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| party_name        = Communist Party of India<br />(Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
| party_logo        = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation logo.png
| foundation        = {{Start date and age|1974}}
| founder           = Subrata Dutta<br>[[Vinod Mishra]]<br>Swadesh Bhttacharya
| abbreviation      = CPI(ML), CPI-ML, CPIML(L), CPI-ML(L), CPIML Liberation
| general_secretary = [[Dipankar Bhattacharya]]
| split       = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)]]
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 | [[Communism]]<ref name="cpiml">{{cite web|url=http://cpiml.org/documents-2/10th-congress-cpiml/general-programme-of-cpiml/|title=General Programme of CPI(ML)|date=6 April 2013|website=Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) website|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-23|archive-date=8 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408034607/http://cpiml.org/documents-2/10th-congress-cpiml/general-programme-of-cpiml/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 | [[Marxism–Leninism]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cpiml.org/english/about-us|title=ABOUT CPI(ML) LIBERATION|publisher=CPI(ML) LIBERATION|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref>
 | [[Maoism|Mao Zedong Thought]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408034607/http://cpiml.org/documents-2/10th-congress-cpiml/general-programme-of-cpiml/|title=General Programme of CPI(ML)|publisher=CPI (ML) Liberation|date=6 April 2013|access-date=15 March 2026}}</ref>
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| headquarters      = Charu Bhawan, U-90, Shakarpur, [[Delhi]]-110092
| students          = [[All India Students' Association]]
| youth             = [[Revolutionary Youth Association]]
| women             = [[All India Progressive Women's Association]]
| labour            = {{ubl|{{•}}[[All India Central Council of Trade Unions]]|{{•}}All India Agricultural and Rural Labour Association}}
| peasants          = [[All India Kisan Mahasabha]]
| position          = [[Far-left politics|Far-left]]
| eci               = State Party<ref name="ec">{{cite web|title=Amending Notification regarding Political Parties and their Symbols Dated 01.03.2021|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12953-amending-notification-regarding-political-parties-and-their-symbol-dated-01032021/
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| publication       = Liberation (English)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mail.liberation.org.in/index.php/|title=Liberation(Central Organ of CPI(ML)}}</ref><br /> ''Deshabrati'' (Bengali)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cpiml.org/report/symposium-fifty-years-of-deshabrati/|title=Fifty years of Deshabrati}}</ref>
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|alliance          = [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|I.N.D.I.A]] (National)<br>[[Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)|Mahagathbandhan]] (Bihar)<br>[[Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)|Mahagathbandhan]] (Jharkhand)<br> [[Left Front-led Alliance|Left Front+]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lokmattimes.com/national/cpi-ml-to-contest-10-seats-in-bengal-in-alliance-with-left-front/|title=CPI(ML) Liberation to contest 10 seats in Bengal in alliance with Left Front|date=16 March 2026}}</ref> (West Bengal)
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The '''Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation''' (in brief '''CPI(ML)L''') is a [[Communism|communist]] political party in India.<ref name=":0" /> The party is represented in [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|Bihar]] and [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly|Jharkhand]] Legislative Assemblies. Since 2023, CPIML Liberation is also a member of the [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|INDIA]] bloc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/26/india-what-you-need-to-know-about-indias-opposition-alliance|title=‘INDIA’: What you need to know about India’s opposition alliance|publisher=|access-date=16 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Munjal |first=Diksha |date=2023-07-26 |title=Which are the 26 parties in the INDIA combine, the face of Opposition unity for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls? |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/which-are-the-26-parties-in-the-india-combine-the-face-of-opposition-unity-for-the-2024-lok-sabha-polls/article67115171.ece |access-date=2024-02-18 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In Bihar, the party has significant base amongst the [[Other Backward Castes|Extremely Backward Castes]] and the [[Scheduled Castes]]. It was successful in mobilising [[Upper Backward Castes|Upper Backward Caste]] groups such as [[Koeri]]s in some districts of central Bihar, prior to the rise of [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]. The party faced existential crisis when a large section of its Koeri and Yadav support base defected to [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] in 1990s. However, the ideological commitment of its cadre protected it from disintegration.<ref name=Sammadar/>

== History ==
In 1973, the original [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)]] split, with one group led by Sharma and another by Mahadev Mukherjee. [[Vinod Mishra]] initially belonged to Mukherjee's party, but he and the Burdwan Regional Committee broke with Mukherjee in September 1973. Mishra sought contact with the Sharma group, but the Burdwan Regional Committee was later divided and Mishra denounced the political line of Sharma (a critique, which amongst other things, called for the formation of open mass organizations, a move that almost constituted a heresy in the CPI (ML) movement at the time).<ref name="lib">Sen, Arindam. ''[http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_1999/january/homage11.htm The Life of Vinod Mishra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210847/http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_1999/january/homage11.htm |date=23 September 2015}}''</ref>

In 1974, Mishra came into contact with Subrata Dutta (Jauhar), a leader of armed struggle in the plain areas of [[Bihar]]. On 28 July 1974 (the second death anniversary of [[Charu Majumdar]]), a new party [[Central Committee]] was formed with Jauhar as General Secretary and Mishra and Swadesh Bhattacharya (Raghu) as members.<ref name="lib" /> The reorganized party became known as the 'anti-[[Lin Biao]]' group (whilst the faction of Mahadev Mukherjee constituted the 'pro-Lin Biao' group).<ref name="karat" /> The anti-Lin Biao group became known as the CPIML Liberation.<ref name="nax">''[[Frontline (U.S. TV series)|Frontline]]''. ''[http://www.flonnet.com/fl2221/stories/20051021008801000.htm The road from Naxalbari] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017003722/http://www.flonnet.com/fl2221/stories/20051021008801000.htm |date=17 October 2006}}''. Volume 22 - Issue 21, 8–21 October 2005</ref>

Mishra served as [[West Bengal]] secretary of the new party organization. Under Mishra's leadership new ''dalams'' (guerilla squads) were formed.

In November 1975, Jauhar was killed during [[Lal Sena]] activities. Mishra became the new party General Secretary in a reorganized five-member Central Committee. Mishra organized a second party congress, held clandestinely in the rural areas of [[Gaya district]] in February 1976. The congress unanimously re-elected Mishra as General Secretary.<ref name="lib" />

=== Reorientation and rectification ===
Mishra was the political architect of the process of re-orientation of CPIML Liberation.<ref name="lib"/> By 1976 the party had adopted a position that armed struggle would be combined with building a broad anti-[[Indian National Congress|Congress]] democratic front movement.<ref name="nax"/> The process was further elaborated through an internal rectification process initiated in late 1977. Party study circles and party schools were started from central to the block level of the party structure. The theory of two line tactics started to develop.

In 1981, the party tried to unify the other splintered ML factions. The party organised a unity meeting with 13 ML factions to form a unified leading core. However, the initiative was a failure.

==== The IPF ====
In the early 1980s, CPIML Liberation began building an open non-party mass movement (in direct to the original policy of CPI (ML)), the [[Indian People's Front]] (founded in April 1982). [[Nagbhushan Patnaik]] became the president of IPF. The construction of IPF, through which the underground party could develop links to other democratic forces on the basis of a popular, democratic and patriotic programme, was based on interventions by Mishra.<ref name="lib" /> However, although Mishra broke with the dogmas of the early CPI (ML), he never renounced Charu Majumdar's legacy.<ref name="karat">[[Prakash Karat|Karat, Prakash]]. ''[http://cpim.org/marxist/198501_marxist_naxalism_Prakash.htm Naxalism Today; At an Ideological Deadend[sic&#93;]''. ''The Marxist'', Volume: 3, No. 1, January–March 1985</ref>

In the third party congress, it was decided that IPF will participate in parliamentary elections. In 1989, IPF's [[Rameshwar Prasad (CPI(ML) Liberation)|Rameshwar Prasad]] won the loksabha seat from Ara ([[Bhojpur district, India|Bhojpur]]). In 1990, IPF won seven seats from Bihar Legislative Assembly. Special initiatives taken for restructuring the party and open up. IPF hold its first rally on 8 October 1990 in Delhi.

CPIML's mass base in the state of Bihar was among the members of Extremely Backward and [[Schedule Caste]]s and it was initially unable to draw support for its activities from the [[Upper Backward Castes|upper backward castes]]. It was, however successful in mobilising the [[Koeri]]s in the regions like [[Arrah]], [[Rohtas district|Rohtas]], [[Patna]] and [[Aurangabad]]. This success remained temporary as with the formation of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]], the [[Koeri]] and [[Yadav]] support base of CPIML increasingly shifted its loyalty to the RJD. This was because plum posts in the party was offered by RJD to those defecting from the CPIML. During this period four legislators associated with [[Indian People's Front]], the open mass organisation of CPIML defected to the RJD. These were [[Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha]], K.D Yadav, Umesh Singh and [[Suryadev Singh]]. However, the party was saved from complete ruin by the presence of top leadership which was ideologically committed and belonged to social groups such as non-Yadav [[Other Backward Castes]].<ref name=Sammadar>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zA2rCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT201|title=Government of Peace: Social Governance, Security and the Problematic of Peace|chapter=Bihar 1990-2011|author=Ranabir Samaddar|date=3 March 2016|publisher=Routledge, 2016|isbn=978-1317125372|access-date=21 June 2022|pages=201–205|archive-date=2 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202201354/https://books.google.com/books?id=zA2rCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT178|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== The ASDC ====
In 1985, the party launched People's democratic Front (PDF)  in [[Karbi Anglong]] district of Assam which won a seat in state assembly. In 1987 PDF was transformed to [[Autonomous State Demand Committee]] (ASDC). A sustained mass movement by ASDC help it to sweep district council elections in 1989. In 1981, ASDC's [[Jayanta Rongpi]] became an MP in Parliament. In 1996, ASDC was able to send its five-member group in Assam assembly as MLA.

In 1992, after the Fifth party congress (Held in Kolkata), the party comes out in the open from its underground status.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Programme of CPI(ML) |url=http://cpiml.org/documents-2/10th-congress-cpiml/general-programme-of-cpiml/ |access-date=2016-11-19 |website=cpiml.org |archive-date=8 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408034607/http://cpiml.org/documents-2/10th-congress-cpiml/general-programme-of-cpiml/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> Mishra was re-elected General Secretary of the party at the sixth congress of CPIML Liberation in [[Varanasi]] in October 1997.<ref name="lib"/>

== Present ==

The CPIML(Liberation), led by [[Dipankar Bhattacharya]] is a surviving faction of the CPIML.<ref>{{cite web|title=Organisation (10th All India Party Congress) {{!}} Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation|url=http://cpiml.net/Organisation-%2810th-All-India-Party-Congress%29|website=cpiml.net|language=en|access-date=2020-05-08|archive-date=8 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508135650/http://cpiml.net/Organisation-%2810th-All-India-Party-Congress%29|url-status=dead}}</ref> Liberation has established legal overground structures (trade unions, student groups, peasant organisations etc.) and participates in elections. In the Lok Sabha elections in 1999 the party won 0.3% of the votes and one seat (the former ASDC-seat from [[Assam]]). In the 2004 elections the seat was lost, mainly due to a split within ASDC. As of 2016, the party has been able to send its representatives to the state legislative assemblies of [[Bihar (India)|Bihar]] and [[Jharkhand]] as well as the panchayats of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Punjab.

In November 2020, it won 12 seats in Bihar's election. In 2025, it was reduced to 2 seats.

In 2024, it was able to win two seats in from Bihar in Indian general election. The CPIMLL candidates, [[Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha]] and [[Sudama Prasad]] were able to defeat union minister [[R. K. Singh]] in [[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency]] and [[Upendra Kushwaha]] and Bhojpuri singer and actor [[Pawan Singh]] in [[Karakat Lok Sabha constituency]]. In a report, [[Dainik Bhaskar]] stated that the party is more strong than [[Indian National Congress]] in the state of Bihar, given its stellar performance in [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]s and 2024 Indian general elections. Many a times, it was seen protesting against its own government outside and inside the house of legislative assembly. The party was also praised for its ground level work amongst the downtrodden section of society and for winning the elections with bare minimum resources, when other political parties relied on heavy funding from the corporate for their election expenses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/election-2024/bihar-loksabha-election/news/bihar-election-2024-cpi-ml-party-candidatesperformance-in-lok-sabha-133133659.html|title=बिहार में कांग्रेस से ज्यादा ताकतवर माले:3 सीट पर लड़ी, 2 पर जीत, आरके सिंह, उपेंद्र और पवन को हराना आसान नहीं था |website=Dainik Bhaskar|access-date=8 June 2024}}</ref><ref name=IE1>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/parliament-will-again-have-two-cpi-ml-liberation-mps-here-they-are-9377543/|title=Parliament will again have two CPI (ML-Liberation) MPs: Here they are |website=Indian Express|date=7 June 2024 |access-date=8 June 2024}}</ref>

However the party suffered a setback in 2025, when it won just 2 seats in the [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], suffering a loss of 10 seats.

CPIMLL has also showed significant presence in the regions such as [[Siwan district|Siwan]] and has been at the forefront in the fight against local landed magnates on the question of poor. It came into conflict with the gangster politician Mohammad Shahabuddin in the region, who was supported by local feudal elements. The Party has been served in the region by the influential local leaders such [[Ramesh Singh Kushwaha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/bihar-siwan-mohammed-shahabuddin-wife-heena-9342513/|title=Thrice unlucky, Shahabuddin's wife Heena hopes for a turnaround after his death|website=Indian Express|date=21 May 2024|access-date=8 June 2024}}</ref>

== Publications ==
The English-language publication of the party is ''Liberation'', and thus the party is called CPIML Liberation. Apart from ''Liberation'', the party publishes a central Hindi weekly organ, ''Samkaleen Lokyuddh''. Some state party committees publish their own organs, like the weekly ''Ajker Deshabrati'' in [[West Bengal]], ''Nabasphulinga'' in [[Tripura]], ''Teeppori'' in Tamil Nadu, ''Telugu Liberation'' in [[Andhra Pradesh]], ''Kannada Liberation'' in [[Karnataka]], ''Samkali Lok Morcha'' in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], etc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cpiml.org/first-page-category/feature-first-page-category/liberation-completes-50/|title=Liberation Completes 50|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://liberation.org.in/About-Us|title=Liberation Central Organ of CPI(ML)|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref>

== States ==
=== Bihar ===
The party has a longstanding conflict with the feudal landlords since the beginning of CPI (ML). Siwan, Bhojpur, Arrah  are the strongholds of CPI (ML) movement.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cpiml.org/library/library-items?cat=report-from-the-flaming-fields-of-bihar|title=Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation Library ItemsCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation|website=cpiml.org|access-date=2016-11-30}}</ref> The communist movement in Bihar was founded by the comrade [[Jagdish Mahto]], Rameshwar Ahir and Ramnaresh Ram in the Ekwaari village of Bhojpur.<ref name="Gail">{{cite book|title  =Reinventing Revolution: New Social Movements and the Socialist Tradition in India|first=Gail|last=Omvedt|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|pages=58–60|year=1993|isbn=0765631768|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wlxb0uacnRcC&pg=PA59|access-date=2020-06-16}}</ref> Traditionally, CPIML had a strong base between [[Kushwaha]]s and [[Dalit]]s of Bihar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/election-2024/caste-india-lok-sabha-election-2024-nda-bjp-india-bloc-caste-politics-ayodhya-obc-vote/article68267201.ece|title=Caste returns to centre stage in the 2024 Lok Sabha election |website=Frontline|date=11 June 2024 |access-date=12 June 2024}}</ref>

==== Bihar Legislative Assembly Election ====
[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]

CPIML Liberation emerged as the fifth largest party in Bihar Legislative Assembly Election 2015. The party contested jointly along with CPI, CPI(M), RSP, Forward Bloc, and SUCI(C) as a third alternative to the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] and the [[Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)|Mahagathbandhan]] of [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]] and [[Nitish Kumar]]. The party won the seats of [[Darauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Darauli]], [[Balrampur, Katihar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balrampur]] and [[Tarari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tarari]] each. The party has a vote percentage of 1.5% in the state. All the left parties together have a vote percentage of 3.59%.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/bihar-elections-2015/news/bihar-election-results-2015-cpi-ml-emerges-as-the-biggest-left-party-in-bihar/articleshow/49730502.cms|title=Bihar election results 2015: CPI-ML emerges as the biggest left party in Bihar|newspaper=The Times of India |date=10 November 2015 |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref>
[[File:2020 Bihar assembly election results.png|thumb|218x218px|Map of results of 2020 Bihar assembly elections, grouped by party and alliance]]
[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]

CPI(ML) Liberation contested the [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] as part of the [[Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)|Mahagathbandhan]], an alliance of the [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]] and the leftist parties led by the [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]. The party secured 12 seats with a vote percentage of 3.16%, making it the fifth largest party in the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/cpi-mls-show-in-bihar-an-eye-opener-for-left-parties/article33087917.ece |title=CPI (ML)'s show in Bihar an eye-opener for Left parties|website=The Hindu |date=13 November 2020 |access-date=14 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/election-2020/bihar-election-results-constituency-wise-live-updates-rjd-jdu-bjp-nda-ljp-congress-ec-counting-tejashwi-yadav-winner-nitish-kumar-913419.html#1|title=Bihar Election Result Constituency-wise: RJD emerges single largest party, but NDA in the driver's seat|website=Deccan Herald|date=9 November 2020|access-date=2020-11-16}}</ref> However, the Mahagathbandhan lost the election to the rival [[National Democratic Alliance]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-11-11|title=Bihar election: India's BJP coalition wins key state election|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-54883737|access-date=2020-11-15}}</ref>

As a result of the election, the CPI(ML)L was recognised as a [[Regional political parties of India|state party]] by the [[Election Commission of India]].<ref name="ec"/>

[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
[[File:2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Result Map.svg|350px]]

In this election, contesting under the Mahagathbandhan, the party won just 2 seats and was the ninth largest party in [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]. Its vote percentage reduced to 2.84%.

=== Jharkhand ===
Since the separation of Jharkhand from Bihar important places like '''[[Ranchi]], [[Dhanbad]], [[Giridih]], [[Koderma]], [[Jamtara]]''' and others have been field of work of the party. In Jharkhand the party is the representative of regional [[adivasi]]s who have conflicts with corporates and government against improper land seizure without proper rehabilitation. The party also has conflicts with the local coal mafias.
== Members of Legislative Assembly Jharkhand ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |Members of [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]
|-
! colspan="5" |[[5th Jharkhand Assembly]]
|-
!Year
!Nos.
!Name
!Constituency
!Votes
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election]]
|'''1.'''
|'''[[Bablu Mahato]]'''
|[[Sindri Assembly constituency|Sindri]]
|''105,136''
|-
|'''2.'''
|'''[[Arup Chatterjee]]'''
|[[Nirsa Assembly constituency|Nirsa]]
|''104,855''
|}


<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cpiml.org/liberation/february-2010/jharkhand-elections-and-after?default=yes|title=Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation Jharkhand Elections and AfterCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation|website=cpiml.org|access-date=2016-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201020145/http://cpiml.org/liberation/february-2010/jharkhand-elections-and-after?default=yes|archive-date=1 December 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[File:Giridih in Jharkhand (India).svg|thumb|[[Giridih district]], Jharkhand|157x157px]]

===2014 state election===
The party contested in cooperation with state left parties like  [[Marxist Co-ordination Committee|Marxist Co-ordination Committee (MCC)]],  CPI, and CPI(M) as an alternative to the BJP and INC led alliances. The party won the [[Dhanwar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhanwar]] seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections-news/elections-2014-cpi-ml-to-contest-for-23-lok-sabha-seats-in-bihar-553908|title= Elections 2014: CPI-ML to contest for 23 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar|access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref> The party got 1.5% of vote in the state. All the left parties together got 2.5% vote in the state.

===2019 state election===
The party gained the legislative assembly seat of [[Bagodar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bagodar]]<ref>{{cite web|date=2019-12-23|title=Bagodar Election Results 2019 Live Updates: Vinod Kumar Singh of CPI(ML)(L) Wins|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/bagodar-election-results-2019-live-updates-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-2430769.html|access-date=2021-01-31|website=News18|language=en}}</ref> but lost the previous seat from [[Dhanwar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhanwar]].

===2024 state election===
In the [[2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election]], the [[Marxist Co-ordination Committee]] (MCC), which since its inception was closely associated with the CPI(ML) Liberation, formally merged with the CPI(ML)L in September 2024. 

Following the merger, CPI(ML)L held its first meeting on 10–11 September 2024, where five MCC leaders were inducted into its Central Committee.<ref>Source about CPI(ML)L meeting and MCC merger</ref>  

As a result of the election, the CPI(ML)L gained the legislative assembly seats of [[Sindri Assembly constituency|Sindri]] and [[Nirsa Assembly constituency|Nirsa]].<ref>Election Commission of India – Jharkhand 2024 results</ref>

== Leadership ==

The current general secretary of the party is [[Dipankar Bhattacharya]], first elected in 1998 after the passing of Vinod Mishra. The 11th party congress of CPIML Liberation, held in Patna, Bihar from 15 to 20 February 2023 elected a Central Committee with 77 members. The Central Committee later elected a 17 numbers of [[Politburo]] members Committee.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sen|first=Jai|title=Imagining Alternatives|publisher=Daanish Books|year=2012|isbn=978-93-81144-14-5|series=Other worlds possible?|location=[[Gazipur]]|pages=15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cpiml.org/party-organization/|title=Organisation|website=cpiml.org|access-date=12 April 2020|archive-date=21 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521233307/http://cpiml.org/party-organization/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Politburo members ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}};color:white" | {{abbr|No.|Number}}
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}};color:white" | Name
|-
|1
|[[Dipankar Bhattacharya]] 
|-
|2
| Swadesh Bhattacharya 
|-
|3
| Kartik Paul
|-
|4
| Ramji Rai 
|-
|5
| Amar 
|-
|6
| Kunal
|-
|7
| Dhirendra Jha
|-
|8
| Janardan Prasad
|-
|9
| Manoj Bhakt
|-
|10
| Shankar V
|-
|11
| [[Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha|Rajaram Singh]]
|-
|12
| [[Vinod Kumar Singh (Bagodar politician)|Vinod Singh]]
|-
|13
|Meena Tiwari
|-
|14
| Abhijit Mazumdar
|-
|15
| Shashi Yadav
|-
|16
|Sanjay Sharma
|-
|17
|Ravi Rai
|}

=== General Secretary ===
{| class="wikitable"

|-
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}};color:white" |{{abbr|No.|Number}} 
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}};color:white" |Name 
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}};color:white" |Tenure
|-
| '''1st'''||Subrata Dutta || 1974–1975 
|-
| '''2nd'''||[[Vinod Mishra]] || 1975–1998
|-
| '''3rd'''||[[Dipankar Bhattacharya]] || 1998–''incumbent''
|}

== Electoral performance ==

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}};color:white" | Election Year
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}};color:white" | Overall votes
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}};color:white" | % of overall votes
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}};color:white" | seats contested
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}};color:white" | seats won
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}};color:white" | ± in seats
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}};color:white" | ± in vote share
|-
!colspan=7|[[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|5,87,701
|1.54%
|98
|{{Composition bar|3|243|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}}}
|{{Increase}}3
|{{Decrease}}0.29
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|13,33,682
|3.16%
|19
|{{Composition bar|12|243|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}}}
|{{Increase}}9
|{{Increase}}1.66
|-
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
|14,25,592
|2.84%
|20
|{{Composition bar|2|243|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}}}
|{{Decrease}} 10
|{{Decrease}}0.32
|-
!colspan=7|[[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|[[2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|
|2.46%
|28
|{{Composition bar|1|81|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}}}
|{{Steady}}
|{{Steady}}
|-
|[[2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2009]]
|241,436
|2.35%
|33
|{{Composition bar|1|81|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}}}
|{{Steady}}
|{{Decrease}}0.11
|-
|[[2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
|210,446
|1.52%
|39
|{{Composition bar|1|81|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}}}
|{{Steady}}
|{{Decrease}}0.83
|-
|[[2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
|172,475
|1.15%
|14
|{{Composition bar|1|81|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}}}
|{{Steady}}
|{{Decrease}}0.35
|-
|[[2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
|337,062
|1.89%
|4
|{{Composition bar|2|81|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}}}
|{{Increase}}1
|{{Increase}}0.74
|-
!colspan=7|[[Lok Sabha]]
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|1,044,510
|0.25%
|
|{{Composition bar|0|543|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}}}
|{{Steady}}
|{{Steady}}
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|1,007,275
|0.18%
|
|{{Composition bar|0|543|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}}}
|{{Steady}}
|{{Decrease}}0.7
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|711,715
|0.12%
|
|{{Composition bar|0|543|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}}}
|{{Steady}}
|{{Decrease}}0.6
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|1,726,309
|2.99%
|4
|{{Composition bar|2|543|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}}}
|{{Increase}}2
|{{Increase}}2.87
|-
|}

== Members of Lok Sabha ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |Members of Lok Sabha
|-
!Year
!Lok Sabha
!Name
!Constituency
!Margin
|-
![[File:Indian General Election 1999.svg|thumb|[[1999 Indian general election]]]]
|[[13th Lok Sabha]]
|[[Jayanta Rongpi]]
|[[File:Diphu_Lok_Sabha_constituency_2024.png|thumb|[[Autonomous District Lok Sabha constituency]]]]
|'''1,04,864'''
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[File:2024 Indian General Election Result Map.svg|thumb|[[2024 Indian general election]]]]
| rowspan="2" |[[18th Lok Sabha]]
| [[Sudama Prasad]]
|[[File:194-Arrah constituency.svg|thumb|[[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency]]]]
|'''59,808'''
|-
| [[Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha]]
|[[File:213-Karakat constituency.svg|thumb|[[Karakat Lok Sabha constituency]]]]
|'''1,05,858'''
|}

== Members of Legislative Assembly Bihar ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |[[File:India Bihar Vidhan Sabha 2020.svg|thumb|Members of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]]]
|-
! colspan="5" |[[17th Bihar Assembly]]
|-
!Year
!Nos.
!Name
!Constituency
!Margin
|-
! rowspan="16" |[[File:2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Result Map.svg|thumb|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]]]
|'''1.'''
|[[Birendra Prasad Gupta]]
|[[File:9-Sikta constituency.svg|thumb|[[Sikta Assembly constituency|Sikta]]]]
|'''2,302'''
|-
|'''2.'''
|[[Mahbub Alam (politician)|Mahbub Alam]]
|[[File:65-Balrampur, Bihar constituency.svg|thumb|[[Balrampur, Bihar Assembly constituency|Balrampur]]]]
|'''53,597'''
|-
|'''3.'''
|[[File:Amarjeet kushwaha.jpg|thumb|[[Amarjeet Kushwaha]]]]
|[[File:106-Ziradei constituency.svg|thumb|[[Ziradei Assembly constituency|Ziradei]]]]
|
|-
|'''4.'''
|[[File:Satyadev Ram CPIML.jpg|thumb|[[Satyadeo Ram]]]]
|[[File:107-Darauli constituency.svg|thumb|[[Darauli Assembly constituency|Darauli]]]]
|'''12,119'''
|-
|'''5.'''
|[[Gopal Ravidas]]
|[[File:188-Phulwari constituency.svg|thumb|[[Phulwari Assembly constituency|Phulwari]]]]
|'''13,857'''
|-
|'''6.'''
|[[Sandeep Saurav]]
|[[File:190-Paliganj constituency.svg|thumb|[[Paliganj Assembly constituency|Paliganj]]]]
|'''30,915'''
|-
|'''7.'''
| 
| rowspan="3" |[[File:195-Agiaon constituency.svg|thumb|[[Agiaon Assembly constituency|Agiaon]]]]
|'''48,550'''
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''8.'''
|[[Shiv Prakash Ranjan]]
| rowspan="2" |'''29,835'''
|-
|[[2024 elections in India|2024 By-election]] 
|-
|'''9.'''
| 
| rowspan="3" |[[File:196-Tarari constituency.svg|thumb|[[Tarari Assembly constituency|Tarari]]]]
|'''11,015'''
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''10.'''
|
| rowspan="2" |
|-
|[[2024 elections in India|2024 By-election]] 
|-
|'''11.'''
|[[File:Ajit Kushwaha.jpg|thumb|[[Ajit Kushwaha]]]]
|[[File:201-Dumraon constituency.svg|thumb|[[Dumraon Assembly constituency|Dumraon]]]]
|
|-
|'''12.'''
| 
|[[File:213-Karakat constituency.svg|thumb|[[Karakat Assembly constituency|Karakat]]]]
|
|-
|'''13.'''
|[[File:MAHANAND SINGH.jpg|thumb]][[Maha Nand Singh]]
|[[File:214-Arwal constituency.svg|thumb|[[Arwal Assembly constituency|Arwal]]]]
|
|-
|'''14.'''
| 
|[[File:217-Ghosi, Bihar constituency.svg|thumb|[[Ghosi, Bihar Assembly constituency|Ghosi]]]]
|
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |[[File:Bihar Legislative Assembly 2015.svg|thumb|[[Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly]]]]
|-
! colspan="5" |[[16th Bihar Assembly]]
|-
!Year
!Nos.
!Name
!Constituency
!Margin
|-
! rowspan="3" |[[File:2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Result Map.svg|thumb|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]]]
|'''1.'''
|[[File:Satyadev Ram CPIML.jpg|thumb|[[Satyadeo Ram]]]]
|[[File:107-Darauli constituency.svg|thumb|[[Darauli Assembly constituency|Darauli]]]]
|
|-
|'''2.'''
|[[Mahbub Alam (politician)|Mahbub Alam]]
|[[File:65-Balrampur,_Bihar_constituency.svg|thumb|[[Balrampur, Bihar Assembly constituency|Balrampur]]]]
|'''20,419'''
|-
|'''6.'''
| 
|[[File:196-Tarari constituency.svg|thumb]]
|
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="5" |[[File:India Bihar Legislative Assembly 2005 October.svg|thumb|[[Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly]]]]
|-
! colspan="5" |[[14th bihar Assembly]] 
|-
!Year
!Nos.
!Name
!Constituency
!Margin
|-
! rowspan="5" |[[File:Bihar Assembly election 2005 results.png|thumb|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]]]
|'''1.'''
|[[Amar Nath Yadav]]
|[[File:107-Darauli_constituency.svg|thumb|[[Darauli Assembly constituency|Darauli]]]]
|
|-
|'''2.'''
|[[Mahbub Alam (politician)|Mahbub Alam]]
|
|
|-
|'''3.'''
| 
|[[File:213-Karakat constituency.svg|thumb|[[Karakat Assembly constituency|Karakat]]]]
|
|-
|'''4.'''
|
|
|
|-
|'''5.'''
|
|
|
|}

==Mass organizations==
The main mass organizations of the party are:
*[[Revolutionary Youth Association]] (RYA)
*[[All India Students Association]] (AISA)
*All India Agricultural and Rural Labour Association (AIARLA)
*All India Peasants' Coordination Committee
*[[All India Central Council of Trade Unions]] (AICCTU)
*[[All India Progressive Women's Association]] (AIPWA)
*[[Autonomous State Demand Committee]] (ASDC)
*[[All India Kisan Mahasabha]] (AIKM)

==See also==
* [[List of political parties in India]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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{{Authority control}}

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