Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकिकृत) | |
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| Secretary | Raj Singh Shris |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Dissolved | April 2013 |
| Succeeded by | Communist Party of Nepal (2013) |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
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| Website | |
| cpnunified.org.np | |
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) (Nepali:नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकिकृत)) was acommunist party inNepal. The party was formed in 2007 through the merger of three groups:
The General Secretary of the party isRam Singh Shris (Rajbir).[2] The party had two members in theinterim legislature of Nepal,Pari Thapa andNavraj Subedi.
In April 2013 the party merged into theCommunist Party of Nepal.[3][4]
The party presented its manifesto for theConstituent Assembly polls on March 10, 2008. The party proposes making Nepal into afederal 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.[5]
The party won two seats through theProportional Representation vote, but no seat in theFirst Past the Post system.[6][7]
A faction of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) led by Nabaraj Subedi merged with theUnified CPN (Maoist) in 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.[8]
| Election | Votes | Seats | Position | Resulting government | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | |||
| 2008 | 48,600 | 0.45 | 2 / 575 | 19th | CPN (Maoist)–CPN (UML)–MJFN |
