The Left (Luxembourg)
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The Left (Luxembourgish: Déi Lénk, French: La Gauche, German: Die Linke) is a socialist political organisation in Luxembourg. Déi Lénk was formed on January 30 1999 by a group of like minded activists, many of them affiliated with existing political parties, notably the Communist Party of Luxembourg, the New Left, the Revolutionary Socialist Party and the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party. One of the aims of this new organisation was to present a leftist alternative to Social Democracy.
In the 1999 national elections Déi Lénk won 3.3% of the votes and one seat in the parliament. André Hoffmann was elected from the southern constituency. In 2000, after anticipated elections in the city of Esch sur Alzette, Hoffmann became deputy mayor and Aloyse Bisdorff (KPL) succeeded him in parliament. In 2002 then, according to Déi Lénk's statutes Bisdorff resigned from parliament and was succeeded by Serge Urbany.
Later however a dispute arose between a number of members of the Communist Party and the majority of Déi Lénk. As a consequence the KPL and Déi Lénk ran separate lists in the 2004 elections. Déi Lénk won 1.9% of the votes, and accordingly lost its parliamentary presence.
It is associated with the European United Left - Nordic Green Left in the European Parliament. It does not currently have any members in the parliament, however. The party participates both in the European Anticapitalist Left and the Party of the European Left.
[edit] Election results
| Constituency | 2004 votes |
% | 1999 votes |
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| Centre | 20 451 | 1.99% | 27 999 | 2.82% |
| East | 2 179 | 1.31% | 2 448 | 1.63% |
| North | 3 725 | 1.34% | 3 653 | 1.41% |
| South | 36 868 | 2.28% | 76 174 | 4.98% |
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| Alternative Democratic Reform Party | Christian Social People's Party Democratic Party | The Greens | Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party |
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| Communist Party of Luxembourg | Free Party of Luxembourg | The Left | ||
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