The coalition was not long-lived, however, and at the end of June, 2001 New Union joined the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania in a coalition headed by Algirdas Brazauskas. In 2000 Social-Democratic Coalition of Algirdas Brazauskas, consisting of Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania, Social Democratic Party of Lithuania, Union of the Russians of Lithuania and New Democracy Party, had won a total of 51 seats in the elections. Democratic Labour Party and Social Democrats, which had together won 45 of those seats, merged in 2001 under the name of the latter.