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43-635: The Lakas-Laban Coalition was the multi-party electoral alliance supported by the administration of President Fidel V. Ramos for the May 8, 1995, Philippine midterm legislative and local elections . It was a coalition of two major parties in the Philippines, the Lakas–NUCD–UMDP of President Ramos, and the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) of Senator Edgardo J. Angara . Nine out of 12 candidates won

86-475: A 12-person slate. Slates having guest candidates is seen as a weakness of finding candidates within their ranks. This has been a feature of midterm elections, where there are usually two or three major coalitions, with presidential elections years having major presidential candidates putting up their own senatorial slates. An electoral alliance called "holy alliance" was formed by Welfare Party , Nationalist Task Party and Reformist Democracy Party to contest in

129-474: A broad-based progressive movement, but this did not materialize. A fourth party, the Communist Workers Party (KAP), succeeded in joining the alliance in 1991, but its involvement was vetoed a year later by DKP. Prior to the 2007 Danish general election , the party enlisted Asmaa Abdol-Hamid , a Danish Muslim candidate who identified herself as a feminist, democrat, and socialist. She

172-497: A coalition are ideologically related. For example, in the 2003 general elections , the Socialist Party and GreenLeft formed a lijstverbinding . In the 2004 European elections the social-democratic PvdA and GreenLeft formed a lijstverbinding . The Orthodox Protestant Reformed Political Party and Christian Union have also formed a lijstverbinding in the past . In a common list two or more political parties share

215-406: A democratic work life as well. The work place should be characterized by democracy, and the employees must have a constitutional right to decisive influence on the organization of work in the workplace. The Red–Green Alliance recognizes that methods achieving this may differ depending on the course of class struggle, but will eventually require a revolution—one that must be supported by a majority of

258-486: A larger public sector, among other things, to improve quality of life for public sector employees. The party believes people should be free to choose when they want to get an education and is opposed to tuition fees , which they believe harm opportunities for everyone to acquire an education. The party does not see unemployment as being equal to laziness and seeks to abolish the Danish equivalent of workfare . The party

301-413: A list and often have a common political programme for the election. The participating political parties are identifiable for the voters because the names of these parties are mentioned on the voting paper. It is similar to electoral fusion . Philippine Senate elections since 1987 have been primarily contested by multi-party electoral alliances, with guest candidates if an alliance is not able to complete

344-506: A major party's candidate, minor parties may be in position to influence the candidate's platform. The Frente de Todos (Everybody's Front or Front for All) ) was a coalition of Peronist and Kirchnerist political parties and associations in Argentina formed in 2019 to support the candidacy of Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in the 2019 Argentine general election . Juntos por el Cambio (Together for Change)

387-413: A particular candidate or party from gaining power. Unlike a coalition formed after an election, the partners in an electoral alliance usually do not run candidates against one another but encourage their supporters to vote for candidates from the other members of the alliance. In some agreements with a larger party enjoying a higher degree of success at the polls, the smaller party fields candidates under

430-537: A platform of improving public transport and making greater public investment. As part of the left-leaning "Red bloc" coalition with the Social Democrats , the Red–Green Alliance accepted the government budget twice and was in opposition twice in the period from 2011 to 2015. But at no point did they report direct opposition to the government. In the 2015 general election , the party received 7.8% of

473-403: A reason for withdrawing their support from the party. An anti-religious network was created within the party with the stated goal of turning the party into a solely atheist party with a materialist – Marxist basis. During the campaign, there was some speculation as to whether her candidacy would attract or repel voters. The results of the election were 2.2% for the party, down from 3.4% in

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516-462: A single party. Since 1994, Italian politics has been divided into two main blocs, the centre-right and the centre-left coalitions ; which under various forms alternatively led the country for more than two decades. For the 2022 general election the coalition is composed of four parties, the Brothers of Italy , League (Lega) , Forza Italia and Us Moderates . For the 2022 general election

559-535: Is an Argentine big tent political coalition . It was created in 2015 as Cambiemos (Let's Change), and renamed in 2019. It is composed of Republican Proposal (PRO), the Radical Civic Union (UCR), the Civic Coalition (CC-ARI) and sectors of Federal Peronism since the arrival of Miguel Ángel Pichetto to the national coalition. Prior to the 2018 Armenian parliamentary election ,

602-531: Is an eco-socialist political party in Denmark . It was founded in 1989 with the merger of three Marxist parties and it is the most left-wing party in the Folketing , where it advocates for the expansion of the welfare state and social justice as well as the socialist transformation of Denmark and the entire globe. During the 2021 Copenhagen City Council election the party placed first, with 24.6% of

645-532: Is decisively anti-capitalist and has particularly distinguished itself as an opponent of transfer pricing , whereby multinational companies minimise the amount they pay in tax by attributing their profits to countries with lower tax rates. In response to the Great Recession of 2007–2009, the Red–Green Alliance urged stricter control of loans, the introduction of a Tobin tax , and the nationalisation of banks and mortgage companies. It also believes that

688-517: Is endorsed by some imams , opposed by others (including those in Hizb ut-Tahrir , a fundamentalist organization). She wears a hijab and does not shake hands with men. These facts, and some of her statements regarding politics and religion, made her the target of some criticism across the political spectrum, particularly from the Danish People's Party . Some left-wing figures cited her candidacy as

731-495: The 1991 Turkish general election . Before the 1991 Turkish general election, social democratic SHP and pro-Kurdish HEP formed an electoral alliance. The Nation Alliance ( Turkish : Millet İttifakı ) is an electoral alliance in Turkey made up of some of the major Turkish opposition parties to contest under a common banner in the country's 2018 general-presidential election, later for the 2019 local elections, and presently for

774-423: The 2005 Danish general election . Although not elected, Abdol-Hamid maintained that she had attracted voters to the party. The four seats won by the party went to Frank Aaen , Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen , Line Barfod , and Per Clausen. In the 2011 Danish general election , the party received 6.7% of the vote and tripled its representation from 4 seats to 12 seats. The party contested the 2013 local elections on

817-536: The 2010 general election . The alliance has been consistently electorally unsuccessful, also contesting the 2015 general election , but endorsing Labour in 2017 . In the 2019 United Kingdom general election , pro-EU parties formed a pact in English and Welsh seats. Red%E2%80%93Green Alliance (Denmark) The Red–Green Alliance or Unity List ( Danish : Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne , lit.   ' The Unity List – The Red–Greens ' , EL )

860-419: The 2022 Danish general election , it became the largest party in 4 nomination districts of the municipality, namely Inner City , Nørrebro , Bispebjerg and Vesterbro . The party is much more weakly positioned in rural parts of Denmark, having received only 2.9% of the vote outside the municipalities of the three largest cities . Prior to 2016, the Red–Green Alliance never directly contested elections to

903-575: The 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections. Made up by the Communist Party of Turkey , Communist Movement of Turkey , Revolution Movement and the Left Party to contest the 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections. Made up by Victory Party , Justice Party , Turkey Alliance Party and My Country Party to contest the 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections. An electoral alliance survives to this day between

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946-815: The European Parliament , preferring to support the People's Movement against the EU , the Eurosceptic party sits in The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL group now. Some of the party's MPs considered running an independent list for the 2014 elections , but this idea was dismissed by a majority in the party's yearly meeting. In a historic decision in the party's yearly meeting in May 2016,

989-676: The Labour Party and the Co-operative Party , which fields Labour Co-operative candidates in general elections in several constituencies, and in some local council elections. They have jointly contested elections since the 1927 Cheltenham Agreement. As of the 2019 general election , there are 38 Labour Co-operative MPs, the fourth-largest political grouping in the Commons (after the Conservative Party , Labour and

1032-713: The Republic Party formed an electoral alliance known as the We Alliance with the Free Democrats . Both parties campaigned on a similar Pro-European platform and sought to challenge a competing electoral alliance known as the My Step Alliance . The Alliance Party for Progress (APP) is a Christian and social democratic electoral alliance in Barbados . It was formed on 30 December 2021 by

1075-679: The United Progressive Party (UPP) and the People's Party for Democracy and Development (PdP) to contest the 2022 Barbadian general election . It is headed by the leader of the PdP, Bishop Joseph Atherley , with the leader of the UPP Lynette Eastmond becoming deputy head. In Belgium, the Dutch term for an electoral alliance is kartel . Current kartels include the following: Previous kartels include

1118-430: The public sector must be expanded, the wages of the lowest-paid workers raised, and that the insurance-based unemployment benefit period should be extended to a minimum of four years. At the same time, it believes that students should be given a greater grant to be used in state education. At minimum, all benefits should be raised to 13,500 kroner per month before taxes. The party advocates for foreign policy based on

1161-464: The Netherlands, seats in parliament are allocated by the D'Hondt method , a proportional representation method that tends to favor larger parties (see highest averages method ). The lijstverbinding or kartel allowed two parties to pool their votes together when calculating representation, effectively treating them as a single, larger party when handing out seats. Typically, the parties in

1204-635: The Scottish National Party). The SDP–Liberal Alliance began in 1981, shortly after the Limehouse Declaration . The Alliance contested the 1983 and 1987 elections, and became defunct in 1988, when the parties merged into the Liberal Democrats . In the first few years of the alliance, Liberals and Social Democrats were very confident it would be a success, David Steel even suggesting that Alliance could form

1247-492: The alliance was formed by four parties; Democratic Party – Democratic and Progressive Italy , More Europe , Civic Commitment and Greens and Left Alliance . Dutch elections from 1973 to 2017 allowed for electoral alliances between two parties where both parties would nominate a combined party list . This practice, called the lijstverbinding, was abolished in June 2017 after being earlier abandoned for Senate elections. In

1290-425: The banner of the larger party, with the elected members of the smaller party sitting with the elected members of the larger party in the cabinet or legislature. They usually aim to continue co-operation after the election, for example by campaigning together on issues on which they have common views. If the alliance endures beyond elections, the association is a parliamentary group . By offering to endorse or nominate

1333-425: The decision led to significant backlash, and the party's support was pulled back after the military intervention began. The party was formed in 1989 as an electoral alliance of three left-wing parties: Left Socialists (VS), Communist Party of Denmark (DKP), and Socialist Workers Party (SAP). Originally the plan was to unite these parties alongside The Greens (De Grønne), Common Course , and Humanist to form

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1376-582: The following: The Red-Green Alliance was formed as an electoral alliance between the Communist Party (DKP), the Left Socialists (VS), and the Socialist Workers Party (SAP) in 1989. It reformed itself as a unified party in 1991, but the participating parties continue on their own in some ways (for example by having their own separate party newspapers). The Syriza Party started out as an electoral alliance but then united into

1419-566: The fundamental belief that peace is preferable to war, and has been opposed to Denmark's participation in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from the beginning. That principle was challenged in 2011, when the party's parliamentary group voted in favour of Denmark's participation in the United Nations -sanctioned military action in Libya on the basis that it was a humanitarian action. However,

1462-519: The next government. Later on, however, the alliance faced difficulty with political and personal clashes between Steel and David Owen , as well as presentation issues (such as contradiction on policy). When the parties merged in 1988, Owen did not join the Liberal Democrats. A socialist coalition comprising RMT , Socialist Party , Solidarity , &c. candidates, the TUSC formed to contest

1505-528: The party agreed at its national conference in 2010 that if Helle Thorning-Schmidt became Prime Minister after the 2011 election, the party would vote for a "red" budget bill that did not contain obvious flaws. The party places great emphasis on the fight against social inequality and poverty, and is in favour of strengthening and expanding the welfare state . The party believes there is place in society for all forms of diversity, including gender, sexuality, disability and ethnic background. It also advocates for

1548-696: The people living in it". It describes socialism as "an answer to the problems caused by capitalism such as non-sufficient democracy, crises, destruction of nature, inequality, racism and war". Holding anti-capitalist and soft Eurosceptic views, it states this about the economic system: A new and actually democratic system of society requires fundamental changes in the ownership of the means of production, such as companies, land and natural resources. Collective forms of ownership will be dominating. We propose that public authorities, co-workers, local communities and other collectives of persons should own and run institutions and companies. ... A democratic economy means

1591-526: The population manifested through democratic and free elections. The party often adopts particular views in relation to the other parties in the Folketing and opt out of many of the settlements reached, seen as an expression of class collaboration. Until the conditions for the party's long-term goal are presented, the party will use its seats in parliament to vote for any improvement and against any deterioration of working-class people's lives. In line with this,

1634-511: The possible 12 seats in the Senate. These include, in order of votes received: Electoral alliance Each of the parties within the alliance has its own policies but chooses temporarily to put aside differences in favour of common goals and ideology in order to pool their voters' support and get elected. On occasion, an electoral alliance may be formed by parties with very different policy goals, which agree to pool resources in order to stop

1677-463: The respect for human rights, which it believes has never been appropriately prioritised in the past. It also proposes greater support for developing countries through a doubling of foreign aid , and campaigns for Denmark's withdrawal from NATO . In March 2019, the party announced it would no longer campaign for a referendum to leave the EU, pointing to Brexit illustrating the need for clarity before withdrawal can be considered. The party operates on

1720-477: The upcoming 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections in June. The alliance consists of Republican People's Party , Good Party , Felicity Party , and Democrat Party . The People's Alliance ( Turkish : Cumhur İttifakı ) is an electoral alliance in Turkey, established in February 2018 between the ruling Justice and Development Party and the formerly opposition Nationalist Movement Party . The alliance

1763-558: The vote and increased its representation from 12 to 14 seats. The party is the only one in the Folketing which does not have an official party leader, instead having collective leadership. However, since 2009 it has had a political spokesperson, who has served as the party's de facto representative, and serves as its leader in party leader debates. Red–Green Alliance tends to have a higher vote share in large urban areas, and especially in Copenhagen Municipality . In

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1806-482: The votes. The party is also active in various trade unions within Denmark. The party describes itself as a democratic and socialist grassroots party, which represents green politics , among the Danish peace , civil and political rights , and labour movements . The party's ideological position is set out in a manifesto from 2014. It proposes that a socialistic society of the future "neither can nor should be described in detail, but rather be developed and shaped by

1849-454: Was formed to contest the 2018 general election , and brings together the political parties supporting the re-election of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan . The Labour and Freedom Alliance ( Turkish : Emek ve Özgürlük İttifakı , Kurdish : Hevkariya Ked û Azadiyê ) is formed by Peoples' Democratic Party , Workers' Party of Turkey , Labour Party , Labourist Movement Party , Social Freedom Party and Federation of Socialist Councils to contest

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