Communist Party of Nepal (United) was 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 ...

. It was founded in 2007, following a split in the

Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist) The Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist) was a political party in Nepal existing from 2005 until 2013. History The party was formed on 15 September 2005 through the merger of Communist Party of Nepal (United) and Communist Party of Nepal ...

. Chandra Dev Joshi chairman of the party and Sunil Manandhar general secretary of the party. In 2008 Nepal's first openly

homosexual Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions" to peop ...

representative,

Sunil Babu Pant Sunil Babu Pant (; born 28 June 1971) is a Nepali human rights activist, monk, and former politician who served as a member of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly between 2008 and 2013. Pant's campaigning for LGBT rights led to the Supreme Court ...

was elected to the

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from the

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. The party merged into

CPN (Maoist Centre) The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (), abbreviated CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN Maoist Centre, or CPN (MC), is the third largest political party in Nepal. It was founded in 1994 after breaking away from the Communist P ...

on 11 October 2017 ahead of the 2017 elections.

History

The party was founded following a split in the

when

Ganesh Shah Ganesh Shah ( ne, गणेश शाह born 12 December 1949) is a Nepalese politician and ex-Minister for Environment, Science and Technology. He is also one of the senior most leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (United) and until recently ...

and Chandra Dev Joshi broke away from the party. In the 2008 Constituent Assembly elections, the party won five seats from

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. The party selected

, the first openly homosexual lawmaker in Asia from the party list. Party chairman Chandra Dev Joshi was also appointed as the Minister for Land Reform and Management in the Baburam Bhattari cabinet in 2011. In the 2013 Constituent Assembly elections the party won three seats from

. The party merged into

on 11 October 2017.

Electoral performance

References

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History

Electoral performance

See also

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