Communist Marxist Party is a political party

Political party

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 in Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, south India

India

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. The party was founded in 1986 when Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...

 (CPI(M)) leader M. V. Raghavan

M. V. Raghavan

Melathu Veettil Raghavan is a veteran Communist leader and a former Minister in Kerala state of India. He is the General Secretary of Communist Marxist Party, an alliance partner in the United Democratic Front| UDF. Prior to the formation of CMP he was a prominent leader of the Communist Party of...

 was expelled from the CPI(M) due to a grave difference of opinion regarding the formation of alliances with the Muslim League

Indian Union Muslim League

Indian Union Muslim League is a state political party in the state of Kerala, India. The chief support base of the party falls inside northern and central Kerala...

. 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

Indian National Congress

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 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

United Democratic Front (India)

United Democratic Front is an alliance of political parties of Kerala state in India. This alliance is led by the Indian National Congress....

, 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

Party of Democratic Socialism (India)

The Party of Democratic Socialism is a political party in West Bengal in India. The PDS was founded in February 2001 by former Communist Party of India leader Saifuddin Choudhury...

 of Saifuddin Chaudhury in West Bengal

West Bengal

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. M.V. Raghavan attended the PDS state conference in December 2003.

In the 2005 municipal elections in Kollam

Kollam

Kollam , often anglicized as ', is a city in the Indian state of Kerala. The city lies on the banks of Ashtamudi Lake on the Arabian sea coast and is situated about north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram...

, the CMP candidate R. Vijayachandran won in the Asramam North constituency (defeating local Revolutionary Socialist Party

Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)

Revolutionary Socialist Party is a Marxist-Leninist political party in India. The party was founded on March 19, 1940 and has its roots in the Bengali liberation movement Anushilan Samiti and the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army. The party got around 0,4% of the votes and three seats in the Lok...

 leader M.S. Babu).

CMP participates in the Confederation of Indian Communists and Democratic Socialists

Confederation of Indian Communists and Democratic Socialists

Confederation of Indian Communist and Democratic Socialists ' is a confederation of pro-Congress communist and Social Democratic parties in India. These parties are against major Leftist parties of India like Communist Party of India and Communist Party of India.The constituent parties of CICDS...

.http://www.hindu.com/2005/02/09/stories/2005020906330400.htm

Mass organizations

• All India Centre of Trade Unions
  All India Centre of Trade Unions
  The All India Centre of Trade Unions is a trade union centre in India. It is the labour wing of the Marxist Communist Party of India . Previously it was the trade union wing of the main predecessor of MCPI, the Marxist Communist Party of India....
  
   (AICTU)
• Kerala Socialist Youth Federation (KSYF)
• State Employees and Teachers Federation (SETF)

Local Body Elections, 2010

Total for Kerala: Village Wards:16, Block Wards:4, District Wards:1, Municipality Wards:7 & Corporation Wards:3.

• 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.