THE Communist Party has thanked all those who supported it in the general election, saying its candidates in 14 constituencies aimed to “raise the level of revolutionary consciousness and build the Communist Party for the struggles ahead.”

During the campaign it targeted over 50 towns and cities in its Red Weekend initiatives it drew over 1,000 people to its online pre-election rally and distributed almost 1,000,000 leaflets and election addresses.

“Membership applications from young and working-class people are being received at an exciting rate,” the party said.

“While do not aspire to be primarily an electoral party, [our] vote share is still very far from where we want it to be. We are under no illusions as to the scale of the task facing us in rebuilding the Communist Party, including as an electoral force. We face the monopoly media and state-backed anti-communism. This is a task that will take time and diligent work. This campaign, our biggest since refoundation, is part of that process.”