Communist Party (Denmark)
Communist Party | |
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| Founded | 2006 |
| Merger of | DKP/ML Communist Unification |
| Newspaper | Dagbladet Arbejderen |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism-Leninism Anti-revisionism Factions Hoxhaism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Website | |
| Party website | |
The Communist Party (Danish: Kommunistisk Parti, or KP) is a communist political party in Denmark.
History and profile
The party was formed in 2006 through the merger of Communist Party of Denmark (Marxist-Leninist) (DKP/ML) and Communist Unification (KS).[1]
The party publishes Dagbladet Arbejderen (The Daily Worker), a daily newspaper.[2]
Other communist parties in Denmark includes KPiD (Kommunistisk Parti i Danmark) and DKP (Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti).[3][4]
Popular support and electoral results
In local elections the party doubled its proportion of the vote in Copenhagen, from 0.2% in 2009 to 0.4% and 1,171 votes in the 2013 election.[5] In Aarhus, the party ran on a joint list with the Communist Party in Denmark (DKP), which obtained 0.2% and 345 votes in 2013.[6]
See also
- Communist Party in Denmark (KPiD)
- Communist Party of Denmark (DKP)
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-07-09. Retrieved 2007-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2007-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Henrik Søndergaard and Rasmus Helles. (October 2010). Media policies and regulatory practices in a selected set of European countries Archived 2014-12-13 at the Wayback Machine, MEDIADEM. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ "Kommunistisk Parti i Danmark" (in Danish).
- ^ "Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti".
- ^ "Copenhagen Municipal Ballot - Municipal elections 2013 (in Danish)". DR. 19 November 2013. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
- ^ "Aarhus Municipal Ballot - Municipal elections 2013 (in Danish)". DR. 19 November 2013. Archived from the original on November 7, 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
External links
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