Communist Party of India (Marxist)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M), is a political party in India. It is strongest in West Bengal and Tripura, where it is holding government (2004). It split from the Communist Party of India in 1964 because of what it describes as the latter's revisionism and sectarianism. It claims to have 814,408 members as of 2002.
CPI(M) took 5,5% of vote in last legislative election (May 2004) and it has 43 MPs. They support new Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government, but without taking part in it.
In West Bengal and Tripura it participates in Left Front. In Kerala the party is part of Left Democratic Front. In Tamil Nadu it is part of the Progressive Democratic Alliance.
The current general secretary of CPI(M) is Harkishan Surjit Singh. The CPI(M) MP Somnath Chatterjee is the speaker of the Lok Sabha (2004).
 Propaganda vehicle | The principal mass organizations of CPI(M) are:
|  Students Federation of India |
 Mural in Kolkata |
From the Centre, two weekly newspapers are published, People's Democracy (English) and Lok Lehar (Hindi).
On state level there are a variety of vernacular publications, including five daily newspaper;
|  CPI(M) poster |
In Hindi CPI(M) is often called MaKaPa (Marksvadi Kamyunist Party).
A large number of parties have been formed from splits of the CPI(M), such as CPI(ML) (where Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation has it's roots), Marxist Communist Party of India, Marxist Coordination Committee in Jharkhand, Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy and Communist Marxist Party in Kerala, Party of Democratic Socialism in West Bengal, People's Democratic Front in Tripura, Ram Paslagruppen in Punjab, Orissa Communist Party in Orissa, etc.
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| State | No. of candidates 2004 | No. of elected 2004 | No. of candidates 1999 | No. of elected 1999 | Totalt no. of seats from the state |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 42 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Assam | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Bihar | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 40 (2004)/54(1999) |
| Chhattisgarh | 0 | 0 | - | - | 11 (2004) |
| Goa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gujarat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Haryana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Jharkhand | 1 | 0 | - | - | 14 (2004) |
| Karnataka | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 |
| Kerala | 13 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 (2004)/40(1999) |
| Maharashtra | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 48 |
| Manipur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Meghalaya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mizoram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nagaland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Orissa | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Punjab | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Rajasthan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| Sikkim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 39 |
| Tripura | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 80 (2004)/85 (1999) |
| Uttaranchal | 1 | 0 | - | - | 5 (2004) |
| West Bengal | 32 | 26 | 32 | 21 | 42 |
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| Andaman & Nicobar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chandigarh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Daman and Diu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Delhi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Lakshadweep | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pondicherry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total: | 69 | 43 | 72 | 33 | 543 |
| State | No. of candidates | No. of elected | Total no. of seats in Assembly | Year of Election |
| Andhra Pradesh | 14 | 9 | 294 | 2004 |
| Assam | 22 | 0 | 126 | 2001 |
| Bihar | 21 | 2 | 324 | 2000 |
| Chhattisgarh | 6 | 0 | 90 | 2003 |
| Delhi | 3 | 0 | 70 | 2003 |
| Goa | 3 | 0 | 40 | 2002 |
| Gujarat | 1 | 0 | 181 | 2002 |
| Haryana | 7 | 0 | 90 | 2000 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 4 | 0 | 68 | 2003 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 7 | 2 | 87 | 2002 |
| Karnataka | 5 | 1 | 224 | 2004 |
| Kerala | 65 | 23 | 140 | 2001 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 9 | 1 | 230 | 2003 |
| Maharashtra | 23 | 2 | 288 | 1999 |
| Manipur | 1 | 0 | 60 | 2002 |
| Orissa | 3 | 1 | 147 | 2004 |
| Pondicherry | 3 | 0 | 30 | 2001 |
| Punjab | 13 | 0 | 117 | 2002 |
| Rajasthan | 18 | 1 | 200 | 2003 |
| Sikkim | 1 | 0 | 32 | 2004 |
| Tamil Nadu | 8 | 6 | 234 | 2001 |
| Tripura | 55 | 38 | 60 | 2003 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 6 | 2 | 402 | 2002 |
| Uttaranchal | 5 | 0 | 70 | 2002 |
| West Bengal | 211 | 143 | 294 | 2001 |
See also: List of political parties in India, Politics of India, List of Communist Parties
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