AVKP was set up in the end of 1993 by the scientist Sayad Sayadov and registered by the Justice Ministry in 1995.
The bulk of United Communists sided with Tukanov, who replaced Sayadov as leader at a congress in 1998.
CCLF is created with the purpose of consolidation of the efforts of the leftist forces "at the struggle for socialism".
He thinks if "the representatives of workers" come to power in Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia, then the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will also be settled.
In the 2005 Azerbaijan parliamentary election, Sayad Sayadov managed to obtain 8.3% of the votes in the District 12 arriving second after the candidate of the ruling party NAP Mixail Zabelin.