Radical People's Party (Norway)
Radical People's Party Det radikale folkeparti | |
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Founded | 1906 |
Dissolved | 1940 (de facto) 1965 (de jure) |
Split from | Labourism Radicalism |
Political position | Centre to Centre-left |
The Radical People's Party (
History
The party was a successor to the United Norwegian Workers' Association (Norwegian: De forenede norske Arbeidersamfund, DFNA), a labour organisation associated with the Liberal Party, which due to conflicts with the mother party fielded Johan Castberg as a parliamentary candidate in the 1900 election.[2][3] Castberg in turn founded a new party, the Labour Democrats in 1906.[1][2] The party took part in its first election in 1906, and in 1912 and 1915 it won six parliamentary representatives.[1]
For most of its history, the party cooperated with the Liberal Party.[1] The party had its strongest support among small-scale farmers and landless agricultural labourers, based in a non-socialist ideology.[2] In 1921 the party changed its name to the Radical People's Party[1] (although its members continued to be referred to as "Labour Democrats").[2]
The party eventually went into a steady decline.[1] Only in Oppland did the party retain some influence.[1][2] In the 1918 election, the party was reduced to one representative. At the election in 1936, it fell out of parliament altogether.[1] After the Second World War, the party had effectively merged into the Liberal Party, although formally the parties had joint lists in Oppland until 1957.[2] The party was formally dissolved in 1965.[2]
Election results
Election | Votes | Seats | Role | ||
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# | % | # | ± | ||
1903 | with Venstre[a] | 2 / 117
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New | in opposition | |
1906 | 12,819 | 4.8 | 4 / 123
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2 | in opposition |
in coalition 1908–1910 | |||||
1909 | 15,550 | 3.7 | 2 / 123
|
2 | |
in opposition | |||||
1912 | with Venstre | 6 / 123
|
4 | in opposition | |
1915 | 25,658 | 4.2 | 6 / 123
|
0 | in opposition |
1918 | 21,980 | 3.3 | 3 / 126
|
3 | in opposition |
1921 | 22,970 | 2.5 | 2 / 150
|
1 | in opposition |
1924 | 17,144 | 1.8 | 2 / 150
|
0 | in opposition |
1927 | 13,459 | 1.4 | 1 / 150
|
1 | in opposition |
1930 | 9,228 | 0.8 | 1 / 150
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0 | in opposition |
1933 | 6,858 | 0.6 | 1 / 150
|
0 | in opposition |
1936 | 6,407 | 0.4 | 0 / 150
|
1 | in opposition |
- ^ Candidates ran for the United Norwegian Workers' Association (DFNA).