A federation existed in the
French Communist Party before 30 March 1958. The PCG was founded as a party at its first congress in 1958, in the town of
Capesterre. In the 1968 legislative elections for the
French National Assembly, the PCG received 37.3% of the popular vote; one of three deputies from Guadeloupe in the French Parliament was a communist. In 1973 one of the cofounders of the party,
Hégésippe Ibéné, was also elected to the French National Assembly. The PCG participated in the
1960 and
1969 International Communist and Workers Parties. The PCG approved the documents adopted by these meetings. The second party congress of the PCG was held in 1961, and the main political task of the party was identified as uniting all workers in the pursuit of the provision of Guadeloupe internal autonomy within the French republic. The third party congress, held in 1964, adopted a political, economic and social program for achieving autonomy, covering demands for the establishment of local legislative assembly and executive body, agrarian reform, and development cooperation, among other things. In 1965, factional conflict erupted in the party leadership. A dissident faction was expelled from the party between 1966 and 1967. In late 1967, at the initiative of PCG, the Young Communist Union was founded. The fourth party congress was held in 1968. She obtained 1,297 votes (0.92% of the votes cast). == Organisation ==