Communist Party of Nepal (United)

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Communist Party of Nepal (United)
नेपाल कम्यूनिष्ट पार्टी (संयुक्त)
President Ganesh Shah
Secretary Sunil Manandher
Founded2007
Dissolved2017
Merged into Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
Ideology Communism
Marxism
Political position Left-wing
Election symbol
Cpnunited-electionsymbol2064.PNG

Communist Party of Nepal (United) was a political party in Nepal. It was founded in 2007, following a split in the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist).

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Chandra Dev Joshi chairman of the party and Sunil Manandhar general secretary of the party. In 2008 Nepal's first openly homosexual representative, Sunil Babu Pant was elected to the Constituent Assembly from the party list. [1]

The party merged into CPN (Maoist Centre) on 11 October 2017 ahead of the 2017 elections. [2] [3]

History

The party was founded following a split in the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist) when Ganesh Shah and Chandra Dev Joshi broke away from the party. In the 2008 Constituent Assembly elections, the party won five seats from proportional voting. The party selected Sunil Babu Pant, the first openly homosexual lawmaker in Asia from the party list. [1] Party chairman Chandra Dev Joshi was also appointed as the Minister for Land Reform and Management in the Baburam Bhattari cabinet in 2011. [4]

In the 2013 Constituent Assembly elections the party won three seats from proportional voting. The party merged into CPN (Maoist Centre) on 11 October 2017. [3]

Electoral performance

ElectionLeaderVotesSeatsPositionResulting government
#%#+/-
2008 Ganesh Shah 154,9681.44
5 / 575
10th MaoistCPN (UML)MJFNSadbhavanaCPN (United)
2013 Ganesh Shah 91,9970.97
3 / 575
Decrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 13th CongressCPN (UML)RPP

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