 During the 1990s other DVU members in Schleswig-Holstein also joined the party, although the process went into decline from 1995 as they returned to the DVU.In the 1996 election the party captured only 0.2% of the Schleswig-Holstein vote, underlining their decline in the area.As a result, the group ceased to organise as a political party in 1997, continuing as a political association.