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

Infobox Nepalese_Political_Party
party_name = Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist)
devanagari_name = नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (मार्क्सवादी-लेनिनवादी)
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leader = C.P. Mainali
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foundation = 2002
ideology = Communism,
Marxism-Leninism
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website = [http://www.cpnml.org.np www.cpnml.org]
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Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist), 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. [ [http://www.election.gov.np/reports/report/reportBody.php?selectedMenu=PR%20Party%20wise%20(Close%20List) Ca Election report ] ] The party presented 116 candidates for the First Past the Post seats. [ [http://www.election.gov.np/reports/report/reportBody.php?selectedMenu=FPTP%20Party%20wise Ca Election report ] ] It won eight seats in the election, all of them through proportional representation, with about 1.33% of the vote.

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External links

* [http://www.cpnml.org.np www.cpnml.org]