The Communist Party of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

founded in April 2013. The party was formed through the merger of

Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकिकृत)) was a communist party in Nepal. The party was formed in 2007 through the merger of three groups: *A breakaway group o ...

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, Marxist Communist Party of Nepal, Bidrohi ML and the Independent Thought Group.

Rishi Kattel Rishi Kattel ( ne, ऋषि कट्टेल) is the leader of one of the communist parties in Nepal. He is currently the Chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (2013), Communist Party of Nepal, which was formed in 2013 along with other commun ...

is the chairman of the party.

Jagat Bahadur Bogati Jagat may refer to: * Jagat, Budaun, a Block and Nagar panchayat in Budaun district *a village in Rajasthan, India, best known for its Ambika Mata temple *a village in Lamjung District Lamjung District ( ne, लमजुङ जिल्ला ...

and Lok Narayan Subedi serve as co-chairs of the party, whilst Haridev Gyawali, Ram Bahadur Bhandari and Tanka Rai serve as vice-chairs.

History

The party was a constituent of a 33-party alliance formed to boycott the election along with

Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary Maoist) The Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary Maoist) ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (क्रान्तिकारी माओवादी)), abbreviated CPN (RM), is a communist party in Nepal. It w ...

and other parties but In May 2013 the party was registered with the

Election Commission of Nepal The Election Commission ( ne, निर्वाचन आयोग, नेपाल; ''Nirvācana āyōg, Nēpāl'') is a constitutional body responsible for conducting and monitoring elections, as well as registering parties and candidates and r ...

ahead of the 2013 Constituent Assembly election.Nepal Law Society.
Brief about the Election Update (4)
'' It presented 60 candidates in

FPTP In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...

constituencies. For the

Proportional Representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

vote the party submitted a list of 100 candidates, headed by Sita Subedi. The election symbol of the party is a hammer and sickle.Election Commission of Nepal
संबिधानसभाको निर्वाचनको लागि मान्यता पाएका दलहरुको नाम तथा चिन्हहरु
The party failed to get any seats in the elections. When the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal Maoist changed its name to

Nepal Communist Party The Nepal Communist Party, abbreviated NCP ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी, ) is a defunct communist party of Nepal. It was founded on 17 May 2018, from the unification of two leftist parties, Communist ...

, Rishi Kattel warned him not to misuse his party's name for illegal activities. In 2018, when the

was formed, it had to change its name to Nepal Communist Party (NCP) as Rishi Kattel's party was already registered with the Election Commission. The party challenged the decision of the Election Commission to register the new party as NCP, as it was close to his own NCP.

Electoral performance

References

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