second and Ferenc Gyurcsány as third. Liberal leader Gábor Fodor was entered at fourth place and co-leader of the E14-PM alliance and the Dialogue for Hungary (PM). Tímea Szabó was entered at fifth place on the joint list of the MSZP, E2014-PM, DK, and Liberals. The Hungarian Liberal Party also received two additional places (56th and 58th) on the list. The party eventually won 4 seats. In the 2014 European election, DK received 9.75% of the vote, and had two MEPs returned. On 26 May 2014, Csaba Molnar announced that DK had applied to join the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. Independent performance and united opposition The party ran alone in the 2018 parliamentary election, scoring 5.38% and electing 9 MPs in the National Assembly. In the 2019 European election, DK did very well, scoring 16.08%, overtaking the Hungarian Socialist Party and Jobbik and becoming the leading opposition party. In 2019 local election, the party had its best performance in Tatabánya and in Budapest, where 3 district mayorships were won. In 2020, two more mayorships in Budapest were added to DK after two mayors, elected as MSZP candidates, joined Democratic Coalition. After this DK became the second largest party in General Assembly of Budapest (after Fidesz–KDNP alliance) and the largest party in opposition's coalition, which is ruling in the Budapest. In 2020, Hungarian Liberal Party member Anett Bősz joined DK's political group in the National Assembly. In late 2020, the party joined joint opposition list along with the Momentum Movement, MSZP, Jobbik, the Dialogue, LMP and Hungarian Liberal Party. In 2021, the party took part in Hungarian opposition primary. In these elections DK joined forces with the Hungarian Liberal Party. This joint ticket came first by number of constituencies (32) and votes and its candidate to the Prime Minister Klára Dobrev won the first