In 1769, following the December Crisis (1768), it suggested reforms to the constitution to balance the power between monarch and parliament through an increase of royal power. The Riksdag of 1771-72 was a great success of Hovpartiet, which was able to use the scandals of the established parties of the time, and many members of the Hats party left their party to become members of Hovpartiet. The Revolution of 1772 of Gustav III was a victory for Hovpartiet, but it also resulted in the abolition of both it and the rest of the parties of the Riksdag.