Simplify the following text for a Grade 4 native English-speaking person.
Original: Haider lead the Freedom Party to great success so that in 1999 the party reached the second most votes with 27 % behind the SPÃ -- with 33 % and could form a coalition with the Austrian People 's Party Ã -- VP ( having for the first time only the third most votes ) making Wolfgang SchÃ 1\/4 ssel Chancellor of Austria .
Simplified: Haider 's Freedom Party , which in 1999 was slightly stronger than SchÃ 1\/4 ssel 's party , was reduced to 10.16 % of the vote .