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Communist Party of Nepal (United) नेपाल कम्यूनिष्ट पार्टी (संयुक्त) | |
|---|---|
| President | Chandra Dev Joshi |
| Secretary | Sunil Manandher |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Merged into | Unified Socialist Reorganization Campaign |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Election symbol | |
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Communist Party of Nepal (United) was apolitical party inNepal. It was founded in 2007, following a split in theCommunist Party of Nepal (United Marxist).Chandra Dev Joshi chairman of the party and Sunil Manandhar general secretary of the party.[1][2] In 2008 Nepal's first openlyhomosexual representative,Sunil Babu Pant was elected to theConstituent Assembly from theparty list.[3]
The party was founded following a split in theCommunist Party of Nepal (United Marxist) whenGanesh Shah and Chandra Dev Joshi broke away from the party. In the2008 Constituent Assembly elections, the party won five seats fromproportional voting. The party selectedSunil Babu Pant, the firstopenly homosexual lawmaker in Asia from the party list.[3] Party chairman Chandra Dev Joshi was also appointed as theMinister for Land Reform and Management in theBaburam Bhattari cabinet in 2011.[4]
In the2013 Constituent Assembly elections the party won three seats fromproportional voting.[5]
| Election | Leader | Votes | Seats | Position | Resulting government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | +/- | ||||
| 2008 | Chandra Dev Joshi | 154,968 | 1.44 | 5 / 575 | 10th | Maoist–CPN (UML)–MJFN–Sadbhavana–CPN (United) | |
| 2013 | Chandra Dev Joshi | 91,997 | 0.97 | 3 / 575 |  2 | 13th | Congress–CPN (UML)–RPP |
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