Communist Marxist Party | |
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| Abbreviation | CMP |
| General Secretary | C. P. John |
| Founder | M. V. Raghavan |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Split from | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Headquarters | MVR Bhavan, Kunnukuzhy, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India-695037 |
| Ideology | Marxism Communism Luxemburgism (from 2019) |
| ECI Status | Registered - Unrecognised |
| Alliance | United Democratic Front (Kerala) |
| Seats in Kerala Legislative Assembly | 0 / 140
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Communist Marxist Party (CMP) was a political party in Kerala. The party was founded in 1986 when 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 IUML. 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 INC was ultimately rejected by the CPI(M) leadership. He was subsequently expelled from the Party.[1][2]
In 2011 assembly election of Kerala, CMP fielded three candidates but could not win any seat. CMP had links with the Party of Democratic Socialism of Saifuddin Chaudhury in West Bengal. M.V. Raghavan attended the PDS state conference in December 2003. CMP participated in the Confederation of Indian Communists and Democratic Socialists.[3][4]
In the 2005 municipal elections in Kollam, the CMP candidate R. Vijayachandran won in the Asramam North constituency (defeating local RSP leader M.S. Babu).