Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (2002)

Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist)
Leader	C.P. Mainali
Founded	2002
Headquarters	Ratopul, Kathmandu
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism
Constituent Assembly	5 / 601
Election symbol
Website
www.cpnml.org.np
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Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) is a political party in Nepal formed by C.P. Mainali when the CPN(ML) reunified with Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist). Mainali had refused to go along with the merger.

CPN(ML) is a member of the United Left Front and participated in the 2006 Loktantra Andolan.

Ahead of the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, the party presented a closed proportional representation list with 168 candidates, headed by C.P. Mainali.^[1] The party presented 116 candidates for the First Past the Post seats.^[2] It won eight seats in the election, all of them through proportional representation, with about 1.33% of the vote.

On August 6, 2010 CPN(ML) suffered another split regarding the candidate to be chosen in upcoming Prime Ministerial election. The split was led by former minister Jagat Bahadur Bogati and it included four CA members. The new party was named CPN-ML(Samajwadi).^[3]

See also

• List of communist parties in Nepal

References

External links

• www.cpnml.org

Communism in Nepal Leaders Pushpa Lal Shrestha Mohan Bikram Singh Manmohan Adhikari Keshar Jung Rayamajhi Chandra Prakash Mainali Sahana Pradhan Madan Kumar Bhandari Khadga Prasad Oli Madhav Kumar Nepal Prachanda Baburam Bhattarai Current groups CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) UCPN (Maoist) CPN-Maoist CPN (United Marxist) CPN (Marxist–Leninist) CPN (Marxist) CPN (United) CPN (Unified) Nepal Workers Peasants Party Defunct groups Communist Party of Nepal Nepal Communist League CPN (Burma) CPN (Pushpa Lal) CPN (4th Convention) CPN (Marxist–Leninist) CPN (Masal) CPN (Mashal) CPN (Manmohan) CPN (Marxist) (1st) CPN (Marxist) (2nd) CPN (Democratic) CPN (Unity Centre) CPN (MLM) CPN (Samyabadi) CPN (MLM Centre) CPN (United) CPN (Unity Centre–Masal) Related articles Communism History of Nepal Nepalese Civil War Politics of Nepal Political parties in Nepal Elections in Nepal Communism Portal

Political parties in Nepal
Represented in the Constituent Assembly 2014 (601)	Nepali Congress (196) Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (175) Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) (80) Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal (24) Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum Democratic (14) Rastriya Prajatantra Party (13) Tarai-Madhesh Loktantrik Party (11) Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (10) Sadbhavana Party (6) Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (5) Federal Socialist Party (5) Rastriya Janamorcha (3) Tarai-Madhesh Loktantrik Party Nepal Communist Party of Nepal Marxist−Leninist (Samajbadi) Communist Party of Nepal (United) (3) Nepal Workers Peasants Party (4) Rastriya Janashakti Party Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi) Nepali Janata Dal (1) Rastriya Janamukti Party (2) Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch (1) Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekta Party (1) Dalit Janajati Party (1) Bahujan Shakti Party (1) Nepa Rastriya Party (1) Nepal Loktantrik Samajbadi Dal (1) Nepal Pariwar Dal (1) Samajtantrik Prajatantrik Janata Party (1)
Other	Communist Party of Nepal—Maoist Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)(2014) Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) (2006) Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) (2006) Hindu Prajatantrik Party Mongol National Organisation Tamsaling Nepal Rastriya Dal Jana Jagaran Party Nepal Naya Shakti
Dissolved parties	Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre–Masal) Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist) Communist Party of Nepal Marxist−Leninist (Samajbadi) Communist Party of Nepal (2006)
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