Communist Marxist Party (CMP) was a

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. The party was founded in 1986 when CPI(M) leader

M. V. Raghavan Melathu Veettil Raghavan (5 May 1933 – 9 November 2014) was a veteran Communist leader and a former Minister in Kerala state of India. He was the General Secretary of the Communist Marxist Party, an alliance partner in the United Democratic Fr ...

was expelled from the CPI(M) due to a grave difference of opinion regarding the formation of alliances with the

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. His support for forming a united front with non-secular parties such as the Muslim League in order to take on alliances led by the

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was ultimately rejected by the CPI(M) leadership. He was subsequently expelled from the Party. In 2011 assembly election of Kerala, CMP fielded three candidates but could not win any seat. CMP had links with the Party of Democratic Socialism of Saifuddin Chaudhury in

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. M.V. Raghavan attended the PDS state conference in December 2003. CMP participated in the

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. In the 2005 municipal elections in

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, the CMP candidate R. Vijayachandran won in the Asramam North constituency (defeating local RSP leader M.S. Babu).

Split

In March 2014, the party split into two factions: * CMP(A) led by K. R. Aravindakshan * CMP(J) led by C. P. John In 2019, some CMP(A) members joined

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and some joined CPI(M). Now a fraction of CMP(A) is led by M. V. Rajesh and continue supporting the

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. CMP(J) support the United Democratic Front.

Mass organizations

All India Centre for Trade Unions All India Centre for Trade Unions was a trade union centre in Kerala, India. It was the labour wing of the Communist Marxist Party. M.K. Kannan was the Kerala State President of AICTU. In June 2007, AICTU merged into the Hind Mazdoor Sabha T ...

(AICTU) *

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(KSYF) *State Employees and Teachers Federation (SETF) *Democratic Students Federation ( DSF )

Election results

Local elections in Kerala, 2015

Total for Kerala: Village Wards:16, Block Wards:4, District Wards:1, Municipality Wards:7 & Corporation Wards:3. * Thiruvananthapuram District - Corporation Wards:3, Village Wards:0. * Kannur District - No Representation *

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- Village Wards:5 * Alappuzha District - Block Wards:1, Municipality Wards:2. * Idukki District - Village Wards:1 *

Ernakulam District Ernakulam, ; ISO: ''Eṟaṇākuḷaṁ'', in Malayalam: എറണാകുളം), is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala, that takes its name from the eponymous city division in Kochi. It is situated in the central part o ...

- Village Wards:2 * Thrissur District - Village Wards:2, District Wards:1 & Municipality Wards:5. *

Palakkad District Palakkad District () is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. It was carved out from the southeastern region of the former Malabar District on 1 January 1957. It is located at the centre of Kerala. It is the largest district i ...

- Village Wards:2 *

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- Village Wards:2, Block Wards:1. * Wayanad District - Block Wards:1. *

Kasaragod District Kasaragod ( and Malayalam language, Malayalam: , English language, English: ''Kassergode'', Tulu language, Tulu: ''Kasrod'', Arabic language, Arabic: ''Harkwillia'') is one of the 14 List of districts of Kerala, districts in the southern Indi ...

- Village Wards:1, Block Wards:1.

References

{{Authority control Political parties established in 1986 Political parties in Kerala Communist parties in India Communist Party of India (Marxist) breakaway groups 1986 establishments in Kerala