United Left Front (Nepal, 1990)

The United Left Front ({{Langx, ne, संयुक्त वाम मोर्चा, translit=sanyukt vaam morcha) was an alliance of communist parties that opposed the autocratic regime 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 ...

. It was formed in 1990 and conducted joint movement with the

Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress ( ; Abbreviation, abbr. NC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Nepal, political party in Nepal and the largest party in the country ...

. The uprising, called ''

Jana Andolan The 1990 People's Movement () was a multiparty movement in Nepal that brought an end to absolute monarchy and the beginning of constitutional monarchy. It also eliminated the Panchayat system. The movement was marked by the unity between the ...

'' (People's Movement), brought to an end of monarchic dictatorship and led the way for multiparty elections. The constituents of the United Left Front were: * Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) * Nepal Workers and Peasants Party * Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention) *

Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) The Communist Party of Nepal was founded in Calcutta, India, on 15 September 1949. Communist Party of Nepal may also refer to: * Communist Party of Nepal (2006), a short-lived splinter group * Communist Party of Nepal (2013), a minor political part ...

* Communist Party of Nepal (Burma) * Communist Party of Nepal (Manandhar) *

Communist Party of Nepal (Amatya) The Communist Party of Nepal, also referred to as the Communist Party of Nepal (Amatya), was a communist party in Nepal. It emerged from a split in the original Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) in 1962. The CPN had been ravaged by internal conflic ...

The leader of the United Left Front was

Sahana Pradhan Sahana Pradhan (Nepali: साहाना प्रधान) (17 June 1927 – 22 September 2014) was a Nepalese politician from a Newar family in Kathmandu. She resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal on April 16, 2008. She also served ...

of the CPN (Marxist). Following the abolition of democratic rule in 2002, five minor left parties mobilized a

United Left Front (Nepal) (2002) United Left Front (), a joint front of Nepalese communist parties. ULF was founded on October 3, 2002, with the aim of mobilizing against the autocratic rule in the country. The founding constituents of ULF were: * Communist Party of Nepal (Marx ...

. After four of them merged into two parties in 2005, the organisation consisted of three parties. Defunct communist parties in Nepal Defunct left-wing political party alliances Defunct political party alliances in Nepal