Red Electoral Alliance
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Red Electoral Alliance Rød Valgallianse | |
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| Leader | Torstein Dahle |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Dissolved | 2007 |
| Succeeded by | Red Party |
| Headquarters | Osterhausgate 27 Oslo |
| Youth wing | Rød Ungdom |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wingtofar-left |
| European affiliation | The European Alliance of EU-critical Movements(observer) |
| Colours | Red |
| Website | |
| Official Website | |
Red Electoral Alliance(Bokmål:Rød Valgallianse,Nynorsk:Raud Valallianse,RV) was an alliance of far-left groups formed into a Norwegian political party to promoterevolutionary socialismideals into theNorwegian parliament.The party dissolved itself on 10 March 2007, when it participated in the founding of a new party,Red(Rødt).
Raud Ungdom orRød Ungdom(Red Youth) was their youth organization.
History[edit]
While it was formed in 1973 as an election front for theWorker's Communist Party (marxist-leninist)(in Norwegian:Arbeidernes Kommunistparti (m-l), AKP(ml)), the Red Electoral Alliance became an independent party in 1991, and after that, it scrapped manyLeninistideas. It remained a revolutionary party that, promoting an ideology based uponMarxism.
From 1993 to 1997,Erling Folkvordrepresented RV inStortinget,the Norwegian parliament. In 1997, the party got their highest recorded percentage of votes, with 1.7%. In spite of this, Folkvord lost his seat and no new seats were won.
Torstein Dahle,an economist atBergen University College,was elected leader in 2003 and re-elected in March 2005. Following the2005 electionit was clear that their work to regain their place in the parliament had failed. They received 1.2% of the national total of votes. It was clear that in order to be represented in parliament, they had to win a large share of votes inHordalandorOslo.However their best result was 3.4% inHordaland.
On 10 March 2007, the party dissolved itself, as it merged with the AKP into a new party,Red,with Dahle as its leader. Due to Norwegian election laws, the name Red Electoral Alliance was kept for the 2007 local elections. The party currently has 57 representatives in town halls nationwide.
Party leaders[edit]
- 1973-1975 —Sigurd Allern1
- 1975-1979 —Pål Steigan1
- 1979-1981 —Hilde Haugsgjerd
- 1981-1983 —Finn Sjue
- 1983-1987 —Jahn Arne Olsen
- 1987-1995 —Aksel Nærstad
- 1995-1997 —Jørn Magdahl
- 1997-2003 —Aslak Sira Myhre
- 2003-2007 —Torstein Dahle
1Until 1979, the leader ofAKPwas also the leader of RV.
Parliamentary election results[edit]
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 9,360 | 0.43 | 0 / 155
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| 1977 | 14,515 | 0.63 | 0 / 155
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 0
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| 1981 | 17,844 | 0.72 | 0 / 155
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0
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| 1985 | 14,818 | 0.57 | 0 / 157
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0
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| 1989 | *22,139 | *0.83 | 0 / 165
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0
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| 1993 | 26,360 | 1.07 | 1 / 165
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 1
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| 1997 | 43,252 | 1.67 | 0 / 165
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 1
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| 2001 | 30,015 | 1.18 | 0 / 165
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0
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| 2005 | 32,355 | 1.23 | 0 / 169
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0
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*: In 1989 RV participated in an electoral alliance with other groups calledCounty Lists for Environment and Solidarity.
References[edit]
- ^Basic Principles of the Red Electoral Alliance(Norwegian)
- ^Løkeland-Stai, Espen (10 October 2002)."Frp firedoblet medlemstallet".Klassekampen.Archived fromthe originalon 17 July 2011.
External links[edit]
- (in Norwegian)Rød Valgallianse (Red Electoral Alliance)- Official web site
- (in Norwegian)Rød Ungdom (Red Youth)- Official site of the youth party
- Election results for RV in the 2007 local elections