Communist Party (Reconstructed) (), initially known as Portuguese Communist Party (Reconstructed) (), was a political party in Portugal.
History
PCP(R) was founded at a unitary congress in December 1975, through the fusion of the Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Communist Organization, the Portuguese Marxist-Leninist Committee and the Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist).«Organização Comunista Marxista-Leninista Portuguesa». UC - Centro de Documentação 25 de Abril.
PCP(R) held its second congress in 1977.
After the break between China and Albania, PCP(R) sided with the Albanian Party of Labour. The Communist Party of Brazil had a strong influence over PCP(R).
PC(R) published Bandeira Vermelha.
The youth league of PCP(R)/PC(R) was the Revolutionary Young Communist League (UJCR).
In 1992 PC(R) was renamed Communists for Democracy and Progress (Comunistas pela Democracia e Progresso). In 1995 CDP merged into the People's Democratic Union.
Election results YearElectionVotes%Representatives 1985 Legislative 12,749 0.22% - 1987 Legislative 18,544 0.33% - 1987 European 24,060 0.43% -
See also List of anti-revisionist groups
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