Communist Party (Reconstructed)

Communist Party (Reconstructed) (Portuguese: Partido Comunista Português (reconstruído)), initially known as Portuguese Communist Party (Reconstructed) (Portuguese: Partido Comunista Português (Reconstruído)), was a political party in Portugal.

Communist Party (Reconstructed) Partido Comunista (reconstruído)
Abbreviation	PC(R)
Founded	27 December 1975
Legalised	3 February 1981
Dissolved	5 July 1992[1]
Newspaper	Bandeira Vermelha Comunismo
Youth wing	Revolutionary Young Communist League
Ideology	Communism Marxism-Leninism Anti-revisionism Hoxhaism
Politics of Portugal Political parties Elections

History

Proclamation of CMLP, OCMLP and ORPC(ml). announcing the constitutive congress of PCP(R).

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).[2]

PCP(R) held its second congress in 1977.

After the break between China and Albania, PCP(R) sided with the Albanian Party of Labour.[3] 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

Year	Election	Votes	%	Representatives
1985	Legislative	12,749	0.22%	-
1987	Legislative	18,544	0.33%	-
1987	European	24,060	0.43%	-

References

1. «Acordão N.º 358/02». Tribunal Constitucional.
2. «Organização Comunista Marxista-Leninista Portuguesa». UC - Centro de Documentação 25 de Abril.
3. Hobday, Charles (1986). Communist and Marxist Parties of the World. Harlow: Longman. p. 121. ISBN 0-582-90264-9.