Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकिकृत)) was a
communist party
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in
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
. The party was formed in 2007 through the merger of three groups:
*A breakaway group of the
Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) led by
Rishi Kattel
Rishi Kattel ( ne, ऋषि कट्टेल) is the leader of one of the communist parties in Nepal. He is currently the Chairman of Communist Party of Nepal, which was formed in 2013 along with other communist leaders Lok Narayan Subedi, J ...
.
*A breakaway group of
Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre-Masal), whose
Janamorcha Nepal
Janamorcha Nepal ( ne, जनमोर्चा नेपाल, , People's Front Nepal) was founded in 2002 as the mass organisation and electoral front of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre–Masal). It was formed following the merger b ...
faction was led by
Chitra Bahadur Ale
*A breakaway group of
Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Centre) led by
Sitaram Tamang
The General Secretary of the party is
Ram Singh Shris (Rajbir). The party had two members in the
interim legislature of Nepal
The Interim Legislature Parliament of Nepal, previously known as the Reinstated House of Representatives was the legislature of Nepal formed in the aftermath of the 2006 Nepalese revolution and the Comprehensive Peace Accord signed with the Comm ...
,
Pari Thapa
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and
Navraj Subedi.
In April 2013 the party merged into the
Communist Party of Nepal
The Communist Party of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी), abbreviated CPN, was a communist party in Nepal from 1949 to 1962. It was founded on 15 September 1949 to struggle against the autocratic Rana ...
.
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CA polls
The party presented its manifesto for the
Constituent Assembly polls on March 10, 2008. The party proposes making Nepal into a
federal republic with 11 states and 2 sub-states, based on ethnicity, language and geography. It proposes having a ceremonial president, and resting executive powers in the office of the Prime Minister. According to its manifesto, there would be a limit of two mandate periods for the Prime Ministership. Both Prime Minister and president would be elected by the parliament.
The party won two seats through the
Proportional Representation
Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...
vote, but no seat in the
First Past the Post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...
system.
Split
A faction of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) led by Nabaraj Subedi merged with the
Unified CPN (Maoist) on April 2010.
Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN (Unified) leader Nabaraj Subedi signed a memo on the unification between the two parties at a programme in the capital Katmandhu on April 3, 2010.
According to leaders, they have agreed to settle ideological issues at the upcoming general convention of the Maoist party.
They said local level organizational matters would be settled by forming a taskforce.
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Electoral performance
See also
* List of communist parties in Nepal
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Communist Party Of Nepal (Unified)
2007 establishments in Nepal
2013 disestablishments in Nepal
Defunct communist parties in Nepal
International Coordination of Revolutionary Parties and Organizations
Political parties disestablished in 2013
Political parties established in 2007