Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)
The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) (Nepali: नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकीकृत-समाजवादी), romanized: Nēpāla kamyuniṣṭa pārṭī (Ēkīkr̥ta-Samājavādī)), abbreviated as CPN (Unified Socialist) is a political party in Nepal led by former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal. As of July 2023, the party leads Socialist Front and is an important ally in the governing coalition.
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकीकृत समाजवादी) | |
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| Abbreviation | CPN (US) or CPN (Socialist) |
| Chairman | Madhav Kumar Nepal |
| General Secretary | Ghanashyam Bhusal |
| Founder | Madhav Kumar Nepal, Jhala Nath Khanal, Pradeep Nepal and others |
| Founded | 18 August 2021 |
| Registered | 25 August 2021 |
| Split from | CPN (UML) |
| Headquarters | Min Bhawan, Aaloknagar, Kathmandu |
| Newspaper | Kalam News |
| Student wing | All Nepal National Free Students Union (ANNFSU) |
| Youth wing | Youth Federation Nepal |
| Women's wing | All Nepal Women's Association (Socialist) |
| Labour wing | Integrated Centre of Trade Unions, Nepal |
| Peasant's wing | All Nepal Peasants Association |
| Membership (2021) | 136,000 |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism–Leninism People's Multiparty Democracy |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Alliance | Samajbadi Morcha |
| House of Representatives | 10 / 275 |
| National Assembly | 8 / 59 |
| Provincial Assemblies | 25 / 550 |
| Chief Ministers | 0 / 7 |
| Mayors/Chairs | 25 / 753 |
| Councillors | 986 / 35,011 |
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Former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is the chairman of the party and former Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal serves as the senior leader. The party was officially registered at the Election Commission, Nepal on 18 August 2021 while it received its certificate of registration on 25 August when the Election Commission verified its application with signature of more than twenty percent in both central committee and federal parliamentary party.