Communist Party of India (Marxist)

CPI-M

AbbreviationCPI(M)
Secretary-GeneralSitaram Yechury
Lok Sabha leaderP. Karunakaran
Rajya Sabha leaderT. K. Rangarajan
FounderM.N.Roy
Founded7 November 1964 (54 years ago)
Split fromCommunist Party of India
HeadquartersA.K. Gopalan Bhawan, 27-29, Bhai Vir Singh Marg, New Delhi-110 001
NewspaperPeople’s Democracy 
Ganashakti 
Deshabhimani 
Theekkathir
Student wingStudents’ Federation of India
Youth wingDemocratic Youth Federation of India
Women’s wingAll India Democratic Women’s Association
Labour wingCentre of Indian Trade Unions
Peasant’s wingAll India Kisan Sabha (Ashoka Road)
Tribal wingGanamukti Parishad
Membership1,048,678 (2014)
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Political positionFar-left
International affiliationInternational Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties
ColoursRed
ECI StatusNational Party
AllianceUnited Progressive Alliance
Left Front (Tripura)
Left Front (West Bengal)
Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
Left-Democratic Manch, Assam
Bahujan Left Front, Telengana
Seats in Lok Sabha3 / 545
Seats in Rajya Sabha5 / 245
Seats in 59/140 (Kerala Legislative Assembly(2016)
16/60 (Tripura Legislative Assembly(2018)
26/294 (West Bengal Legislative Assembly(2016)
2/200 (Rajasthan Legislative Assembly(2018)
1/68 (Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly(2017)
1/87 (Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly(2014)
1/147 (Odisha Legislative Assembly(2014)
1/288 (Maharashtra Legislative Assembly(2014)
Number of states and union territories in government1 / 31

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Party Office
A.K.Gopalan Bhawan, 27-29,
Bhai Vir Singh Marg (Gole Market),
New Delhi – 110001.