Communist Party of Greece (Interior)

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The Communist Party of Greece, Interior (Greek: Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας Εσωτερικού), usually abbreviated as KKE Interior (Greek: ΚΚΕ Εσωτερικού) was a communist political party in Greece. The party was formed after a major split of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) in 1968. KKE Interior essentially broke ties with KKE's ideological supervision by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and later established bonds with parties such as the Italian Communist Party (PCI), adopting a Eurocommunist perspective. The party also opted for a "Renewal of the Left" and embraced the concept of Socialism with a human face.

KKE Interior was greatly active in the struggle against the Regime of the Colonels that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974 through the Panhellenic Antidictatorial Front (abbrev. ΠΑΜ) and its youth wing, the Greek Communist Organization of Youth Rigas Feraios (abbrev. ΕΚΟΝ Ρήγας Φεραίος). During the period that followed the collapse of the Regime of the Colonels, known as the Metapolitefsi, the party remained electorally active, either on its own or in broader leftist coalitions. KKE Interior was dissolved some months after its 4th Congress in 1986, splitting into two: the Communist Party of Greece (Interior)-Renewing Left and the Greek Left.

[edit] Electoral results

Results from 1977 to 1981 (year links to election page)
1977	Parliament	139,356	2.72	2
1981	Parliament	76,404	1.34	0
1985	Parliament	117,135	1.8	1