This change would be confirmed in March 2018, when the Alliance for the Albanians held its inaugural congress, Ziadin Sela was elected as President of the party.

The Alliance for the Albanians won the race for Mayors of Gostivar, Bogovinje and Vrapciste, while also winning 64 municipal councillor seats across the country.

Three candidates were on the ballot in the first round: Stevo Pendarovski of the ruling Social Democratic Union of Macedonia, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova of the opposition VMRO-DPMNE party.

Following the 11 December 2016, general election, the Alliance for the Albanians, in close coordination with international actors in Macedonia, played a major role in reaching the 61 MPs needed to form a new majority and end the two-year long political crisis that followed the wiretapping scandal involving key figures of the decade long VMRO-DPMNE – Democratic Union for Integration regime.

The Alliance for the Albanians participated in the new government with the Ministry of Health as well as Deputy Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Transport and Communications, and Labour and Social Policy.