| Left Socialists | |
| Native Name: | Venstresocialisterne |
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| Abbreviation: | VS |
| Leader: | Collective leadership |
| Split: | Socialist People's Party |
| Successor: | Red-Green Alliance |
| Headquarters: | Griffenfeldsgade 41 2200 Copenhagen N |
| Newspaper: | Solidarity |
| Youth Wing: | Socialistisk Ungdoms Forum (1967–1971) Venstresocialisternes Ungdom (1984–1992) |
| Ideology: | Socialism Revolutionary socialism Anti-capitalism |
| Position: | Far-left |
| Colours: | --> |
| Symbol: | Y |
| Country: | Denmark |
Left Socialists (Danish: Venstresocialisterne) was a political party in Denmark. The party worked on what it called an "undogmatic revolutionary and Marxist basis". It was formed in 1967 as a split from the Socialist People's Party (SF).[1]
In 1989, the Left Socialists founded the Red-Green Alliance with the Communist Party of Denmark and Socialist Workers Party to contest in elections. At its congress in 1998 the Left Socialists transformed itself from a party to an association. Since then, VS concentrated most of its work towards building of the Red-Green Alliance. It continued to publish Solidaritet (Solidarity) and maintained a website, but except for that it had little activity of its own. Solidarity later became an independent publisher.[2]
On 8 September 2013, the Left Socialists disbanded, explaining they did not want to be a "party within the party".
| Date | Votes | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | ± pp | ± | ||||
| 1968 | 57,184 | 2.0% | +2.0 | New | ||
| 1971 | 45,979 | 1.6% | -0.4 | 4 | ||
| 1973 | 44,843 | 1.5% | -0.1 | 0 | ||
| 1975 | 63,579 | 2.1% | +0.6 | 4 | ||
| 1977 | 83,667 | 2.7% | +0.6 | 1 | ||
| 1979 | 116,047 | 3.7% | +1.0 | 1 | ||
| 1981 | 82,711 | 2.7% | -1.0 | 1 | ||
| 1984 | 89,356 | 2.7% | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 1987 | 46,141 | 1.4% | -1.3 | 5 | ||
| 1988 | 20,303 | 0.6% | -0.7 | 0 | ||