New Communist Party of the Netherlands
The New Communist Party of the Netherlands (Dutch: Nieuwe Communistische Partij Nederland, NCPN) is a communist party in the Netherlands. The NCPN was founded in 1992 by the former members of the Communist Party of the Netherlands to oppose CPN's merger into the centre-left GroenLinks. These members have been known as "the Horizontals". Through the Stichting HOC (Foundation HOC), the NCPN releases the monthly newspaper Manifest.
New Communist Party of the Netherlands Nieuwe Communistische Partij Nederland | |
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| Founded | 1992 |
| Merger of | Ex-CPN members VCN |
| Headquarters | Haarlemmerweg 177 1051 LB Amsterdam |
| Newspaper | Manifest |
| Youth wing | Communist Youth Movement |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | IMCWP ICS (Until 2014) |
| Colours | Red |
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The NCPN supports the socialist government of Cuba, the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, and the presidency of Evo Morales in Bolivia. The party opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq and is against neoliberalism.
In 2003, the Communist Youth Movement (CJB) was founded as the NCPN's political youth organization.
History
In 1982 a group of members of the Communist Party of the Netherlands founded the newspaper Manifest, out of discontent with the CPN leadership. In 1984 this group founded the League of Communists in the Netherlands (VCN). The CPN dissolved in 1992 in order to make place for a new political party, GreenLeft, an alliance in which the CPN had participated since the 1980s. Subsequently, the VCN, together with many former members of the CPN, founded the NCPN.
In 1999 the local branch of the NCPN in the municipality of Scheemda split from the party and continued as the United Communist Party (VCP), which has since won city council seats in Oldambt and Pekela.
Elections
The NCPN has participated in elections to the Tweede Kamer, Provinciale Staten and gemeenteraden, but never in elections to the European Parliament. In the period between 1994 and 2002 the NCPN was part of the governing majority coalition in the municipality of Reiderland.
| Year | Lijsttrekker | Votes | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Rinze Visser | 11,630 | 0.13% | 0 |
| 1998 | Rinze Visser | 5,620 | 0.07% | 0 |
| 2003 | Alejandro de Mello | 4,860 | 0.05% | 0 |
| Province | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | ||||||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Groningen | 2,955 | 1.3% | 0 | 3,246 | 1.4% | 0 | 2,057 | 0.8% | 0 | 1,230 | 0,5% | 0 |
| Fryslân | 1,293 | 0,5% | 0 | 820 | 0,3% | 0 | ||||||
| Overijssel | 530 | 0,1% | 0 | 835 | 0,2% | 0 | ||||||
| Noord-Holland | 2,397 | 0,3% | 0 | 1,302 | 0,2% | 0 | ||||||
| Municipality | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | ||||||||||||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Amersfoort | 679 | 1.4% | 0 | 242 | 0.4% | 0 | 137 | 0.2% | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Amsterdam | 3,017 | 1.0% | 0 | 968 | 0.4% | 0 | 819 | 0.3% | 0 | 511 | 0.2% | 0 | |||||||||
| Bergen op Zoom[1] | 501 | 1.9% | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Breda | 183 | 0.3% | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Enschede | 589 | 0.9% | 0 | 316 | 0.5% | 0 | 482 | 0.9% | 0 | 291 | 0.5% | 0 | 282 | 0.5% | 0 | ||||||
| Groningen | 501 | 0.6% | 0 | 866 | 1.0% | 0 | 539 | 0.6% | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Heiloo | 143 | 1.2% | 0 | 534 | 4.6% | 0 | 1,025 | 9,2% | 1[2] | 811 | 7.4% | 1 | 1,164 | 10,4% | 2[3] | 882 | 7,4% | 1[4] | |||
| Hoorn | 417 | 1.5% | 0 | 210 | 0.9% | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Lemsterland | 900 | 14.8% | 2 | 738 | 12.7% | 2 | 907 | 15.1% | 2 | 1,038 | 16.3% | 3 | 947 | 15,8% | 2 | Municipality merged to become De Fryske Marren | |||||
| De Fryske Marren | Municipality did not exist | 1,174 | 5,7% | 1 | 1.462 | 6,3% | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Middelburg | 135 | 0,8% | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opsterland | 311 | 2.1% | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reiderland | 2,052 | 50.2% | 7 | 1,303 | 35,7% | 5 | 1,150 | 34.1% | 5 | 621 | 18.3% | 2 | Municipalities merged to become Oldambt | ||||||||
| Scheemda | 695 | 8.9% | 1 | 1,002 | 12.9% | 2 | 110 | 1.5% | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Winschoten | 390 | 4.0% | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oldambt | 310 | 2,3% | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Hague | 203 | 0.1% | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 8,554 | 10 | 5,995 | 9 | 4,868 | 7 | 3,229 | 5 | 2.678 | 3 | 2,338 | 3 | 2.344 | 3 | |||||||
International activity
The NCPN has participated in the annual International Communist Seminar and the annual International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties. The NCPN also often cooperates with the Workers' Party of Belgium, the German Communist Party and the Communist Party of Luxembourg in the Four-Countries Conference.[5]
References
- NCPN and the CJB competed under banner of 'de Vonk' (the Spark)
- The NCPN was rewarded two seats, but only had one candidate on the list
- One seat was lost when one council member switched to Heiloo2000
- Council member Willem Gomes died on 12 september 2018; his successor joined Gemeentebelangen Heiloo
- http://www.rtvnoord.nl/artikel/artikel.asp?p=145597
