Communist Party of Georgia

Communist Party of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს კომუნისტური პარტია, romanized: sakartvelos k'omunist'uri p'art'ia) is a communist party in Georgia. The party was founded on 23 February 1992 as the Socialist Labour Party. It was registered at the Ministry of Justice on 27 February 1998. In the 1992 elections it won four MPs. During the period 1994–1995 it maintained a parliamentary fraction. In the 1995 elections it polled 3% of the votes.

Ivan Tsiklauri is the First Secretary of the party. The main goal of the party is restoration of the socialist system. It publishes Komunisti-XXI. In 1999 it claimed to have 15,000 members. The party has a youth organization, Komsomol.

In 1991 and 1995 SKP supported the candidacies of Eduard Shevardnadze.

In the 1999 elections it ran in an electoral bloc called Bloc "Communists - Stalinists" together with the political party "Stalineli".

For the 2000 presidential elections SKP nominated Ivan Tsiklauri, but the nomination was later withdrawn.

The Communist Party of Adzharia is an autonomous organization within SKP.

See also

• Category:Communist Party of Georgia (Soviet Union)

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Political parties in Georgia

Governing party

• Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia

Parliamentary opposition

• Strength Is in Unity
  • United National Movement
  • State for the People
  • Progress and Freedom
  • National Democratic Party
  • Victorious Georgia
• For Georgia
• New Political Center — Girchi
• Strategy Aghmashenebeli
• European Socialists
• Lelo for Georgia
• Citizens
• Republican Party of Georgia
• Law and Justice

Extra-parliamentary parties

Parties with local representation

European Georgia Alliance of Patriots of Georgia Georgian Labour Party Girchi — More Freedom For the People Free Georgia

Unrepresented

Droa Free Democrats National Forum Georgian March Georgian Idea Democratic Movement – United Georgia European Democrats Greens Party of Georgia Freedom Social Democrats for the Development of Georgia Georgian Troupe Union of Georgian Traditionalists Conservative Party of Georgia Christian-Democratic Movement Industry Will Save Georgia People's Party Ilia Chavchavadze Society Solidarity Alliance of Georgia Unified Communist Party of Georgia Communist Party of Georgia New Communist Party of Georgia Conservative Movement

Defunct

• Round Table—Free Georgia
• National Independence Party of Georgia
• Union of Citizens of Georgia
• Democratic Union for Revival
• People's Front
• Movement for United Georgia
• Unity
• Intellectuals League of Georgia
• New Rights Party
• Rightist Opposition
• Development Movement
• The Way of Georgia
• Burjanadze-Democrats
• Democratic Party
• Peace
• Merab Kostava Society
• 11 October Bloc
• Unity Bloc
• Charta 91
• Socialist Party of Georgia
• United National Council
• Alliance for Georgia
• Georgian Party

Historical

• Social Democratic Party of Georgia
• Georgian Socialist-Federalist Revolutionary Party
• Mesame Dasi

Banned

• Communist Party of Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic

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