Center Alliance
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The Center Alliance is a political party in Norway
. The party was founded in Bergen
on 28 March 2007 by a group of former members of the Norwegian Labour Party
, among them both the leader and vice leader of the Bergen Labour Party, Jarl Høva and Merete Andreassen. They claimed a wish to fill inn the supposed vacuum between the Labour Party and Conservative Party
.
The party ran for election for the first time in Bergen in the 2007 municipality elections
, then as the Social Democratic Party (Det sosialdemokratiske parti), receiving 0.5% of the votes in the city. The Center Alliance ran for election in the county of Hordaland
for the 2009 parliamentary election
, where they received a disappointing 0.1% of the votes.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The party was founded in Bergen
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
on 28 March 2007 by a group of former members of the Norwegian Labour Party
Norwegian Labour Party
The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....
, among them both the leader and vice leader of the Bergen Labour Party, Jarl Høva and Merete Andreassen. They claimed a wish to fill inn the supposed vacuum between the Labour Party and Conservative Party
Conservative Party of Norway
The Conservative Party is a Norwegian political party. The current leader is Erna Solberg. The party was since the 1920s consistently the second largest party in Norway, but has been surpassed by the growth of the Progress Party in the late 1990s and 2000s...
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The party ran for election for the first time in Bergen in the 2007 municipality elections
Norwegian local elections, 2007
Country-wide local elections for seats in municipality and county councils were held throughout Norway on September 10, 2007, with some areas polling on September 9 as well. For most places this meant that two elections, the municipal elections and the county elections ran concurrently...
, then as the Social Democratic Party (Det sosialdemokratiske parti), receiving 0.5% of the votes in the city. The Center Alliance ran for election in the county of Hordaland
Hordaland
is a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark and Rogaland. Hordaland is the third largest county after Akershus and Oslo by population. The county administration is located in Bergen...
for the 2009 parliamentary election
Norwegian parliamentary election, 2009
The 2009 parliamentary election was held in Norway on 14 September 2009. Elections in Norway are held on a Monday in September, usually the second or third Monday, as determined by the king. Early voting was possible between 10 August and 11 September 2009, while some municipalities held open...
, where they received a disappointing 0.1% of the votes.