[5] In opinion polls carried out in January and February 1975, the Reform Party saw its support at 0.4%.
[1] Hagen responded by stating that he held control of the party finances and its membership rolls counting 700 members.
[9] Hagen in turn maintained the legitimacy of the party's merger with ALP.
[2] On 26 October 1976, Almås withdrew from his position as party chairman (although he remained a member), as well as politics in its entirety, as he claimed to have been subject to massive harassment as a result of "incorrect" coverage of the events surrounding the party by the mass media.
[10][11] On 19 January 1977, the party secretary, Peter N. Myhre, announced that he also withdrew from his position, after a meeting intended to solve the crisis in the party (where 17 members showed up) reportedly only resulted in quarrels and name-calling.