The Communist Party of Greece (Marxist-Leninist) , Kommounistiko Komma Elladas (marxistiko-leninistiko), KKE(m-l)), is a Maoist communist political party

Political party

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 in Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

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KKE(m-l) was founded in November 1976 by the majority of the Organisation of Marxists-Leninists of Greece

Organisation of Marxists-Leninists of Greece

The Organisation of Marxist-Leninists of Greece, known by its Greek acronym OMLE, was the original Greek Maoist movement, which split from the Communist Party of Greece in 1964, opposing Soviet revisionism....

 (OMLE), itself a splinter group of the Communist Party of Greece

Communist Party of Greece

Founded in 1918, the Communist Party of Greece , better known by its acronym, ΚΚΕ , is the oldest party on the Greek political scene.- Foundation :...

 since 1964. The minority became the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece

Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece

The Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Greece better known by its acronym M-L KKE , is a Anti-Revisionist Marxist-Leninist and Maoist, communist political party in Greece....

 (ML-KKE).

Another group with the same name (abbreviated KKE-ML) was founded in November 1974 by a group known as Organization of Greek Marxists-Leninists (OEML) that split from OMLE in 1969. It split in 1975 in two factions with the same name that disappeared until 1976.

KKE(m-l) experienced a crisis in 1982 when the majority of its members left the party. This crisis was caused as a result of both international (death of Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong

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, the rebuilding of capitalism

Capitalism

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 in China

China

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, etc.) and national events (government of PASOK

Panhellenic Socialist Movement

The Panhellenic Socialist Movement , known mostly by its acronym PASOK , is one of the two major political parties in Greece. Founded on 3 September 1974 by Andreas Papandreou, in 1981 PASOK became Greece's first social democratic party to win a majority in parliament.The party is a socialist party...

, etc.).

KKE(m-l) in the Legislative Elections in June 1989

Greek legislative election, 1989 (June)

Legislative elections were held in the Hellenic Republic on June 18, 1989. At stake were 300 seats in the Greek parliament, the Voule.The liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis defeated the Panhellenic Socialist Movement of Andreas Papandreou...

 gathered 3,361 votes (0,05%). In the Legislative elections of November 1989

Greek legislative election, 1989 (November)

Legislative elections were held in the Hellenic Republic on November 5, 1989. At stake were 300 seats in the Greek parliament, the Voule.The conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis, was elected, defeating the Panhellenic Socialist Movement of Andreas Papandreou...

 gathered 3,234 votes (0,05%), and in the 1990 elections

Greek legislative election, 1990

Legislative elections were held in the Hellenic Republic on 8 April 1990. At stake were 300 seats in the Greek parliament, the Voule.The conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis, was elected, defeating the Panhellenic Socialist Movement of Andreas Papandreou. rowspan=2 colspan=2...

 2,590 votes (0,04%).
In 1993 the KKE(m-l) joined the Left Struggle

Left Struggle

Left Struggle was a Greek far left political coalition.It was formed in 1993 by the following parties:* New Left Current,* Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece ,* Communist Party of Greece...

 political coalition along with the Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece

Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece

The Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece is a communist political party in Greece.-Alliances:...

 (EKKE), New Left Current, Workers Revolutionary Party

Workers Revolutionary Party (Greece)

The Workers Revolutionary Party is a Trotskyist communist political party in Greece, taking part in the elections independently , since the departure from Radical Left Front coalition in spring of 2009 .The party's newspaper is Νέα Προοπτική The Workers Revolutionary Party (EEK: Ergatiko...

 (EEK). The coalition received 8,160 votes in 1993

Greek legislative election, 1993

Legislative elections were held in the Hellenic Republic on October 10, 1993. At stake were 300 seats in the Greek parliament, the Voule.The Panhellenic Socialist Movement of Andreas Papandreou, was elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party of Constantine Mitsotakis.-Results:...

 and 10,443 votes in the 1996 general elections

Greek legislative election, 1996

Legislative elections were held in the Hellenic Republic on 22 September 1996. At stake were 300 seats in the Greek Parliament.The ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement of Costas Simitis, was elected, defeating the liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Miltiadis Evert.-Results: rowspan=2...

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In the 2000 elections the party gathered 7,301 votes (0.11%), in the 2004 elections

Greek legislative election, 2004

Legislative elections were held in Greece on March 7, 2004. At stake were 300 seats in the Greek Parliament, the Vouli . The New Democracy Party of Kostas Karamanlis won a decisive victory in the elections, ending eleven years of rule by the Panhellenic Socialist Movement .PASOK was led into the...

 10,754 votes (0.15%), and in the 2007 elections  17,541 votes (0.24%).

KKE(m-l) publishes the biweekly newspaper

Newspaper

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, Proletariaki Simea (Proletarian Flag).