At the Red Electoral Alliance's city convention Folkvord was elected their lead candidate in Oslo for the 2005 election. Folkvord, along with Torstein Dahle, were the only representatives from the party who had a chance of gaining a seat in parliament. Jens Stoltenberg, leader of the Labour Party, was negative towards the idea of having any representatives from the Red Electoral Alliance in parliament, saying that the voters should do anything in their power to stop them from earning a seat in parliament. When the votes were counted Folkvord did not gain a seat in parliament.