List of communist parties in Nepal

Communism in Nepal Leaders Pushpa Lal Shrestha Mohan Bikram Singh Manmohan Adhikari Keshar Jung Rayamajhi Chandra Prakash Mainali Sahana Pradhan Madan Kumar Bhandari Khadga Prasad Oli Madhav Kumar Nepal Prachanda Baburam Bhattarai Current groups CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) UCPN (Maoist) CPN-Maoist CPN (United Marxist) CPN (Marxist–Leninist) CPN (Marxist) CPN (United) CPN (Unified) Nepal Workers Peasants Party Defunct groups Communist Party of Nepal Nepal Communist League CPN (Burma) CPN (Pushpa Lal) CPN (4th Convention) CPN (Marxist–Leninist) CPN (Masal) CPN (Mashal) CPN (Manmohan) CPN (Marxist) (1st) CPN (Marxist) (2nd) CPN (Democratic) CPN (Unity Centre) CPN (MLM) CPN (Samyabadi) CPN (MLM Centre) CPN (United) CPN (Unity Centre–Masal) Related articles Communism History of Nepal Nepalese Civil War Politics of Nepal Political parties in Nepal Elections in Nepal Communism Portal

The Communist Party of Nepal is a name used by a number of Nepalese political parties claiming allegiance to the communist ideology. Most trace their roots back to the original Communist Party of Nepal formed in 1949.

Active parties

• Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) CPN(M-C), known as Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) UCPNM from 2009 to 2016 and Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) CPN-M until 2009
• Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (2002)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (2012), CPN (Maoist), a splinter group of UCPN(M) led by anti-Hindi radical Kiran Yadav
• Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) (2006) CPN (Marxist)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) (2006) CPN (Masal)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) CPN-UML
• Communist Party of Nepal (2013)
• Communist Party of Nepal (United) CPN (United)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)(2014), self-styled CPN-M, a splinter group of CPN (Maoist)(2012) of Kiran Yadav, led by Chand, confusingly again taking the original name of Maoist movement, CPN-M.

Defunct parties

• Communist Party of Nepal
• Communist Party of Nepal (2006)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Amatya)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Burma)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Democratic)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Janamukhi)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Manmohan)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) (1986–91)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) (1991–2005)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (1998)
• Communist Party of Nepal Marxist−Leninist (Samajbadi)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist Centre)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) (historical)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) (1999)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Matri Samuha)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Pushpa Lal)
• Communist Party of Nepal (United) (1991–2005)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre–Masal)
• Communist Party of Nepal (Unified)
• Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist)

Political parties in Nepal
Represented in the Constituent Assembly 2014 (601)	Nepali Congress (196) Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (175) Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) (80) Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal (24) Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum Democratic (14) Rastriya Prajatantra Party (13) Tarai-Madhesh Loktantrik Party (11) Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (10) Sadbhavana Party (6) Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) (5) Federal Socialist Party (5) Rastriya Janamorcha (3) Tarai-Madhesh Loktantrik Party Nepal Communist Party of Nepal Marxist−Leninist (Samajbadi) Communist Party of Nepal (United) (3) Nepal Workers Peasants Party (4) Rastriya Janashakti Party Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi) Nepali Janata Dal (1) Rastriya Janamukti Party (2) Sanghiya Loktantrik Rastriya Manch (1) Chure Bhawar Rastriya Ekta Party (1) Dalit Janajati Party (1) Bahujan Shakti Party (1) Nepa Rastriya Party (1) Nepal Loktantrik Samajbadi Dal (1) Nepal Pariwar Dal (1) Samajtantrik Prajatantrik Janata Party (1)
Other	Communist Party of Nepal—Maoist Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)(2014) Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) (2006) Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) (2006) Hindu Prajatantrik Party Mongol National Organisation Tamsaling Nepal Rastriya Dal Jana Jagaran Party Nepal Naya Shakti
Dissolved parties	Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre–Masal) Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist) Communist Party of Nepal Marxist−Leninist (Samajbadi) Communist Party of Nepal (2006)
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