Marxist Communist Party of India, MCPI was a

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that formed in 1983 under the leadership of comrade Mohan Punamia. It emerged as a splinter group of

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stuck to the original 1964 programme. The party general secretary was

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(former

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general secretary). MCPI was active in

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, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, etc. In 2005 by the unification of the Marxist Communist Party of India, the

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-led breakaway group from the CPI(M) in

– Communist Party Marxist (Punjab), the BTR-EMS-AKG Janakeeya Vedi (a

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-based splintergroup of the CPI(M), which had been based in the CITU) and the Hardan Roy group in

and formed

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Principal class mass organizations

* All India Centre of Trade Unions (AICTU) * All India Kisaan Federation (AIKF) * All India Agricultural Workers Federation (AIAWF) * All India Federation of Democratic Youth (AIFDY) * All India Federation of Democratic Women (AIFDW) * All India Federation of Democratic Students (AIFDS) Ahead of the 2004

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elections MCPI participated in the front initiated by

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Flag Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...

and

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. His ...

. In 2005 MCPI merged with other splinter groups to form the

. :Lok Sabha election results: *2004: 4 candidates from

, *1999: 7 candidates from Andhra Pradesh, in total 120,220 votes *1998: 2 candidates from Andhra Pradesh, in total 24,417 votes *1996: 2 candidates from Andhra Pradesh, in total 33,900 votes *1991: 4 candidates from Andhra Pradesh, 1 from

, in total 43,085 votes *1989: 3 candidates from Andhra Pradesh, in total 100,300 votes ;State assembly elections: *Andhra Pradesh 1999: 74 candidates, in total 132,601 votes *

2000: 6 candidates, 8,861 votes *

2003: 1 candidate, 2,111 votes *Rajasthan 1998: 2 candidates, in total 542 votes *

2001: 1 candidate, 2,014 votes

References

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