Earlier in the year, the Progress Party had achieved above 30% in some polls which made it the largest party by several percentage points.[95] With such high gains, the election result was in this case relatively disappointing. Before the election the gains continued to decrease, with most of these losses going to the Conservative Party which had a surprisingly successful campaign.[96] The decline in support over a longer period of time can also be seen as the Labour Party was since 2008 accused of "stealing" policies from the Progress Party.[97][98] The Progress Party did, regardless, achieve a slight gain from the 2005 election with 22.9%, the best election result in the party's history. It also for the first time got represented in the Sami Parliament of Norway in 2009, with three representatives.[99] This made it the fourth largest party in the Sami parliament, and second largest of the nationwide parties.