Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) () was a communist party in

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. The party was formed in 2007 through the merger of three groups: *A breakaway group of the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) led by

Rishi Kattel Rishi Kattel () is the leader of one of the communist parties in Nepal. He is currently the Chairman of Communist Party of Nepal, which was formed in 2013 along with other communist leaders Lok Narayan Subedi, Jagat Bogati, Sharan Bikram Malla, ...

. *A breakaway group of Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre-Masal), whose

Janamorcha Nepal Janamorcha Nepal () was founded in 2002 as the mass organisation and electoral front of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre–Masal). It was formed following the merger between the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) and the Communist ...

faction was led by Chitra Bahadur Ale *A breakaway group of

Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Centre) The Communist Party of Nepal (), abbreviated CPN, was a communist party in Nepal from 1949 to 1962. It was founded on 15 September 1949 to struggle against the autocratic Rana regime, feudalism, and imperialism. The founding general secretary ...

led by Sitaram Tamang The General Secretary of the party is Ram Singh Shris (Rajbir). The party had two members in the

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, Pari Thapa and

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. In April 2013 the party merged into the

Communist Party of Nepal The Communist Party of Nepal (), abbreviated CPN, was a communist party in Nepal from 1949 to 1962. It was founded on 15 September 1949 to struggle against the autocratic Rana regime, feudalism, and imperialism. The founding general secretary ...

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The party presented its manifesto for the Constituent Assembly polls on March 10, 2008. The party proposes making Nepal into a

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with 11 states and 2 sub-states, based on ethnicity, language and geography. It proposes having a ceremonial president, and resting executive powers in the office of the Prime Minister. According to its manifesto, there would be a limit of two mandate periods for the Prime Ministership. Both Prime Minister and president would be elected by the parliament. The party won two seats through the

Proportional Representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to any electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to political divisions (Political party, political parties) amon ...

vote, but no seat in the

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system.

Split

A faction of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) led by Nabaraj Subedi merged with the Unified CPN (Maoist) in April 2010. Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN (Unified) leader Nabaraj Subedi signed a memo on the unification between the two parties at a programme in the capital Katmandhu on April 3, 2010. According to leaders, they have agreed to settle ideological issues at the upcoming general convention of the Maoist party. They said local level organizational matters would be settled by forming a taskforce.
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Split

Electoral performance

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