The party also competed in the 2006 Austrian legislative election as the "Dr. Martin's List — For Democracy, Control, Justice" (MATIN), but obtained no seats in the parliament.
2009 European parliament election
In 2009, Martin flirted with the idea of heading a planned Austrian electoral list of the pan-European eurosceptic alliance Libertas.eu, but later rebuffed Libertas' advances.[2] While Libertas finally didn't manage to set up a list, Martin successfully competed in the 2009 European Parliament election in Austria with his own electoral list, increasing his vote share to 18%, gaining three seats in the European Parliament.
Later, Martin wanted third-placed electee Angelika Werthmann not to take up her seat so that fourth-placed Martin Ehrenhauser could become an MEP instead. However, Werthmann refused to do so, and in the end, second-placed Robert Sabitzer didn't take up his seat; afterwards, there were rumours that Werthmann might leave to join the Greens or the FPÖ instead,[3][4] which did not occur.