Factional competition within the party increased.
The charismatic Haider transformed the party, increasing its popular appeal.
His party increased its mayors by over a third.
As for Oldham, far from being beaten, the party increased its share of the vote.
In the 2009 parliamentary polling the party increased its seat total to six.
The party increased its majority in the 1997 elections, winning 35 of the 40 seats.
The party increased its representation in the Bundestag to 68 seats in the 2009 election.
The clout of these big-state Republican delegations has declined sharply as the Southern influence in the party increases.
Why, even if the British National party increases its vote in Burnley or Oldham next month, is their performance nothing compared with similar parties in Austria, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Austria, Italy, Germany, Spain or France?
Each time a party wins a seat, the divisor for that party increases by the same integer, which thus reduces its chances of winning the next seat.
