Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (मार्क्सवादी-लेनिनवादी) | |
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| General Secretary | CP Mainali |
| Spokesperson | Kumar Belbase |
| Founder | CP Mainali |
| Founded | 17 February 2002 (23 years ago) (2002-02-17) |
| Preceded by | CPN (Marxist–Leninist) |
| Headquarters | Rudranagar Marg-359, Ratopul,Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
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TheCommunist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) is acommunist political party in Nepal. It was formed byChandra Prakash Mainali when theCommunist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) reunified withCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist). Mainali had refused to go along with the merger and led a faction of the formerCommunist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) to reorganize the party.[1]
When theCommunist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) merged with theCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) on 15 February 2002,Chandra Prakash Mainali along with other dissident members reorganized the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist). Mainali originally planned to continue the party under his leadership but had to reorganize the party after the former party notified theElection Commission of Nepal of their dissolution and dissolved all central level organization of the party.[2]
CPN (ML) was a member of theUnited Left Front and participated in the 2006Loktantra Andolan. The party suffered a leadership crisis when a dissident faction of the party led byRishi Ram Kattel expelled party leaderC.P. Mainali, accusing him of being a pro-royalist. The faction led byC.P. Mainali on the other hand expelledRishi Ram Kattel and other dissident members.[3] The faction led byRishi Ram Kattel eventually merged with the Ram Singh Shrestha faction ofCommunist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre–Masal) and the Sitaram Tamang faction ofCommunist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist Centre) to form theCommunist Party of Nepal (Unified).[4]
Ahead of the2008 Constituent Assembly election, the party presented a closedproportional representation list with 168 candidates, headed by C.P. Mainali.[5] The party presented 116 candidates forfirst past the post seats.[6] It won eight seats in the election, all of them throughproportional representation, with about 1.33% of the vote. The party also had one member nominated to theConstituent Assembly.
On 6 August 2010, CPN (ML) suffered a split regarding supportingPusha Kamal Dahal in the prime minister election. The split was led by former minister Jagat Bahadur Bogati and included four CA members. The new party was namedCommunist Party of Nepal Marxist–Leninist (Socialist).[7][8]
In the2013 Constituent Assembly election, the party won five seats underproportional representation. The party joined thecabinet underKhadga Prasad Oli on 5 November 2015.Chandra Prakash Mainali was made deputy prime minister andMinister for Women, Children and Social Welfare.[9]
In the2017 local elections, CPN (ML) only won four seats in local governments. The party also contested the2017 legislative andprovincial elections but failed to get any seats.
| Election | Leader | Votes | Seats | Position | Resulting government | ||
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| # | % | # | +/- | ||||
| 2008 | Chandra Prakash Mainali | 243,545 | 2.27 | 8 / 575 | 7th | CPN (Maoist)–CPN (UML)–MJFN | |
| 2013 | Chandra Prakash Mainali | 130,300 | 1.38 | 5 / 575 |  3 | 10th | Congress–CPN (UML)–RPP |
| 2017 | Chandra Prakash Mainali | 41,270 | 0.43 | 0 / 275 | 5 | 12th | CPN (UML)–CPN (Maoist Centre) |
| 2022 | Chandra Prakash Mainali | 30,599 | 0.29 | 0 / 275 |  | 16th | CPN (Maoist Centre)– |
