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This article is about the political party, which until March 10 2007 was a predecessor of "Rødt" - see Red (Norway).

Raud Valallianse/Rød Valgallianse or Red Electoral Alliance (1973-2007) was an alliance of left wing groups formed into a political party to promote revolutionary Marxist ideas in the Norwegian parliament.

Their current leader is Torstein Dahle, an economist at Bergen University College. He was elected 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.

Raud Ungdom or Rød Ungdom (Red Youth) is their youth organization.

Contents 1 History 2 Party leaders 3 Election results, parliamentary elections 1973-2005 4 External links

[edit] History

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 has since scrapped many leninist ideas. Today, RV is a revolutionary party that promotes an ideology based upon Marxism. The party has 57 representatives in town halls nationwide. 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. On 10 March 2007 the party dissolved itself, as it fusioned with the AKP into Red (Norway.

[edit] Party leaders

• 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-present — Torstein Dahle

¹ Until 1979, the leader of AKP was also the leader of RV.

[edit] Election results, parliamentary elections 1973-2005

Year	Percentage of votes	Number of representatives in the Storting
1973	0.4%	0
1977	0.6%	0
1981	0.7%	0
1985	0.6%	0
1989	*	0
1993	1.1%	1
1997	1.7%	0
2001	1.2%	0
2005	1.2%	0

*: In 1989 RV participated in an electoral alliance with other groups called Fylkeslistene for miljø og solidaritet.

[edit] External links

• (Norwegian) Rød Valgallianse (Red Electoral Alliance) - Official web site
• (Norwegian) Rød Ungdom (Red Youth) - Official site of the youth party

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