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party OF INDIA' target='_blank' title='communist party of india-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>communist party of india (Marxist): The party OF INDIA' target='_blank' title='communist party of india-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>communist party of india is currently headed by former rajya sabha MP Sitaram Yechury. CPI(M) split from cpi in 1964. Initially the party had relatively better parliamentary election numbers, but later it declined.In 2014, the CPI(M) contested 93 lok sabha seats, out of which it won nine. After contesting on 71 seats in 2019, its number of seats came down to three. The party has eight MPs (three in the lok sabha and five in the Rajya Sabha).
The party currently has the largest block in the ruling LDF coalition in Kerala, where its leader PinarayiVijayan is the chief minister. The party is also part of the ruling coalition in bihar and tamil Nadu.
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Nationalist congress party (NCP): Founded by former Union minister and maharashtra Chief minister sharad pawar, ncp has faced a split since the first meeting of opposition parties in Patna. The faction led by Sharad Pawar's nephew AjitPawar has joined the maharashtra government along with bjp and shiv sena led by EknathShinde.
The sharad pawar faction is currently part of the opposition in the state along with the congress and the Shiv Sena. Before the split, the ncp had won five seats in the 2019 lok sabha elections, one less than in 2014. The party currently has three MPs in the lok sabha, including Pawar's daughter SupriyaSule, and two in the Upper House.
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