Communist Party of Nepal (United) (1991–2005) explained

Communist Party of Nepal (United)
Native Name:	नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी (संयुक्त)
Foundation:	1991
Ideology:	Communism Marxism–Leninism
Country:	Nepal
Dissolved:	2005
Native Name Lang:	ne
Merger:	CPN (Amatya) CPN (Burma) CPN (Democratic)
Successor:	CPN (United Marxist)

Communist Party of Nepal (United) was a political party in Nepal. In 1991, after the first general election, through the merger of Communist Party of Nepal (Democratic), Communist Party of Nepal (Burma) and Communist Party of Nepal (Amatya).^[1] Both the Burma and Amatya-led factions did however break away from the party soon after the merger. The youth wing of the party was called Nepal National Youth Federation. Its trade union wing was called Nepal Trade Union Federation.

History

The general secretary of CPN (United) was Bishnu Bahadur Manandhar and the deputy general secretary Ganesh Shah.

Following the February 1, 2005 royal take-over in Nepal, both Manandhar and Shah were arrested. In 2005 the party merged with the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) and formed the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist).^[2]

Electoral performance

Election	Leader	Votes		Seats	Position	Resulting government
			%
1994	Bishnu Bahadur Manandhar	29,273	0.38		10th
1999	Bishnu Bahadur Manandhar	4,715	0.05		18th

See also

• List of communist parties in Nepal

Notes and References

1. Web site: ५५ वर्षपछि एमाले-माओवादीको एकता : यस्तो छ विभाजनको शृङ्खला. 2020-12-22. ५५ वर्षपछि एमाले-माओवादीको एकता : यस्तो छ विभाजनको शृङ्खला. en.
2. Web site: 2005-12-18. International Nepal Solidarity Network » New Party CPN (United-Marxist) created. 2020-12-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20051218021056/http://insn.org/?p=1945. 2005-12-18.