 In the parliamentary elections in 1999 CPN(MLM) had put up three candidates.CPN(MLM) later joined the United Left Front, which demands a Constitutional Assembly as the solution to the political crisis.In 2005 CPN(MLM) merged with a splinter group, Nepal Samyabadi Party (Marksbadi-Leninbadi-Maobadi) of Nanda Kumar Prasai, and formed the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Centre).