List of communist parties in India

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This page contains a list of political parties in India that are aligned with the communist ideology.

Most Communist Parties in India trace their origin back to-

(i) Communist Party of India,

(ii) Communist Party of India (Marxist),

(iii) Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)

Communist parties registered with the Election Commission of India[edit]

Communist Parties with National Party Status[edit]

Election Symbol Name Founded Ideology Leader Seats in
Lok Sabha 		Seats in
Rajya Sabha 		Seats in State
Assemblies 		Seats in State
Councils
Communist Party of India (Marxist)[1][2] 7 November 1964
(59 years ago) (1964-11-07)[3][4][5] 		Marxism–Leninism Sitaram Yechury (General Secretary)[6][7][8]
3 / 543
5 / 245
82 / 4,036
0 / 426

Communist parties with state party status[edit]

Election Symbol Name Founded Ideology Leader Recognised In Seats in
Lok Sabha 		Seats in
Rajya Sabha 		Seats in State
Assemblies 		Seats in State
Councils
Communist Party of India 26 December 1925(98 years ago) Marxism–Leninism D. Raja Kerala,
Manipur,
Tamil Nadu
2 / 543
2 / 245
22 / 4,036
1 / 426
 Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation[9] 28 July 1974 (49 years ago) (1974-07-28)[10][11][12] Marxism–Leninism

Mao Tse-tung's Thoughts

Dipankar Bhattacharya[13][14][15] Bihar[16]
0 / 543
0 / 245
13 / 4,036
0 / 426

Minor Communist parties[edit]

NAME IDEOLOGY LEADER BASE REGION
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star [17] Marxism–Leninism–Maoism [18] K. N. Ramachandran[19]
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) New Democracy[20] Marxism-Leninism-Mao Tse-tung Thought[20] Yatendra Kumar[20]
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Class Struggle [21] Marxism–Leninism [22] Visawam
Revolutionary Marxist Party of India [23] Marxism [23] KK RAMA[23] KERALA[23]
Communist Marxist Party[24] Marxism, Rosa Luxemburg THOUGHT [24] C. P. John[24] KERALA [24]
Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy[25] Communism [25] A. V. Thamarakshan [25] KERALA [25]
All India Forward Bloc[26] Left-wing nationalism[26] G. Devarajan[26]
Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)[27] Marxism, Revolutionary socialism [27] Manoj Bhattacharya[27]
Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)[28] Marxism–Leninism, Socialism[28] Kovoor Kunjumon[28] KERALA[28]
Marxist-Leninist Party of India (Red Flag)[29] Communism[29] M.S. Jayakumar[29]
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[30] Communism, Stalinism [30] [30]Provash Ghosh

Trotskyist Communist parties[edit]

Trotskyite leaning Communist Parties[edit]

Maoist parties that reject Parliamentarism and Electoralism[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  9. ^ "Amending Notification regarding Political Parties and their Symbols Dated 01.03.2021". India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
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  14. ^ "Organisation". cpiml.org.
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  26. ^ a b c Rund, Arild Engelsen (May 1994). "Land and Power: The Marxist Conquest of Rural Bengal". Modern Asian Studies. 28 (2): 357–380. doi:10.1017/S0026749X00012440. ISSN 1469-8099.
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