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 |
| Headquarters | Osterhausgate 27 Oslo |
| Youth wing | Rød Ungdom |
| Membership | 1,400 (2002) |
| Ideology |
Revolutionary socialism, Communism, Marxism-Leninism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| European affiliation | The European Alliance of EU-critical Movements (observer) |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colours | Red |
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Red Electoral Alliance (Bokmål: Rød Valgallianse, Nynorsk: Raud Valallianse, RV) was an alliance of far-left groups formed into a Norwegian political party to promote revolutionary socialism ideals into the Norwegian parliament. The party dissolved itself on 10 March 2007, when it participated in the founding of a new party, Red (Rødt).
Raud Ungdom or Rød Ungdom (Red Youth) was their youth organization.
While it was formed in 1973 as an election front for the Worker'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 many Leninist ideas. It remained a revolutionary party that, promoting an ideology based upon Marxism.
From 1993 to 1997, Erling Folkvord represented RV in Stortinget, 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 at Bergen University College, was elected leader in 2003 and re-elected in March 2005. Following the 2005 election it 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 in Hordaland or Oslo. However their best result was 3.4% in Hordaland.
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