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Communist Marxist Party 200pxFounded 1987 Ideology Secular SocialistDemocratic Alliance United Democratic Front Politics of India
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ElectionsCommunist Marxist Party is a political party in Kerala, south India. The party was founded in 1986 when Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) leader M. V. Raghavan was expelled from the CPI(M) due to a grave difference of opinion regarding the formation of alliances with the Muslim League. His support for forming a united front with non-secular parties such as the Muslim League in order to take on alliances led by the Indian National Congress was ultimately rejected by the CPI(M) leadership. He was subsequently expelled from the Party.
The CMP is now part of the United Democratic Front, an alliance in Kerala which is led by the Indian National Congress. in2011 assembly election of kerala CMP candidates out of three allare failed so CMP has no representation in Kerala assembly CMP has links with the Party of Democratic Socialism of Saifuddin Chaudhury in West Bengal. M.V. Raghavan attended the PDS state conference in December 2003.
In the 2005 municipal elections in Kollam, the CMP candidate R. Vijayachandran won in the Asramam North constituency (defeating local Revolutionary Socialist Party leader M.S. Babu).
CMP participates in the Confederation of Indian Communists and Democratic Socialists.[1]
Contents
Mass organizations
- All India Centre of Trade Unions (AICTU)
- Kerala Socialist Youth Federation (KSYF)
- State Employees and Teachers Federation (SETF)
Election Results
Local Body Elections, 2010
Total for Kerala: Village Wards:16, Block Wards:4, District Wards:1, Municipality Wards:7 & Corporation Wards:3.[1]
- Thiruvananthapuram District - Corporation Wards:3, Village Wards:0.
- Kannur District - No Representation
- Kollam District - Village Wards:5
- Alappuzha District - Block Wards:1, Municipality Wards:2.
- Idukki District - Village Wards:1
- Ernakulam District - Village Wards:2
- Thrisur District - Village Wards:2, District Wards:1 & Municipality Wards:5.
- Palakkad District - Village Wards:2
- Malappuram District - Village Wards:2, Block Wards:1.
- Wynad District - Block Wards:1.
- Kasargode District - Village Wards:1, Block Wards:1.
See Also
- M. V. Raghavan
References
Democratic Studend Federation [DSF]
Categories:- Political parties established in 1986
- Political parties in Kerala
- Communist parties in India
- Communist Party of India (Marxist) breakaway groups
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