ON Gelsenkirchen
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| Basic data | |
| Art | Voter group |
| Alignment |
Maoism , Stalinism, Marxism-Leninism |
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 Gelsenkirchen
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| Establishment date | 1999 |
| Place of foundation | Gelsenkirchen |
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| Website | www.auf-gelsenkirchen.de |
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| Memberships | Cooperation with the MLPD |
AUF Gelsenkirchen is a group of voters from Gelsenkirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia . The abbreviation stands for alternative, independent, progressive . It describes itself as a non-partisan personal electoral alliance , but serves as an election platform for members of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany . It was founded before the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1999 .
Cooperation with other parties
The group of voters belongs to the strategy of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany to intensify its local political activities. The group of voters won two seats in the city council in the 1999 and 2004 local elections. Monika Gärtner-Engel, wife of Stefan Engel, had one of them and, like him, was a member of the central committee of the MLPD.
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution classifies the MLPD as left-wing extremist and Maoist - Stalinist . It is based in Gelsenkirchen.
In the council of the city of Gelsenkirchen the group of voters formed a parliamentary group with Die Linke.PDS , also 2 members. The faction was dissolved three months before the local elections on June 30, 2009. In 2009 the group lost one of its two mandates.
Parliamentary representation
Monika Gärtner-Engel was the candidate for the mayor's office of Gelsenkirchen.
| choice | City council | Lord Mayor | Parliament | |||||
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| Voters | % | Seats | candidate | % | Voters | % | Seats | |
| 1999 | 2.4% | 2 of 66 | ||||||
| 2004 | 2,887 | 3.0% | 2 of 66 | Gardener angel | 2.3% | |||
| 2005 | no participation | |||||||
| 2009 | 1.7% | 1 of 65 | Gardener angel | 1.2% | ||||
supporting documents
- ↑ Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution: 3. “Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany” (MLPD). (PDF) In: www.verfassungsschutz.de BfV. Federal Ministry of the Interior, May 15, 2008, pp. 162ff , archived from the original on September 20, 2008 ; retrieved on April 2, 2009 : “The activities of the Maoist-Stalinist MLPD focused on events to mark its 25th anniversary. … In the area of left-wing extremism, the MLPD continues to act in isolation. Although she took part in demonstrations of this spectrum, she always rated them as not radical enough. "