Some Communists who wanted a full unification; including Sverre Støstad, Fredrik Monsen and Olav Larssen, were excluded shortly before the congresses.
About 400 others, of which 159 trade unionists, were selected by different bodies on a "free basis", which mainly meant that they supported the Communist tactics.
The reason why a political party was formed, even though the Communists only wanted a cooperative body, was the nature of Norwegian election laws.
In Finnmark and Troms the party fielded as Arbeiderklassens Samlingsparti, in the latter county with Sigurd Simensen as the first candidate.
In Akershus, Buskerud, Hordaland and Nordland the party fielded as Norges Kommunistiske Parti/Arbeiderklassens Samlingsparti.