United Left Front (), a joint front of

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 ...

ese 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 (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 (Marxist-Leninist) *

Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist) 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 ...

Nepal Samyabadi Party (Marksbadi-Leninbadi-Maobadi) 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 (United) Communist Party of Nepal (United) was a political party in Nepal. It was founded in 2007, following a split in the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist). Chandra Dev Joshi chairman of the party and Sunil Manandhar general secretary of th ...

CPN(MLM) and NSP(Malema) later merged to form the

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 ...

. CPN(M) and CPN(United) merged to form 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 Nepa ...

. Therefore, as of 2006 the coalition consisted of: *

* Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) ULF joined part the

Seven Party Alliance The Seven Party Alliance was a coalition of seven Nepali political parties seeking to end autocratic rule in the country. They spearheaded the Loktantra Andolan. The alliance was made up of the following parties: * Nepali Congress * Nepali Congr ...

(now

Eight Party Alliance The Seven Party Alliance was a coalition of seven Nepali political parties seeking to end autocratic rule in the country. They spearheaded the Loktantra Andolan. The alliance was made up of the following parties: * Nepali Congress * Nepali Congr ...

), and took part in the 2006

Loktantra Andolan The 2006 Nepal revolution also known as the Democracy Movement ( ''Jana Andolan II''). It was a political movement that was opposed to Nepal's King of Nepal, monarchy system under King Gyanendra. The movement was the second protest against the ...

. When the interim parliament was formed in January 2007, ULF got to nominate three MPs, C.P. Mainali of CPN(ML), Ganesh Shah of CPN(UM) and N.K. Prasai of CPN(MLM Centre). All constituents of ULF experienced splits in late 2006/early 2007, leading to the break-up of the ULF. Splinter groups of CPN(ML) and CPN(MLM Centre) merged into

Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) () was a communist party in Nepal. 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. *A breakaway group ...

. CPN(UM) was split as Ganesh Shah set up a separate

. CPN(UM) and CPN(Unified) formed one ULF, and the remainder of the original ULF retained theirs. In September 2007 CPN(MLM Centre) merged into Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).

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