page_title: Communist Party of India (Marxist)
section_title: Party organisation
hierarchical_section_title: Communist Party of India (Marxist) / Party organisation
caption_attribution_description: English: There was a big Communist part rally in Fort Cochin Kerala (India). The communists are the governing party in Kerala, and have beed for decades. A tableau vivant in a Communist part rally in Fort Cochin, Kerala. The communists were the governing party in Kerala until 2011.
context_page_description: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) is a communist political party in India. It is one of the national parties of India. The party emerged from a split from the Communist Party of India in 1964. The CPI was formed in Calcutta from 31 October to 7 November 1964.
  As of 2018, CPI is leading the state government in Kerala and has representation in the following Legislative assemblies in the states of West Bengal, Tripura, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha and Maharashtra. The Politburo is the supreme organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). However, in between two party congresses, the Central Committee is the highest decision making body.
context_section_description: CPI(M) currently has three MPs in Lok Sabha. CPI(M)'s highest tally was in 2004 when it got 5.66% of votes polled in and it had 43 MPs. It won 42.31% on an average in the 69 seats it contested. It supported the new Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government, but without becoming a part of it. On 9 July 2008 it formally withdrew support from the UPA government explaining this by differences about the Indo-US nuclear deal and the IAEA Safeguards Agreement in particular.
  In West Bengal and Tripura it participates in the Left Front. In Kerala the party is part of the Left Democratic Front. In Tamil Nadu it was part of the ruling Democratic Progressive Alliance led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). However, it has since withdrawn support.
  Its members in Great Britain are in the electoral front Unity for Peace and Socialism with the Communist Party of Britain and the British domiciled sections of the Communist Party of Bangladesh and the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). It is standing 13 candidates in the London-wide list section of the London Assembly elections in May 2008.
caption: A tableaux in a CPI(M) rally in Kerala, India showing two farmers forming the hammer and sickle, the most famous communist symbol.
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