Originally, Anders Lange wanted the party to be an anti-tax protest movement rather than a common political party. The party had a brief political platform on a single sheet of paper that on one side listed ten things the party was "tired of", and on the other side ten things that they were in favour of.[36] The protest was directed against what Lange claimed to be an unacceptable high level of taxes, subsidies, and foreign aid.[37] In the 1973 parliamentary election, the party won 5 percent of the vote and gained four seats in the Norwegian parliament. The main reasons for the success has later been seen by scholars as a mixture of tax protests, the charisma of Anders Lange, the role of television, the aftermath of the 1972 EC membership referendum and the political development in Denmark.[38] The first party conference was held in Hjelmeland in 1974, where the party established its first political conventions.[39]