Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) (1991–2005)

Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)

नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (मार्क्सवादी)
Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (मार्क्सवादी)
Founded	1991
Dissolved	2005
Split from	CPN (Marxist)
Succeeded by	CPN (United Marxist)
Ideology	Communism; Marxism–Leninism
Political position	Far-left
	Politics of Nepal; Political parties; Elections;

The Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) was a Nepalese political party. It was formed on 1 November 1991 by a group of former leaders of the original Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) that had been expelled from the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist). Initially, it was known as the Communist Party of Nepal (15 September 1949) but took the name Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) after approximately one year of existence. Prabhunaryan Chaudhary was the chairman of the party.

History

Ahead of the 1992 Nepalese local elections, the CPN (15 September 1949) took part in forming a front together with the Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal, Nepal Workers Peasants Party, Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist), and Nepal Communist League.^[1]

In the 1994 Nepalese general election, it had 49 candidates and polled 0.39% of the votes nationwide. In the 1999 Nepalese general election, it had 28 candidates, and got 0.094% of the votes nationwide. The students wing of the party was called Nepal Progressive Students Union and its trade union was the Nepal Trade Union Centre (NTUC). On 6 April, a major chunk of its membership (5.153) joined the CPN (UML).

In 2005, the party merged with the Communist Party of Nepal (United) and formed the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist).^[2]

Electoral performance

Election	Leader	Votes		Seats	Position	Resulting government
Election	Leader	No.	%	No.	Position	Resulting government
1994	Prabhunaryan Chaudhary	29,571	0.39	0 / 205	9th	Extra-parliamentary
1999	Prabhunaryan Chaudhary	7,654	0.09	0 / 205	13th	Extra-parliamentary

References

^ Hoftun, Martin, William Raeper and John Whelpton. People, politics and ideology: Democracy and Social Change in Nepal. Kathmandu: Mandala Book Point, 1999. p. 190
^ "International Nepal Solidarity Network » New Party CPN (United-Marxist) created". Archived from the original on 2005-12-18. Retrieved 2008-02-03.