List of communist parties explained

There are a number of communist parties active in various countries across the world and a number that used to be active. They differ not only in method, but also in strict ideology and interpretation, although they are generally within the tradition of Marxism–Leninism.

The formation of communist parties in various countries was first initiated by the Russian Bolsheviks within the Communist International. Since then, communist parties have governed numerous countries, whether as ruling parties in one-party states like the Chinese Communist Party or the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, or as ruling parties in multi-party systems, including majority and minority governments as well as leading or being part of several coalitions.

Many other communist parties did not govern any country, but did govern a state or region within a country. Others have also been represented in national, state, or regional parliaments. Some communist parties and schools of thought reject parliamentarism, instead advocating insurrection or social revolution as well as workers' councils.

Officially ruling in communist states

In the following countries, communist parties either lead the ruling coalition or hold monopoly on state power as defined by their respective country's constitutions.

Country	Logo		Name	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	Ideology	Legislature	Notes
China			Communist Party of China Chinese: 中国共产党	CPC Chinese: 中共	Xi Jinping	data-sort-value="1921-07-01"			National People's Congress	Leads the United front
			Communist Party of Cuba Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista de Cuba	PCC	Miguel Díaz-Canel	data-sort-value="1965-10-03"		Marxism–LeninismLeft-wing nationalism Castroism GuevarismSocialist patriotism	National Assembly	Leads the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution
			Lao People's Revolutionary Party Lao: ພັກປະຊາຊົນປະຕິວັດລາວ	LPRP Lao: ພປປລ	Thongloun Sisoulith	data-sort-value="1955-05-22"		Marxism–Leninism Kaysone Phomvihane Thought	National Assembly	Leads the Lao Front for National Development
			Workers' Party of Korea Korean: 조선로동당	WPK Korean: 로동당	Kim Jong Un	data-sort-value="1948-06-24"		Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism	Supreme People's Assembly	Leads the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea
			Communist Party of Vietnam Vietnamese: Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam	CPV Vietnamese: ĐCSVN	Tô Lâm	data-sort-value="1930-02-03"		Marxism–Leninism Ho Chi Minh ThoughtSocialist patriotismVietnamese nationalism	National Assembly	Leads the Vietnamese Fatherland Front

Ruling or part of ruling coalition in multi-party states

Country	Logo		Name	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	Ideology	Legislature	Notes
			Workers Party of Bangladesh Bengali: বাংলাদেশের ওয়ার্কার্স পার্টি	WPB	Rashed Khan Menon	1980	Marxism-LeninismAnti-revisionism	Jatiya Sangsad	Confidence and supply
			Communist Party of Belarus Belarusian: Камуністычная партыя Беларусі	CPB Belarusian: КПБ	Aliaksiej Sokal	data-sort-value="1996-11-02"		Marxism–LeninismSoviet patriotism Pro-Lukashenko	House of Representatives	Supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko
			Communist Party of Brazil Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista do Brasil	PCdoB	Luciana Santos	25 March 1922	Marxism–Leninism	Chamber of Deputies	Member of the ruling federation, Brazil of Hope
			Communist Party of Chile Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista de Chile	PCCh	Guillermo Teillier	data-sort-value="1912-06-04"		Marxism–LeninismLeft-wing populism	Chamber of Deputies	Member of the ruling Apruebo Dignidad coalition
			Colombian Communist Party Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista Colombiano	PCC	Jaime Caycedo	1930	Marxism–Leninism Bolivarianism	Chamber of Representatives Senate	Member of the ruling Historic Pact for Colombia
			Commons Spanish; Castilian: Comunes		Timoleón Jiménez	1 September 2017	Marxism–Leninism Bolivarianism	Chamber of Representatives Senate
			French Communist Party French: Parti communiste français	PCF	Fabien Roussel	30 December 1920	Marxism–LeninismSoft Euroscepticism	National Assembly	Member of the ruling New Popular Front
			Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Spanish; Castilian: नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकीकृत मार्क्सवादी-लेनिनवादी)	CPN (UML)	KP Sharma Oli		Marxism–Leninism People's Multiparty Democracy	House of Representatives National Assembly
			Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين	PFLP	Ahmad Sa'adat	data-sort-value="1967-12-11"		Palestinian nationalism Marxism–Leninism Revolutionary socialism One-state solution Anti-ZionismSecularismAnti-imperialismPan-ArabismArab nationalism	Legislative Council	Member of the PLO
			Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين	DFLP	Nayef Hawatmeh	data-sort-value="1969"		Marxism–LeninismMaoism Palestinian nationalism Left-wing nationalism Anti-Zionism	Legislative Council
			Palestinian People's Party Arabic: حزب الشعب الفلسطيني	PPP	Bassam Al-Salhi	data-sort-value="1982-02"		Marxism Palestinian nationalism Left-wing nationalism	Legislative Council
			South African Communist Party	SACP	Blade Nzimande	data-sort-value="1921-02-12"		Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism	National Assembly	Participates in the ruling Tripartite Alliance
			Communist Party of Spain Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista de España	PCE	Enrique Santiago	data-sort-value="1921-11-14"		Marxism–Leninism Republicanism Internationalism Federalism	Congress of Deputies	Member of United Left, which participates in the PSOE–Sumar coalition government
			Syrian Communist Party Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي السوري	SCP	Ammar Bakdash	data-sort-value="1986"		Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism	People's Assembly	Participates in the ruling National Progressive Front
			Syrian Communist Party (Unified) Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي السوري (الموحد)	SCP(U)	Hanin Nimir	data-sort-value="1986"		Marxism–Leninism	People's Assembly
			Communist Party of Tajikistan Tajik: Ҳизби Коммунистии Тоҷикистон	CPT	Miroj Abdulloyev	1924	Marxism–LeninismSoviet patriotism	Assembly of Representatives	External support to government
			Revolutionary Movement Tupamaro Spanish; Castilian: Movimiento Revolucionario Tupamaro	MRT	Oswaldo Jiménez	data-sort-value="1992"		Marxism-Leninism GuevarismFoco theoryLeft-wing nationalismRevolutionary socialism	Chamber of Deputies	Participates in the ruling Great Patriotic Pole
			Venezuelan Popular Unity Spanish; Castilian: Unidad Popular Venezolana	UPV	Lina Ron	data-sort-value="2004-02-06"		BolivarianismSocialismAnti-imperialismMarxism	Chamber of Deputies
			Venezuelan Revolutionary Currents Spanish; Castilian: Corrientes Revolucionarias Venezolanas	CRV		data-sort-value="2000"		Guevarism Chavismo Anti-imperialismLeft-wing nationalism	Chamber of Deputies

Opposition parties in multi-party states

Country	Logo		Name	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	Ideology	Legislature	Notes
			Revolutionary Communist Party	PCR	Otto Vargas				Member of the Unión por la Patria
			Progressive Party of Working People Spanish; Castilian: Anorthotikó Kómma Ergazómenou Laoú	AKEL	Stefanos Stefanou		Marxism–Leninism Pacifism Cypriot nationalismFederalismSoft euroscepticism	House of Representatives
			Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	Sitaram Yechury		Marxism–Leninism	Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha	Member of non-organisational bloc Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
			Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova Spanish; Castilian: Partidul Comuniștilor din Republica Moldova	PCRM	Vladimir Voronin		Marxism–Leninism MoldovenismSocial conservatismSoviet patriotismRussophilia	Parliament	Member of BECS
			Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Nepali: नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (माओवादी केन्द्र)	CPN (Maoist) Nepali: नेकपा (माओवादी)	Pushpa Kamal Dahal	data-sort-value="1994"		Prachanda Path Left-wing nationalism	House of Representatives
			Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) Nepali: नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकीकृत-समाजवादी)			data-sort-value="2021-08-18"		Marxism–Leninism People's Multiparty Democracy	House of Representatives
			Communist Party of the Russian Federation Russian: Коммунистическая Партия Российской Федерации	CPRF	Gennady Zyuganov		Marxism–LeninismLeft-wing nationalismSocial conservatismSoviet patriotismNeo-Stalinism	State Duma Federation Council:
			Transnistrian Communist Party Приднестровская коммунистическая партия	PKP	Nadezhda Bondarenko		Marxism-Leninism		No members in parliament but only opposition party with the second position in the votes
			Communist Party of Uruguay Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista del Uruguay	PCU	Juan Castillo		Marxism–Leninism Internationalism	Chamber of Representatives
			Movement of Popular Participation Spanish; Castilian: Movimiento de Participación Popular	MPP	José Mujica		Marxism–Leninism Anti-capitalismSocialism of the 21st centuryDemocratic socialismProgressivism	Chamber of Representatives
			People's Victory Party Spanish; Castilian: Partido por la Victoria del Pueblo	PVP		July 1975	Marxism GuevarismLibertarian socialismAnti-capitalismAnti-authoritarianism	Chamber of Representatives

Formerly ruling

One-party system

Country	Logo		Name	Abbr.	Leaders	Founded	Dissolved	Ideology	Notes
			People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan حزب دموکراتيک خلق افغانستان Pushto; Pashto: د افغانستان د خلق دموکراټیک ګوند	PDPA	Nur Muhammad Taraki (first) Mohammad Najibullah (last)			Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism SecularismRevolutionary socialism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism in 1987, deposed in 1992
			Party of Labour of Albania Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë	PPSh	Enver Hoxha (first) Ramiz Alia (last)			Marxism–Leninism HoxhaismStalinism Anti-revisionism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy in 1991 and now known as the Socialist Party of Albania
			People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola Portuguese: Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola	MPLA	Agostinho Neto (first) João Lourenço (current)			Marxism–Leninism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
Azerbaijan People's Government			Azerbaijani Democratic Party Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Demokrat Firqəsi Persian: فرقه دموکرات آذربایجان<	ADP Azerbaijani: ADF Persian: فدآ<	Ja'far Pishevari			Marxism–Leninism Azerbaijani nationalism Left-wing nationalismPan-Turkism	Ceased to exist in exile
			People's Revolutionary Party of Benin French: Parti de la révolution populaire du Bénin	PRPB	Mathieu Kérékou			Marxism–Leninism Scientific socialismBeninese nationalism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy and is now known as the Union of Forces of Progress
			Bulgarian Communist Party Bulgarian: Българска комунистическа партия	PRPB Bulgarian: БКП	Dimitar Blagoev (first) Aleksandar Lilov (last)			Marxism–LeninismStalinism (until 1956)	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy and is now known as the Bulgarian Socialist Party
			Communist Party of Kampuchea Central Khmer: បក្សកុម្មុយនីស្តកម្ពុជា	CPK Central Khmer: ប.ក.ក	Tou Samouth (first) Pol Pot (last)			Maoism Khmer nationalism Agrarianism Anti-intellectualism Autarky	Succeeded by the exiled, non-ruling and now defunct Party of Democratic Kampuchea
			Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party Central Khmer: គណបក្សប្រជាជនបដិវត្តន៍កម្ពុជា	KPRP	Pen Sovan (first) Heng Samrin (last)			Marxism–Leninism Revisionism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for centrism and is now known as the Cambodian People's Party
			African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde	PAICV	Aristides Pereira	20 January 1981		Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for democratic socialism
			Congolese Party of Labour French: Parti congolais du travail	PCT	Marien Ngouabi (first) Denis Sassou Nguesso (current)			Marxism–Leninism Scientific socialism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
			League of Communists of Croatia Savez komunista Hrvatske	SKH	Pavle Gregorić (first) Ivica Račan (last)				Abandoned Marxism–Leninism and Titoism for social democracy in 1989–1990 and is now known as the Social Democratic Party of Croatia
			Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Chamorro: Komunistická strana Československa	KSČ	Václav Šturc (first) Ladislav Adamec (last)				Split into the non-ruling Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia and the social democratic Party of the Democratic Left (Slovakia)
			Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ የሥራ ሕዝብ ፓርቲ የማደራጀት ኮሚሽን	COPWE	Mengistu Haile Mariam			Marxism–Leninism	Succeeded by the Workers' Party of Ethiopia
			Workers' Party of Ethiopia Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሠራተኞች ፓርቲ	WPE Amharic: የሠፓ				Marxism–Leninism	Deposed in 1991
			Socialist Unity Party of Germany German: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands	SED	Wilhelm Pieck & Otto Grotewohl (first) Egon Krenz (last)			Marxism–Leninism Socialist patriotismStalinism (until 1956)	Became the Party of Democratic Socialism and is now a part of The Left
			Communist Party of Greece Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας	KKE Greek, Modern (1453-);: ΚΚΕ	Avraam Benaroya (first) Dimitris Koutsoumpas (current)			Marxism–LeninismInternationalismAnti-capitalism Euroscepticism	Overthrown during the Greek Civil War
			New Jewel Movement	NJM	Maurice Bishop			Marxism–Leninism State atheism Revolutionary socialism RepublicanismLeft-wing populismPan-AfricanismAnti-colonialism	Lost power and ceased to exist after an internal party split, a military coup and the American invasion, succeeded by the Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movement
		Hungarian Communist Party Hungarian: Magyar Kommunista Párt	MKP	Béla Kun (first) Mátyás Rákosi (last)			Marxism–Leninism State atheism RepublicanismStalinism	Deposed in August 1919
								Merged with the Social Democratic Party of Hungary in the Hungarian Working People's Party
			Hungarian Working People's Party Hungarian: Magyar Dolgozók Pártja	MDP	Mátyás Rákosi (first) János Kádár (last)			Marxism–Leninism Stalinism	Reorganized into the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
			Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Hungarian: Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt	MSZMP	János Kádár (first) Rezső Nyers (last)			Marxism–Leninism Kádárism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy and is now known as the Hungarian Socialist Party
			Vanguard of the Malagasy Revolution Malagasy: Antokin'ny Revolisiona Malagasy	AREMA	Didier Ratsiraka (first) Annick Zoary Ratsiraka (current)			Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy and is now known as the Malagasy Revolutionary Party
			Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party Mongolian: Монгол Ардын Хувьсгалт Нам	MAKhN Mongolian: МАХН	Damdin Sükhbaatar (first) Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene (current)			Marxism–LeninismStalinism (1928-1956)	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
			FRELIMO Party Portuguese: Partido FRELIMO	FRELIMO	Eduardo Mondlane (first) Filipe Nyusi (current)			Marxism–LeninismLeft-wing nationalism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for democratic socialism
			Polish Workers' Party Polish: Polska Partia Robotnicza	PPR	Władysław Gomułka			Marxism–Leninism Stalinism	Merged with the Polish Socialist Party to form the Polish United Workers' Party
			Polish United Workers' Party Polish: Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza	PZPR	Bolesław Bierut (first) Mieczysław Rakowski (last)			Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalismStalinism (until 1956)	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy and later known as the Democratic Left Alliance
			Romanian Communist Party Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Partidul Comunist Român	PCR	Gheorghe Cristescu (first) Nicolae Ceaușescu (last)			Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionismLeft-wing nationalismSocialist patriotismNeo-Stalinism (post-1971) National Communism (post-1971)	Dissolved after the Romanian Revolution
			Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party Somali: Xisbiga Hantiwadaagga Kacaanka Soomaaliyeed	XHKS	Siad Barre			Marxism–Leninism Islamic socialism Pan-Somalism Scientific socialism Somali nationalism Militarism	Deposed in 1991
			Communist Party of the Soviet Union Russian: Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза	CPSU Russian: КПСС	Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last)			Leninism Stalinism Marxism–Leninism Soviet patriotism	Banned in 1991, de facto succeeded by UCP-CPSU and CPRF
			National Liberation Front Arabic: الجبهة القومية للتحرير	NLF				Marxism–Leninism Arab nationalism	Reorganized itself into the Yemeni Socialist Party
			Yemeni Socialist Party Arabic: الحزب الاشتراكي اليمني	YSP	Abdul Fattah Ismail (first) Abdulraham Al-Saqqaf (current)			Marxism–Leninism Arab nationalismAnti-imperialism	Abandoned Marxism–Leninism for social democracy
			Tuvan People's Revolutionary Party Tuvinian: Тьва arat-хuviskaalçь nam Russian: Тувинская народно-революционная партия	TPRP Tuvinian: ТAХN Russian: ТНРП	Namachyn (first) Salchak Toka (last)			Marxism–Leninism Stalinism	Became the Tuvan Regional Committee of the VKP(b), later CPSU
				SKJ Serbian: СКJ	Josip Broz Tito (1939–1980) Milan Pančevski (last)			Marxism–Leninism Titoism	Splintered into its many constituent parties in 1990

Parliamentary majority or minority government

Country	Logo		Name	Abbr.	Leaders	Founded	Dissolved	Ideology	Notes
			Communist Party of Austria German: Kommunistische Partei Österreichs	KPÖ	Ruth Fischer & Franz Koritschoner & Lucien Laurat (first) Mirko Messner (current)			Marxism–Leninism Anti-fascismSocialism	Participated in the provisional coalition of the Government of Austria after World War II and for four years after the 1945 Austrian legislative election
			Bangladesh Worker's-Peasants' People's League Belarusian: বাংলাদেশ কৃষক শ্রমিক আওয়ামী লীগ	BAKSAL Belarusian: বাংকশ্আল	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman			State socialism Bengali nationalismMujibism	Dissolved after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
			Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism French: Action Tchadienne pour l'unité et le socialisme	ACTUS	Fidèle Moungar			Marxism–Leninism EcologismStalinism	The party's leader was chosen as Prime Minister in April 1993 by the Sovereign National Conference, but subsequently lost an October 1993 vote of no-confidence and resigned.
			Progressive Party of Working People Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού	AKEL Greek, Modern (1453-);: ΑΚΕΛ	Ploutis Servas (first) Stefanos Stefanou (current)			Marxism–Leninism Pacifism Cypriot nationalismFederalismSoft euroscepticism	Won the 2008 election and ruled until 2013
			People's Progressive Party/Civic	PPP/С	Cheddi Jagan & Janet Jagan (first) Bharrat Jagdeo (current)			Social democracy Left-wing populism Left-wing nationalism Historically: Communism Marxism–Leninism	The party abandoned Marxism–Leninism officially in 2024.^[1]
			Communist Party of India	CPI	Sachchidanand Vishnu Ghate (first) D. Raja (current)			Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism	Member of the United Front and its coalition government
			Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	Puchalapalli Sundarayya (first) Sitaram Yechury (current)			Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism	Member of the United Front and its coalition government
			Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Partidul Comuniștilor din Republica Moldova	PCRM	Vladimir Voronin			Marxism–Leninism MoldovenismSocial conservatismSoviet patriotismRussophilia	Deposed after the 2009 protests
			Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Nepali: नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकीकृत मार्क्सवादी-लेनिनवादी)	CPN (UML) Nepali: नेकपा (एमाले)	Madan Bhandari (first) K. P. Sharma Oli (current)			Marxism–Leninism People's Multiparty Democracy	Merged with the CPN (MC) to form the Nepal Communist Party in 2018, refounded in 2021
			Nepal Communist Party Nepali: नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी	NCP Nepali: नेकपा	K. P. Sharma Oli Pushpa Kamal Dahal			Marxism–Leninism Prachanda Path Democratic centralism Secularism Federalism	Dissolved as a result of internal conflicts in 2021
			Sammarinese Communist Party Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Partidul Comuniștilor din Republica Moldova	PCS	Ermenegildo Gasperoni			Communism	Deposed by coup d'etat orchestrated by Italy and America in Fatti di Rovereta

Coalition partner or supporter

• (2005–2009, 2013–2014, 2021–2022) – Communist Party of Bulgaria, in coalition government as member of the Coalition for Bulgaria
• (1944–1948, 1966–1970, 1970–1971, 1975–1976 and 1977–1982) – Finnish People's Democratic League, in coalition governments with numerous other parties
• (1981–1989; 1997–2002) – French Communist Party as a part of the Union de la gauche and of the Gauche plurielle
• (2004–2008) – Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India, in the coalition government of the United Progressive Alliance
• (1946) – Tudeh Party of Iran, in the coalition government of Ahmad Qavam^[2]
• (1998–2001, 2006–2008) – Party of Italian Communists in the D'Alema I Cabinet, D'Alema II Cabinet, Amato II Cabinet with The Olive Tree; Communist Refoundation Party and Party of Italian Communists in the coalition government of The Union
• (2005–2014) – Malian Party of Labour, participated in the Alliance for Democracy in Mali
• (1945) – Communist Party of Norway in coalition government as member of Gerhardsen's First Cabinet led by the Labour Party
• (2011–2016) – Peruvian Communist Party, in coalition governments as member of Peru Wins
• (2015–2019) – Portuguese Communist Party in support of the XXI Constitutional Government of Portugal led by the Socialist Party
• (1945–1957, 1978–1992) – Sammarinese Communist Party, in coalition government with Sammarinese Socialist Party
• (1970–1975, 1994–2000, 2004–2015 and 2020–2022) – Communist Party of Sri Lanka and Lanka Sama Samaja Party, in coalition governments with numerous other parties
• (2005–2020) – Communist Party of Uruguay and People's Victory Party, in coalition governments as members of the Broad Front

Modern non-ruling

Country/Territory	Logo		Name	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	Ideology	Legislature	Notes
			Communist Party of Abkhazia Abkhazian: Аԥсны Акомунисттә Апартиа	CPA Abkhazian: ААА	Lev Shamba	March 1921	Marxism–Leninism	People's Assembly
			Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan Persian: حزب كمونيست (مائوئيست) افغانستان	CMPM		2004	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism	Banned	Participant in the ongoing anti-Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan
			Afghanistan Liberation Organization Persian: سازمان رهایی افغانستان	ALO		1973	Marxism–Leninism–MaoismAnti-revisionism
			Marxist–Leninist Organization of Afghanistan	MLOA		1973	Marxism-LeninismMao Zedong ThoughtAnti-revisionism
			Communist Party of Albania Albanian: Partia Komuniste e Shqipërisë	PKSh	Qemal Cicollari	1991	Marxism–Leninism HoxhaismStalinismAnti-revisionism	Kuvendi
			Communist Party of Albania 8 November Albanian: Partia Komuniste e Shqipërisë 8 Nëntori	PKSh 8 Nëntori	Preng Çuni	2003	Marxism-Leninism
			Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism Arabic: الحزب الجزائري للديمقراطية والاشتراكية	PADS	Abdelhamid Benzine	1993	Marxism–Leninism	People's National Assembly Council
			Party of the Angolan Communist Community Portuguese: Partido da Comunidade Comunista Angolana	PCCA	Baptista André José Simão	1994	Marxism–Leninism	National Assembly
			Liberation Party Spanish; Castilian: Partido de la Liberación	PL	Sergio Ortiz	5 April 1965	Marxism–Leninism	Chamber of Deputies Senate
			Armenian Communist Party Armenian: Հայաստանի կոմունիստական կուսակցություն	HKK Armenian: ՀԿԿ	Tachat Sargsyan	29 July 1991	Marxism–Leninism Pro-Russia Euroscepticism Soviet patriotism	National Assembly
			United Communist Party of Armenia Armenian: Հայաստանի Միավորված Կոմունիստական Կուսակցության	HMKK Armenian: ՀՄԿԿ		7 July 2003	Marxism–Leninism Euroscepticism	National Assembly
			Progressive United Communist Party of Armenia Armenian: Հայաստանի Առաջադիմական Միացյալ Կոմունիստական Կուսակցություն	HAMK Armenian: ՀԱՄԿ	Vazgen Safaryan	28 January 1998	Marxism–Leninism Soviet patriotism	National Assembly
			Communist Party of Australia (1971)	CPA	Vinicio Molina	1971	Marxism–Leninism	House of Representatives Senate
			Communist Party of Australia (Marxist–Leninist)	CPA (ML)		15 March 1964	Marxism–Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionism	House of Representatives Senate
			Communist Party of Austria German: Kommunistische Partei Österreichs	KPO	Florian Birngruber	3 November 1918	Marxism–LeninismSocialism	National Council Federal Council	The mayor of Graz, Austria's second largest city, is a member of the KPÖ
			Party of Labour of Austria German: Partei der Arbeit Österreichs	PdA	Tibor Zenker	12 October 2013	Marxism–LeninismHard Euroscepticism	National Council Federal Council
			Azerbaijan Communist Party (1993) Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Kommunist Partiyası	AzKP	Haji Hajiyev	1993	Marxism–Leninism	National Assembly
			New Generation Communist Party of Azerbaijan Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Yeni Nəsil Kommunist Partiyası	AYNKP	Niyazi Rajabov	2008	Marxism–Leninism	National Assembly
			United Communist Party of Azerbaijan Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Birləşmiş Kommunist Partiyası	AVKP	Sayad Sayadov	1993	Marxism–Leninism	National Assembly
			National Liberation Front Arabic: جبهة التحرير الوطني—البحرين	NLF		15 February 1955	Marxism–LeninismRepublicanism	Council of Representatives Shura Council	Led the 1965 March Intifada
			Progressive Democratic Tribune Arabic: جمعية المنبر الديمقراطي التقدمي	PDT	Hassan Madan	14 September 2001	Market socialism Arab nationalism Anti-globalization Anti-imperialism	Council of Representatives Shura Council
			Communist Party of Bangladesh Bengali: বাংলাদেশের কমিউনিস্ট পার্টি	CPB	Ruhin Hossain Prince	1971	Marxism–Leninism	[Jatiya Sangsad|[[Jatiya Sangsad]]: |Former member of the Bangladesh Worker's-Peasants' People's League and its coalition government|-|||Workers Party of Bangladesh Bengali: বাংলাদেশের ওয়ার্কার্স পার্টি|WPB|Fazle Hossain Badsha|1980|Marxism–LeninismAnti-revisionism|[Jatiya Sangsad|[[Jatiya Sangsad]]: ||-|||Socialist Party of Bangladesh Bengali: বাংলাদেশের সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল|BASAD|Khalequzzaman|7 November 1980|Marxism–LeninismStalinismMaoismAnti-revisionism|[Jatiya Sangsad|[[Jatiya Sangsad]]: ||-|||Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh Bengali: বাংলাদেশের বিপ্লবী ওয়ার্কার্স পার্টি|RWPB|Saiful Haque|14 June 2004|Marxism–Leninism|[Jatiya Sangsad|[[Jatiya Sangsad]]: ||-|style="background-color: red |||Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) (Dutta) Bengali: বাংলাদেশের সাম্যবাদী দল (মার্কসবাদী-লেনিনবাদী)|BSD-ML|Ajoy Dutta||Marxism-Leninism-Maoism|[Jatiya Sangsad|[[Jatiya Sangsad]]: ||-|style="background-color: red |||Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) (Umar) Bengali: বাংলাদেশের সাম্যবাদী দল (মার্কসবাদী-লেনিনবাদী)|BSD-ML|Badruddin Umar||Marxism-Leninism-Maoism|[Jatiya Sangsad|[[Jatiya Sangsad]]: ||-|style="background-color: red |||Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party Bengali: পূর্ব বাংলার সর্বহারা পার্টি|PBSP|Siraj Sikder|3 June 1971|Marxism-Leninism-Maoism|[Jatiya Sangsad|[[Jatiya Sangsad]]: ||-|style="background-color: red |||Maoist Bolshevik Reorganisation Movement of the Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party Bengali: পূর্ববাংলার সর্বহারা পার্টি – মাওবাদী বলশেভিক পুনর্গঠন আন্দোলন|PBSP (MBRM)||2001|Marxism-Leninism-MaoismAnti-revisionism|[Jatiya Sangsad|[[Jatiya Sangsad]]: ||-|style="background-color: red |||Workers Peasants Socialist Party Bengali: শ্রমিক কৃষক সমাজবাদী দল|SKSD||1969|Marxism–Leninism Revolutionary socialism|[Jatiya Sangsad|[[Jatiya Sangsad]]: ||-|style="background-color: red |||United Communist League of Bangladesh Bengali: বাংলাদেশের ইউনাইটেড কমিউনিস্ট লীগ|UCLB|Mosharraf Hossain Nannu|April 2013|Marxism–Leninism|[Jatiya Sangsad|[[Jatiya Sangsad]]: ||-||||Belarusian Left Party "A Just World" Belarusian: Беларуская партыя левых «Справядлівы свет»||Sergey Kalyakin|25 October 2009|Democratic socialismRevolutionary nationalismLeft-wing nationalismSocialism Anti-Lukashenko|House of Representatives: Council of the Republic ||-| rowspan="2" ||||Workers' Party of Belgium Dutch; Flemish: Partij van de Arbeid van België French: Parti du Travail de Belgique|PTB PVDA|Raoul Hedebouw|1979|Marxism FeminismSocialism|Chamber of Representatives: Senate ||-|||Communist Party of Belgium Dutch; Flemish: Communistische Partij van België French: Parti Communiste de Belgique|PCB|Arne Baillière|1989|Marxism–Leninism Hard Euroscepticism|Chamber of Representatives: Senate ||-| rowspan="2" ||||Communist Party of Benin French: Parti Communiste du Bénin|PCB|Philippe Noudjenoume|1977|Marxism–Leninism HoxhaismStalinismAnti-revisionism|National Assembly: ||-|style="background-color: red |||Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Benin French: Parti communiste marxiste-léniniste du Bénin|PCMLB|Magloire Yansunnu|1999|Marxism–Leninism HoxhaismAnti-revisionism|National Assembly: ||-||style="background-color: red |||Communist Party of Bhutan (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist)|CPB (MLM)|Comrade Umesh (nom de guerre)|22 April 2003|Marxism–Leninism–Maoism New Democratic RevolutionRepublicanism|align="center" colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Banned|Engaged in guerrilla warfare against the government of Bhutan, with the goal of starting a people's war|-| rowspan="3" ||||Communist Party of Bolivia Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista de Bolivia|PCB|Ignacio Mendoza|1950|Marxism–Leninism|Deputies:Senate ||-|style="background-color: #A50021|||People's Revolutionary Front (Marxist−Leninist−Maoist) Spanish; Castilian: Frente Revolucionario del Pueblo (Marxista–Leninista–Maoísta)|FRP-MLM|||Marxism–Leninism–Maoism|Deputies:Senate ||-|style="background-color: #A50031|||Communist Party of Bolivia (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist) Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista de Bolivia (Marxista-Leninista-Maoísta)|PCB-MLM|Luis Alberto Echazú|1983|Marxism–Leninism–Maoism|Deputies:Senate ||-| rowspan="2" ||||Workers' Communist Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina Radničko-komunistička partija Bosne i Hercegovine / Радничко-комунистичка партија Босне и Херцеговине|RKP-Bih / РКП-БиХ|Goran Marković|2000|Luxemburgism Workers' self-management Anti-nationalism Yugoslavism |House of Representatives: House of Peoples ||-|||Communist Party Komunistička partija / Комунистичка партија|KP / КП|Muhamed Imamović|21 February 2012|Democratic socialism Yugo-nostalgia|House of Representatives: House of Peoples ||-||||Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin Movement|MELS|Mosalage Ditshoto|1994|Marxism–Leninism MaoismMaoismAnti-revisionismPan-Africanism|Parliament:||-| rowspan="7" ||||Communist Party of Brazil Portuguese: Partido Comunista do Brasil|PCdoB|Luciana Santos|23 June 1988|Marxism–Leninism|Chamber of Deputies Federal Senate||-|||Socialism and Liberty Party Portuguese: Partido Socialismo e Liberdade|PSOL|Juliano Medeiros|6 June 2004|Democratic socialism Eco-socialism Socialism of the 21st century Libertarian socialism|Chamber of Deputies:||-|||Brazilian Communist Party Portuguese: Partido Comunista Brasileiro|PCB|Edmilson Costa|25 March 1922|Marxism–Leninism|Chamber of Deputies Federal Senate||-|||United Socialist Workers' Party Portuguese: Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado|PSTU|Zé Maria|5 June 1994|Trotskyism Morenism|Chamber of Deputies Federal Senate||-|||Workers' Cause Party Portuguese: Partido da Causa Operária|PCO|Rui Costa Pimenta|7 December 1995|Marxism Trotskyism Social libertarianism Anti-imperialism|Chamber of Deputies Federal Senate||-|style="background-color: #DC143C |||Revolutionary Communist Party Portuguese: Partido Comunista Revolucionário|PCR||May 1966|Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Guevarism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism Foco theory|Chamber of Deputies Federal Senate|Not registered in Brazil's Superior Electoral Court|-|||Popular Unity Portuguese: Unidade Popular|UP|Leonardo Péricles|16 June 2016|Revolutionary socialism Anti-capitalism Anti-imperialism Anti-racismFactions:Marxism-LeninismSyndicalismMarxist feminism|Chamber of Deputies Federal Senate||-| rowspan="4" ||||Bulgarian Communist Party Bulgarian: Българска комунистическа партия|BKP|Zonka Zlatkova Spasov|1990|Marxism–Leninism StalinismAnti-revisionism|National Assembly: ||-|||Communist Party of Bulgaria Bulgarian: Комунистическа Партия на България|CPB|Aleksandar Paunov|1996|Marxism–Leninism|National Assembly: ||-|||Party of the Bulgarian Communists Bulgarian: Партия на Българските комунисти|PBK|Collective leadership|15 July 2006|Marxism–Leninism|National Assembly: ||-|| |Union of Communists in Bulgaria Bulgarian: Съюз на Комунистите в България|SKB|Pavel Ivanov|1995|Marxism|National Assembly: ||-| rowspan="2" ||||Party for Democracy and Socialism/Metba French: Parti pour la démocratie et le socialisme/Metba|PDS/Metba|Hama Arba Diallo|31 March 2012|Socialism|National Assembly: ||-|style="background-color: #CA4145|||Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party French: Parti communiste révolutionnaire voltaïque|PCRV||1 October 1978|Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism|National Assembly: ||-| rowspan="2" ||style="background-color: #EC1C24 || |Communist Party of Canada French: Parti communiste du Canada|CPC PCC|Elizabeth Rowley|28 May 1921|Marxism–Leninism|House of Commons: Senate ||-|style="background-color: #F5191A |||Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist) French: Parti communiste du Canada (marxiste–léniniste)|CPC (ML) PCC (ML)|Anna Di Carlo|31 March 1970|Marxism–LeninismAnti-revisionismMaoism (1970-1977)Hoxhaism (1977-1990)|House of Commons: Senate ||-| rowspan="2" || style="background-color: red " |||Maoist Communist Party of China Chinese: 中国毛泽东主义共产党|MCPC|Ma Houzhi|28 November 2008|Marxism–Leninism–MaoismAnti-revisionism|align="center" colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Banned|De facto banned in China due to not being a member of the United Front.|-| style="background-color: red " || |Revolutionary Communist Party of China Chinese: 中国革命共产党|RCPC||September 1948|Marxism Trotskyism|Legislative Council: |Active in Hong Kong. Participant in the 1970s Hong Kong student protests.|-| rowspan="4" || style="background-color: red " |||Communist Party of Colombia (Marxist–Leninist) Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista de Colombia (Marxista-Leninista)|PCdeC (M-L)||1965|Marxism–Leninism HoxhaismStalinismAnti-revisionism|Chamber of Representatives: Senate ||-|style="background-color: red |||Colombian Communist Party – Maoist Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista de Colombia - Maoista|PCC-M||7 August 2001|Marxism–Leninism–Maoism|Chamber of Representatives: Senate ||-|style="background-color: red |||Revolutionary Communist Group Spanish; Castilian: Grupo Comunista Revolucionario|GCR||1982|Marxism-Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionism|Chamber of Representatives: Senate ||-|style="background-color: red |||Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement Spanish; Castilian: Movimiento Obrero Independiente y Revolucionario|MOIR|Gustavo Triana|1970|MaoismMarxism-Leninism New Democracy Francisco Mosquera Thought|Chamber of Representatives: Senate ||-||style="background-color:#AD0430 |||People's Vanguard Party Spanish; Castilian: Partido Vanguardia Popular|PVP|Humberto Vargas Carbonell|16 June 1931|Marxism–Leninism|Legislative Assembly: |Banned from 1949 to 1975|-| rowspan="1" ||style="background-color:#B0241D |||Revolutionary Communist Party of Ivory Coast French: Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire de Côte d'Ivoire|PCRCI|Achy Ekissi|1990|Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism|||-| rowspan="2" || ||Socialist Labour Party of Croatia Croatian: Socijalistička radnička partija Hrvatske|SRP|Kristofor Stokić|25 October 1997|¸TitoismDemocratic socialism|Sabor: ||-| ||Workers Front Croatian: Radnička fronta|RF|Collective leadership|9 May 2014|Democratic socialism Social progressivismLabour rights Socialist feminism Anti-fascism Anti-clericalism Eco-socialismLeft-wing populismAnti-militarism|Sabor: ||-| rowspan="1" ||||Progressive Party of Working People Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού Turkish: Emekçi Halkın İlerici Partisi|AKEL|Stefanos Stefanou|15 August 1926|Marxism–Leninism Pacifism Cypriot nationalismFederalismSoft euroscepticism|House of Representatives|Won the 2008 election and ruled until 2013|-||||Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia Czech: Komunistická strana Čech a Moravy|KSČM|Kateřina Konečná|31 March 1990|Marxism EuroscepticismSocialism Anti-capitalism Anti-fascism|Chamber of Deputies: Senate |Czech successor to the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. Served as confidence and supply to the second government of Andrej Babiš in 2018.|-| rowspan="4" ||||Communist Party of Denmark Danish: Danmarks Kommunistiske Parti|DKP|Henrik Stamer Hedin|9 November 1919|Marxism–Leninism|Folketing: ||-|style="background-color:#900D05 |||Communist Party Danish: Kommunistisk Parti|KP|Lotte Rørtoft-Madsen|2006|Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionismFactions:Hoxhaism|Folketing: ||-|style="background-color: red |||Workers' Communist Party Danish: Arbejderpartiet Kommunisterne|APK|Dorte Grenaa|April 2000|Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism|Folketing: ||-|||Communist Party in Denmark Danish: Kommunistisk Parti i Danmark|KPiD|Rikke G.F. Carlsson|1990|Marxism–Leninism|Folketing: ||-| rowspan="1" ||style="background-color: red |||Communist Party of Labour Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista del Trabajo|PCT|Manuel Salazar|1980|Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism|Chamber of Deputies: Senate ||-||||Communist Party of the Donetsk People's Republic Russian: Коммунистическая партия Донецкой Народной Республики|CPDPR Russian: КПДНР|Boris Litvinov|8 October 2014|Marxism–Leninism Soviet patriotismLeft-wing nationalism|People's Council: ||-||||Socialist Party of Timor Portuguese: Partido Socialista de Timor|PST|Avelino Coelho da Silva|11 February 1997|Marxism–Leninism|National Parliament: ||-| rowspan="4" ||||Communist Party of Ecuador Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista del Ecuador|PCE|Winston Alarcón Elizalde|23 May 1926|Marxism–Leninism|National Assembly: ||-|style="background-color: red |||Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista Marxista-Leninista del Ecuador|PCMLE|Oswaldo Palacios|1 August 1964|Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism|National Assembly: ||-|style="background-color: red |||Workers' Party of Ecuador Spanish; Castilian: Partido de los Trabajadores del Ecuador|PTE||1996|Marxism-Leninism|National Assembly: |Not registered with Ecuador's National Electoral Council|-|style="background-color: #EB0B03 |||Communist Party of Ecuador – Red Sun Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista de Ecuador - Sol Rojo|PCE-SR||1 June 1987|Marxism-Leninism-Maoism Gonzalo Thought Anti-revisionism Revolutionary socialism|align="center" colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Banned|Engaged in minor guerrilla warfare against the government of Ecuador, with the goal of starting a people's war|-||||Egyptian Communist Party Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي المصري|ECP|Salah Adli|1975|Marxism–Leninism|House of Representatives: Senate ||-|| ||Communist Party of El Salvador Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista de El Salvador|PCS||27 March 2005|Marxism–Leninism|Legislative Assembly: ||-||| |Communist Party of Estonia Estonian: Eestimaa Kommunistlik Partei|EKP|vacant|26 March 1990|Marxism–LeninismSoviet patriotism|align="center" colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Banned|Banned in Estonia following the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, continues to operate underground|-||style="background-color: #65000B |||Communist Party of Swaziland|CPS|Thokozane Kenneth|9 April 2011|Marxism–Leninism Republicanism|align="center" colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Banned|Participant in the 2021–2023 Eswatini protests|-||style="background-color: red|||All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement Amharic: መላ ኢትዮጵያ ሶሻሊስት ንቅናቄ|MEISON||1968|Marxism–Leninism|House of Peoples' Representatives: House of Federation |Supported and participated in the 1974 Ethiopian Revolution. Initially supported the Derg government, though later broke with Mengistu Haile Mariam's leadership during the Red Terror and was forced underground. Resumed legal activity following the end of the Ethiopian Civil War.|-| rowspan="3" ||||Communist Party of Finland Finnish: Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue|SKP|Juha-Pekka Väisänen|1984|Marxism–Leninism|Parliament : ||-|| |Communist Workers' Party – For Peace and Socialism Finnish: Kommunistinen Työväenpuolue – Rauhan ja Sosialismin puolesta|KTP|Mikko Vartiainen|1988|Marxism–Leninism Hard Euroscepticism|Parliament: ||-|style="background-color: red|||League of Communists Finnish: Kommunistien Liitto|KL|Kalevi Wahrman|14 September 2002|Marxism–Leninism|Parliament: ||-| rowspan="7" || ||French Communist Party French: Parti communiste français| PCF| Fabien Roussel| 30 December 1920| Eurocommunism Soft Euroscepticism| National Assembly: Senate: ||-| || Lutte Ouvrière| LO| Nathalie Arthaud| 1956| Trotskyism Anti-capitalism| National Assembly: Senate: ||-| || New Anticapitalist Party French: Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste| NPA| Collective leadership| 8 February 2009| Trotskyism Alter-globalisation| National Assembly: Senate: ||-||| Pole of Communist Revival in France French: Pôle de renaissance communiste en France| PRCF| Léon Landini| January 2004| Marxism-LeninismLeft-wing nationalismHard Euroscepticism| National Assembly: Senate: ||-| | | Workers' Communist Party of France French: Parti communiste des ouvriers de France| PCOF| Collective leadership| 1979| Marxism-Leninism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism| National Assembly: Senate: ||-| ||Marxist–Leninist Communist Organization – Proletarian Way French: Organisation communiste marxiste-léniniste – Voie prolétarienne| OCML-VP|| September 1976| Marxism-LeninismMaoism| National Assembly: Senate: ||-| || Revolutionary Left French: Gauche révolutionnaire| GR| | 1992| Marxism Trotskyism| National Assembly: Senate: ||-| rowspan="3" ||||Communist Party of Georgia Georgian: საქართველოს კომუნისტური პარტია|SKP Georgian: სკპ||1992|Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism|Parliament:||-|||Unified Communist Party of Georgia Georgian: საქართველოს ერთიანი კომუნისტური პარტია|SEKP Georgian: სეკპ|Nugzar Shalvovich Avaliani|June 1994|Marxism–Leninism Soviet patriotism|Parliament:||-|||New Communist Party of Georgia Georgian: საქართველოს ახალი კომუნისტური პარტია|SAKP Georgian: საკპ||2001|Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism|Parliament:||-| rowspan="2" || | | German Communist Party German: Deutsche Kommunistische Partei| DKP| Patrik Köbele| 1968| Marxism-Leninism| Bundestag: ||-|||Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany German: Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Deutschlands|MLPD|Gabi Fechtner|1982|Marxism-Leninism|Bundestag: ||-| rowspan="11" ||||Communist Party of Greece Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας|KKE Greek, Modern (1453-);: KKE|Dimitris Koutsoumpas|17 November 1918|Marxism-LeninismAnti-imperialismHard Euroscepticism|Hellenic Parliament: |Banned by the government of Greece from 1936 to 1974. Led the Political Committee of National Liberation during World War II and the Provisional Democratic Government and Democratic Army of Greece during the 1946–1949 Greek Civil War.|-|style="background-color: #D71920 |||Marxist Leninist Communist Party of Greece Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μαρξιστικό-Λενινιστικό Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας|M-L KKE Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μ-Λ ΚΚΕ|Collective leadership|November 1976|Marxism-Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionismEuroscepticism|Hellenic Parliament: ||-|style="background-color: red || |Communist Party of Greece (Marxist–Leninist) Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας (μαρξιστικο-λενινιστικό)|KKE (m-l) Greek, Modern (1453-);: ΚΚΕ (μ-λ)|Grigoris Konstantopoulos|November 1976|Marxism-Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionismHoxhaismEuroscepticism|Hellenic Parliament: ||-|||Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece Greek, Modern (1453-);: Οργάνωση για την Ανασυγκρότηση του Κομουνιστικού Κόμματος Ελλάδας|OAKKE Greek, Modern (1453-);: OAKKE|Elias Zafiropoulos.|20 July 1985|Marxism-Leninism Maoism|Hellenic Parliament: ||-|style="background-color: red |||Movement for the Reorganization of the Communist Party of Greece 1918–1955 Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κίνηση για την Ανασύνταξη του Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας 1918–1955)|Anasintaxi Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ανασύνταξη|Tasos Mpallos|1996|Marxism-Leninism Stalinism Hoxhaism Zachariadism Anti-revisionism|Hellenic Parliament: ||-|style="background-color: red |||Communist Renewal Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κομμουνιστική Ανανέωση|KA Greek, Modern (1453-);: KA|Collective leadership|2000|Marxism Euroscepticism|Hellenic Parliament: ||-|style="background-color: red |||Left Anti-capitalist Group Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αριστερή Αντικαπιταλιστική Συσπείρωση|AR.A.S Greek, Modern (1453-);: ΑΡ.Α.Σ|Collective leadership|1998|Maoism Anti-capitalism|Hellenic Parliament: ||-|style="background-color: red |||Left Group Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αριστερή Συσπείρωση|ARI.S Greek, Modern (1453-);: ΑΡΙ.Σ|Collective leadership|25 October 2012|Marxism-Leninism Maoism Anti-capitalism Anti-revisionism|Hellenic Parliament: ||-|style="background-color: red |||Left Recomposition Greek, Modern (1453-);: Αριστερή Ανασύνθεση|AR.ΑΝ Greek, Modern (1453-);: ΑΡ.ΑΝ||2003|Maoism Anti-capitalism|Hellenic Parliament: ||-|style="background-color: red |||New Left Current Greek, Modern (1453-);: Νέο Αριστερό Ρεύμα|NAR Greek, Modern (1453-);: ΝΑΡ|Collective leadership|1989|New Left Eco-socialismAnti-capitalism|Hellenic Parliament: ||-|style="background-color: red |||Revolutionary Communist Movement of Greece Greek, Modern (1453-);: Επαναστατικό Κομμουνιστικό Κίνημα Ελλάδας|EKKE Greek, Modern (1453-);: EKKE|Collective leadership|1970|Marxism-Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionism|Hellenic Parliament: ||-||||Guadeloupe Communist Party French: Parti communiste guadeloupéen|PCG|Alain-Félix Flémin|30 March 1958|Marxism Guadeloupean autonomy|National Assembly: Senate: ||-||||Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity Spanish; Castilian: Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca|URNG-MAIZ|Gregorio Chay|7 February 1982|Left-wing nationalismSocialism Indigenismo Christian socialism Socialism of the 21st century Anti-capitalism|Congress: |Founded as an umbrella organization uniting various leftist militant groups active in the Guatemalan Civil War. Laid down arms in 1996 and became a legally registered opposition party in 1998.|-||style="background-color: #545AA7 |||New Haitian Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) French: Nouveau Parti Communiste Haïtien (Marxiste–Léniniste)|NPCH(ML)|Vania Lubin|2000|Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Maoism Anti-revisionism|Chamber of Deputies: Senate ||-| rowspan="2" ||| |Hungarian Workers' Party Hungarian: Magyar Munkáspárt|MMP|Gyula Thürmer|17 December 1989|Marxism-Leninism Euroscepticism|National Assembly: ||-|style="background-color: red |||Workers' Party of Hungary 2006 - European Left Hungarian: Magyarországi Munkáspárt 2006 - Európai Baloldal|EB|Attila Vajnai|November 2005|Marxism Eurocommunism|National Assembly: ||-| rowspan="14" || ||Communist Party of India|CPI|D. Raja|26 December 1925|Marxism–Leninism|Lok Sabha:Rajya Sabha ||-| ||Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)|Sitaram Yechury|7 November 1964|Marxism–Leninism|Lok Sabha:Rajya Sabha ||-| ||Revolutionary Socialist Party|RSP|Manoj Bhattacharya|19 March 1940|Marxism–Leninism Trotskyism|Lok Sabha: Rajya Sabha ||-| ||Revolutionary Communist Party of India|RCPI|Biren Deka|1 August 1934|Marxism-Leninism Anti-Stalinism|Lok Sabha: Rajya Sabha ||-| | |All India Forward Bloc|AIFB|Debabrata Biswas|22 June 1939|Marxism Left-wing nationalismSocialismAnti-imperialism|Lok Sabha: Rajya Sabha ||-|||Marxist Forward Bloc|MFB|Jaihind Singh|12 November 1953|Marxism Left-wing populism|Lok Sabha: Rajya Sabha ||-|||Bolshevik Party of India|BPI||1939|Marxism–Leninism|Lok Sabha: Rajya Sabha ||-| ||Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|CPI(ML)L|Dipankar Bhattacharya|1974|Marxism–Leninism Mao-Zedong-ThoughtNaxalism|Lok Sabha: Rajya Sabha ||-|||Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)|RSPI(ML)||1969|Marxism–Leninism|Lok Sabha: Rajya Sabha ||-|||Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|SUCI(C)|Provash Ghosh|24 April 1948|Shibdas Ghosh Thought Marxism–LeninismAnti-revisionism|Lok Sabha: Rajya Sabha ||-|||Revolutionary Marxist Party of India|RMPI|Mangat Ram Pasla|2016|Marxism–Leninism|Lok Sabha: Rajya Sabha ||-|||Communist Marxist Party|CMP|C. P. John|1986|Marxism–LeninismMarxism Luxemburgism|Lok Sabha: Rajya Sabha ||-|style="background-color: red |||Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) New Democracy|CPIML ND|Yatendra Kumar|1988|Naxalism New DemocracyMao Zedong Thought|Lok Sabha: Rajya Sabha ||-| style="background-color: red |||Communist Party of India (Maoist)|CPI (Maoist)|Nambala Keshava Rao|21 September 2004|Naxalism Marxism–Leninism–Maoism| align="center" colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Banned|Leading the ongoing Naxalite–Maoist insurgency, designated a terrorist organization by the government of India|-| rowspan="11" || ||Tudeh Party of Iran Persian: حزب تودۀ ایران||Collective leadership|2 October 1941|Marxism-Leninism Stalinism Left-wing nationalism Anti-revisionism|colspan="1" rowspan="11" align="center" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Banned||-|style="background-color: red |||Komalah Kurdish: کۆمەڵە ڕێکخراوی کوردستانی حیزبی کۆمۆنیستی ئێران Persian: کومله سازمان کردستان حزب کمونیست ایران||Ibrahim Alizade|1984|Marxism-Leninism InternationalismKurdish minority interests|Kurdish branch of Communist Party of Iran, designated a terrorist organization by the government of Iran|-|style="background-color: red |||Communist Party of Iran Persian: حزب کمونیست ایران|CPI|Collective leadership|2 September 1983|Marxism-Leninism Revolutionary socialism||-|style="background-color: red |||Communist Party of Iran (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist) Persian: حزب کمونیست ایران (مارکسیست-لنینیست-مائوئیست)|CPI (MLM)||2001|Marxism-Leninism-Maoism New Synthesis Secularism||-|style="background-color: red |||Labour Party of Iran Persian: حزب کار ایران|||1965|Marxism-Leninism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism||-|style="background-color: #FF0000 |||Worker-communist Party of Iran Persian: حزب کمونیست کارگری ایران|WPI|Hamid Taqvaee|1991|WorkerismMarxism Third camp||-|style="background-color: #FF0000 |||Worker-communist Party of Iran – Hekmatist Persian: حزب کمونیست کارگری ایران-حکمتیست|WPI-Hekmatist|Jamal Kamangar|2004|Workerism||-|style="background-color: red |||Fedaian Organisation (Minority) Persian: سازمان فدائیان (اقليت)||Akbar Kāmyābi|March 1987|Marxism-Leninism|colspan="1" rowspan="3" |Split from the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (Minority)|-|style="background-color: red |||Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (1985) Persian: سازمان چریک‌های فدایی خلق ایران||Ḥosayn Zohari|1985|Marxism-Leninism|-|style="background-color: red |||Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas – Followers of the Identity Platform Persian: سازمان چریک‌های فدایی خلق ایران – پیرو برنامه هویت||Mehdi Sāmeʿ|1983|Marxism-Leninism|-|style="background-color: red || |Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas Persian: چریک‌های فدایی خلق ایران|IFPG|Ashraf Dehghani| |Marxism-Leninism|Participant in the 1979 Kurdish rebellion|-| rowspan="5" ||||Iraqi Communist Party Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي العراقي|ICP|Raid Jahid Fahmi|31 March 1934|Classical Marxism Reformism Secularism Nonsectarianism|Council of Representatives: |Operated mostly underground in the Kingdom of Iraq (from 1934 to 1958) and Ba'athist Iraq (from 1963 to 2003). Supported the 14 July Revolution and the government of Abd al-Karim Qasim.|-|style="background-color: #790102|||Worker-communist Party of Iraq Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي العمالي العراقي||Amir Adil|July 1993|Marxism Workerism Third camp|Council of Representatives: ||-|style="background-color: #A01B14|||Left Worker-communist Party of Iraq Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي العمالي اليساري العراقي||Issam Shukri|2004|Trotskyism Workerism Third camp|Council of Representatives: ||-|style="background-color: red |||Communist Party of Kurdistan – Iraq Kurdish: حزبي شيوعى كوردستان – عيراق Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي الكوردستاني – العراق||Kawa Mahmud|1993|Marxism-Leninism Kurdish nationalism Nonsectarianism|Council of Representatives (Iraq): Kurdistan Parliament |colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Regional party active in Kurdistan|-|style="background-color: #FF0001 |||Worker-communist Party of Kurdistan Kurdish: حزبی کۆمۆنستی کرێکاریی کوردستان Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي العمالي في كوردستان||Osman Hajy Marouf|2008|Marxism Workerism Third camp|Council of Representatives (Iraq): Kurdistan Parliament |-| rowspan="3" ||||Workers' Party Irish: Páirtí na nOibrithe||Collective leadership|28 November 1905|Marxism-Leninism Irish republicanism|Dáil Éireann: Seanad Éireann ||-|||Communist Party of Ireland Irish: Páirtí Cumannach na hÉireann|CPI|Janelle McAteer|3–4 June 1933|Marxism-Leninism Hard Euroscepticism|Dáil Éireann: Seanad Éireann ||-|style="background-color: #e80504 |||Irish Republican Socialist Party Irish: Páirtí Poblachtach Sóisalach na hÉireann|IRSP|Collective leadership (Irish: [[Ardfheis#Ard Chomhairle|Ard Comhairle]])|8 December 1974|Marxism-Leninism Irish republicanism Anti-globalisation Hard Euroscepticism|Dáil Éireann: Seanad Éireann ||-| rowspan="3" ||| |Israeli Communist Party Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي الاسرائيلي|Maki |Collective leadership|1 September 1965|Marxism-Leninism Alter-globalization Anti-Zionism|Knesset: | Merged into Hadash in 1977 and as of 2022 its largest faction|-|||The Democratic Front for Peace and Equality Arabic: الجبهة الديمقراطية للسلاموالمساواة|Hadash |Ayman Odeh|15 March 1977|MarxismMarxism-Leninism Communism Two-state SolutionNon-ZionismIsraeli Arab interests|Knesset: |Formed from a merger of Rakah, the Black Panthers, and Moked. Formerly ran as a part of the Joint List.|-|| |Da'am Workers Party Arabic: حزب دعم العمالي|Da'am Arabic: دعم|Collective leadership|1995|Secularism Marxism Eco-socialism Revolutionary socialism Postnationalism Non-Zionism One-state solution|Knesset: ||-| rowspan="5" ||||Communist Refoundation Party Italian: Partito della Rifondazione Comunista|PRC|Maurizio Acerbo|6 January 1991|Eco-socialism Feminism Anti-capitalism Anti-fascism Anti-imperialism Soft Euroscepticism|Chamber of Deputies: Senate ||-|||Italian Communist Party Italian: Partito Comunista Italiano|PCI|Mauro Alboresi|26 June 2016|Marxism-Leninism Anti-imperialism Euroscepticism|Chamber of Deputies: Senate ||-|style="background-color: Red|||Italian Marxist–Leninist Party Italian: Partito Marxista-Leninista Italiano|PMLI|Giovanni Scuderi|April 1977|Marxism-Leninism Stalinism Maoism Bolshevism Anti-revisionism Anti-fascism|Chamber of Deputies: Senate ||-|||Communist Party Italian: Partito Comunista|PC|Marco Rizzo|3 July 2009|Marxism-Leninism Anti-revisionism Hard EuroscepticismSovereigntism|Chamber of Deputies: Senate ||-|||Communist Alternative Party Italian: Partito di Alternativa Comunista|PdAC|Francesco Ricci|7 January 2007|Trotskyism|Chamber of Deputies: Senate ||-| rowspan="3" ||||Japanese Communist Party Japanese: 日本共産党|JCP|Tomoko Tamura|15 July 1922|Scientific socialism Progressivism PacifismDemocratic socialism|Representatives: Councillors |Banned in 1925 under the Peace Preservation Law. Legalized by the Allied military occupation following Japan's military defeat in World War II.|-|style="background-color: Red|||Japanese Communist Party (Action Faction) Japanese: 日本共産党 (行動派)|||1980|Marxism-Leninism Stalinism Maoism Anti-revisionism|Representatives: Councillors ||-|style="background-color: Red|||Japanese Communist Party (Left Faction) Japanese: 日本共産党 (左派)|||1969|Marxism-Leninism-Maoism Anti-revisionism|Representatives: Councillors |-| rowspan="2" ||||Jordanian Communist Party Arabic: الحزب الشیوعی الاردني|JCP|Faraj Al-Tameezi|1948|Marxism-Leninism Republicanism|House of Representatives: Senate ||-|| |Jordanian Democratic People's Party Arabic: حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الأردني|HASHD||1989|Marxism-Leninism Palestinian nationalism Anti-Zionism Left-wing nationalism Secularism|House of Representatives: Senate ||-| rowspan="2" ||style="background-color: #E31E24|||Communist Party of Kazakhstan Kazakh: Қазақстан Коммунистік партиясы / Kazakh: Qazaqstan Kommunistık Partiasy Russian: Коммунистическая партия Казахстана|ҚКП / QKP Russian: КПК|Toleubek Makhzhanov|16 October 1991|Marxism-Leninism Soviet patriotism| colspan="1" rowspan="2" align="center" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Banned||-|style="background-color: #FE0000|| |Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan Kazakh: Қазақстанның Социалистік Қозғалысы / Kazakh: Qazaqstannıñ Socïalïstik Qozğalısı Russian: Социалистическое Движение Казахстана|ҚСҚ / QSQ Russian: СДК|Ainur Kurmanov|20–21 May 2006|Marxism-Leninism||-||||Communist Party of Kenya|CPK|Mwandawiro Mgangah^[3] |1992|Marxism–Leninism Pan-AfricanismMaoismSocial democracy (until 2019)|National Assembly: Senate ||-||style="background-color: #81021f|||Kuwaiti Progressive Movement Arabic: الحركة التقدمية الكويتية||||Anti-capitalism Anti-imperialismSocialismMarxism-Leninism|National Assembly: ||-| rowspan="2" ||||Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан Коммунисттеринин Партиясы Russian: Партия Коммунистов Киргизии|PKK Russian: ПКК|Iskhak Masaliyev|22 June 1992|Marxism-Leninism Soviet patriotism|Supreme Council: ||-|||Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан Коммунисттик партиясы Russian: Коммунистическая Партия Киргизстана|KPK Russian: КПК|Clara Azhibekovna|29 August 1999|Marxism-Leninism|Supreme Council: ||-| rowspan="1" ||||Socialist Party of Latvia Latvian: Latvijas Sociālistiskā partija|LSP|Vladimirs Frolovs|15 January 1994|Marxism-Leninism|Saeima: ||-| rowspan="2" ||style="background-color: #CE1C18|||Lebanese Communist Party Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي اللبناني French: Parti communiste libanais|LCP French: PCL|Hanna Gharib|1924|Marxism-Leninism NonsectarianismSocialismAnti-Zionism|Parliament: ||-|style="background-color: #CE1C18|||Communist Action Organization in Lebanon Arabic: منظمة العمل الشيوعي في لبنان‎ French: Organisation de l'Action Communiste du Liban|CAOL French: OACL|Zaki Taha|1970|Marxism-Leninism Maoism|Parliament: ||-||style="background-color: red" |||Communist Party of Lesotho Sotho, Southern: Mokhatlo oa Makomonisi a Lesotho |CPL|Manny Stevenson|5 May 1962|Marxism-Leninism|National Assembly: Senate ||-| rowspan="2" ||||Socialist People's Front Lithuanian: Socialistinis liaudies frontas |SLF|Giedrius Grabauskas|2009|Marxism-Leninism Democratic socialism Left-wing nationalismSocialism|Seimas: ||-|||Communist Party of Lithuania Lithuanian: Lietuvos komunistų partija|LKP|vacant|1 October 1918|Marxism-Leninism Soviet patriotism|align="center" colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Banned|Banned in Lithuania following the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, continues to operate underground|-||||Communist Party of Luxembourg Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch: Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg French: Parti Communiste Luxembourgeois German: Kommunistische Partei Luxemburgs|KPL PCL|Ali Ruckert|2 January 1921|Marxism-Leninism Hard Euroscepticism|Chamber of Deputies: ||-||||Congress Party for the Independence of Madagascar Malagasy: Antoko'ny Kongresi'ny Fahaleovantenan'i Madagasikara|AKFM||8 November 1958|Marxism|National Assembly: Senate |Member of the ruling National Front for the Defense of the Revolution from 1976 to 1989|-| rowspan="2" ||style="background-color: red|||Malian Party of Labour French: Parti malien du travail|PMT||1965|Marxism-Leninism Hoxhaism|National Assembly: |Member of the Alliance for Democracy in Mali since 1990|-|||African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence French: Solidarité Africaine pour la Démocratie et l'Indépendance|SADI|Oumar Mariko|1996|Marxism-Leninism Pan-Africanism|National Assembly: ||-||||Communist Party of Malta Maltese: Partit Komunista Malti|PKM|Victor Degiovanni|1969|Marxism-Leninism|House of Representatives: ||-| rowspan="2" ||||Martinican Communist Party French: Parti communiste martiniquais|PCM|Georges Erichot|September 1957|Autonomism|Assembly of Martinique: ||-|style="background-color: #FF0000" |||Communist Party for Independence and Socialism French: Parti Communiste pour l'Indépendance et le Socialisme Pati Kominis pou Lendépandans èk Sosyalism|PCLS PKLS||22 May 1984|Marxism–Leninism Martinican independence|Assembly of Martinique: ||-| rowspan="4" ||||Popular Socialist Party of Mexico Spanish; Castilian: Partido Popular Socialista de México|PPSM|Cuauhtémoc Amezcua Dromundo|1997|Marxism–Leninism Anti-imperialism Latin American integration|Chamber of Deputies: Senate of the Republic |Not registered or recognized by the Instituto Nacional Electoral|-|style="background-color: red |||Communist Party of Mexico Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista de México|PCM|Pável Blanco Cabrera|20 November 1994|Marxism–Leninism|Chamber of Deputies: Senate of the Republic ||-|||Communist Party of Mexico (Marxist–Leninist) Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista de México (Marxista-Leninista)|PCM (ML)||1978|Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism|Chamber of Deputies: Senate of the Republic ||-|style="background-color: red|||Communists' Party Spanish; Castilian: Partido de los Comunistas|PdelosC|Luis Alfonso Vargas Silva|2003|Marxism–Leninism|Chamber of Deputies: Senate of the Republic ||-||||Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Partidul Comuniștilor din Republica Moldova|PCRM|Vladimir Voronin|22 October 1993|Marxism–Leninism Social conservatism Soviet patriotism Moldovenism Pro-Russia|Parliament: |Member of BECS|-||||Yugoslav Communist Party of Montenegro Jugoslovenska komunistička partija Југословенска комунистичка партија|JKP CG / ЈКП-ЦГ|Radislav Stanišić|25 September 2009|Titoism Pensioners' rights Yugo-nostalgia|Parliament: ||-||style="background-color: red" |||Democratic Way Arabic: النهج الديمقراطي||Abdallah El Harif|1995|Marxism Anti-imperialismAnti-revisionismHoxhaism|House of Representatives: House of Councillors ||-||style="background-color: #CC232A" |||Communist Party of Burma Burmese: ဗမာပြည်ကွန်မြူနစ်ပါတီ|CPB||15 August 1939|Marxism-Leninism Mao-Zedong-ThoughtFederalism|align="center" colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Banned|Led the Communist insurgency in Burma from 1948 to 1989. Rearmed itself in 2021 and is currently engaged in guerrilla warfare against the State Administration Council|-||style="background-color: red" |||Workers Revolutionary Party|WRP|Collective leadership|May 1989|Trotskyism|National Assembly: National Council ||-| rowspan="5" || | | Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Nepali: नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकीकृत मार्क्सवादी-लेनिनवादी)| CPN (UML) Nepali: नेकपा (एमाले)| K. P. Sharma Oli| | Marxism–Leninism People's Multiparty Democracy|House of Representatives: National Assembly | Merged with the CPN (MC) to form the Nepal Communist Party in 2018, refounded in 2021|-|||Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) Nepali: नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (मार्क्सवादी-लेनिनवादी)|CPN (ML)|C. P. Mainali|17 February 2002|Marxism-Leninism|House of Representatives: National Assembly ||-|||Nepal Majdoor Kisan Party Nepali: नेपाल मजदुर किसान पार्टी|NWPP|Narayan Man Bijukchhe|23 January 1975|Marxism-Leninism MaoismJuche|House of Representatives: National Assembly ||-|style="background-color: red" |||Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) Nepali: नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (मार्क्सवादी)||Durga Prasad Gyawali|2006|Marxism-Leninism|House of Representatives: National Assembly ||-|style="background-color: red" |||Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary Maoist) Nepali: नेपाल कम्यूनिष्ट पार्टी (क्रान्तिकारी माओवादी)|CPN (RM)|Mohan Baidya|19 June 2012|Marxism-Leninism-Maoism|House of Representatives: National Assembly |Operates underground and participates in elections through a front organization; the Patriotic People's Republican Front|-| rowspan="3" ||||New Communist Party of the Netherlands Dutch; Flemish: Nieuwe Communistische Partij Nederlan|NCPN|Job Pruijser|14 November 1992|Marxism–LeninismEuroscepticism|House of Representatives: Senate ||-|style="background-color: #CC0000" |||United Communist Party Dutch; Flemish: Verenigde Communistische Partij|VCP|Engel Modderman|1999|Marxism–Leninism|House of Representatives: Senate ||-|style="background-color: Red" |||Group of Marxist–Leninists/Red Dawn Dutch; Flemish: Groep Marxisten-Lenisten/Rode Morgen|GML/Rode Morgen|Jeroen Toussaint|1977|Marxism–Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionism|House of Representatives: Senate ||-| rowspan="1" ||style="background-color: Red" |||Communist League|The League||1969|Marxism–Leninism|House of Representatives: ||-| rowspan="2" ||||Communist Party of Nicaragua Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista de Nicaragua|PCdeN; PCN||12 October 1967|Marxism–Leninism|National Assembly: ||-|||Marxist–Leninist Popular Action Movement Spanish; Castilian: Movimiento de Acción Popular - Marxista–Leninista|MAP-ML||1972|Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism|National Assembly: ||-| rowspan="1" ||style="background-color: red" | ||Communist Party of Macedonia — Tito's forces Macedonian: Комунистичка партија на Македонија — Титови сили|KPM-TS Macedonian: КПМ—ТС|Goran Arsovski|26 October 2005|Marxism-Leninism Titoism|Assembly: ||-| rowspan="2" ||style="background-color: #FF0000" |||Communist Party of Norway Norwegian: Norges Kommunistiske Parti|NKP|Runa Evensen|4 November 1923|Marxism-Leninism Hard Euroscepticism|Storting: ||-|||Red Party Norwegian: Rødt|R|Bjørnar Moxnes|11 March 2007|Democratic socialism Revolutionary socialismMarxism|Storting: ||-| rowspan="2" ||style="background-color: #FF3028" |||Communist Party of Pakistan Urdu: کمیونسٹ پارٹی آف پاکستان|CPP|Imdad Qazi|6 March 1948|Marxism-Leninism|National Assembly: Senate |Not registered with the Election Commission of Pakistan|-|style="background-color: red" |||Mazdoor Kisan Party Urdu: مزدور کسان پارٹی|MKP|Afzal Khamosh|1 May 1968|Marxism-Leninism Maoism|National Assembly: Senate ||-| rowspan="4" || | | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين| PFLP| Ahmad Sa'adat| data-sort-value="1967-12-11"|| Palestinian nationalism Marxism–Leninism Revolutionary socialismSecularismAnti-imperialismPan-ArabismArab nationalism One-state solution Anti-zionism| Legislative Council: | rowspan=3 | Member of the PLO, opposed to the Hamas government of the Gaza Strip|-| | | Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين| DFLP| Nayef Hawatmeh| data-sort-value="1969"|| Marxism–LeninismMaoism Palestinian nationalism Left-wing nationalism Anti-Zionism| Legislative Council: |-| || Palestinian People's Party Arabic: حزب الشعب الفلسطيني| PPP| Bassam Al-Salhi| data-sort-value="1982-02"|| Marxism Palestinian nationalism Left-wing nationalism| Legislative Council: |-|style="background-color: #B00F15" |||Palestinian Communist Party Arabic: الحزب الشیوعي الفلسطیني||Mahmoud Saadeh|December 1991|Marxism-Leninism Palestinian nationalism|Legislative Council: ||-| rowspan="2" ||style="background-color: red |||Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) of Panama Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista (marxista-leninista) de Panamá|PC(ml)P||January 9, 1980|Marxism-Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionism|National Assembly: ||-|style="background-color: red |||November 29 National Liberation Movement Spanish; Castilian: Movimiento de Liberación Nacional 29 de noviembre|MLN-29||July 29, 1970|Marxism Anti-imperialism|National Assembly: ||-| rowspan="3" ||||Paraguayan Communist Party Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista Paraguayo|PCP|Najeeb Amado|19 February 1928|Marxism-Leninism|Chamber of Deputies: Senate ||-|||Partido Patria Libre|PPL||3 February 1990|Marxism–Leninism Guevarism Foco theory Socialist patriotism Anti-imperialism Revolutionary socialism|Chamber of Deputies: Senate ||-|style="background-color: red|||Paraguayan Communist Party (independent) Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista Paraguayo (independiente)|PCP(i)||1967|Marxism-Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionism|Chamber of Deputies: Senate ||-| rowspan="5" | | style="background-color: #ED1C24" || | Peruvian Communist Party Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista Peruano| PCP| Luis Villanueva| data-sort-value="1928-04-09"|| Marxism–Leninism Mariáteguism| Congress: | rowspan="2" | Member of Together for Peru, which participated in the Free Peru-led government|-| style="background-color: #B0070E" || | Communist Party of Peru – Red Fatherland Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista del Perú – Patria Roja| PCP-PR| Alberto Moreno| data-sort-value="1970"|| Anti-revisionism| Congress: |-| | | Free Peru^[4] Spanish; Castilian: Perú Libre| PL| Vladimir Cerron| data-sort-value="2008-08-13"|| Socialism Marxism–Leninism Mariáteguism| Congress: ||-|style="background-color: #BE0612|||Peruvian Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist) Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista Peruano (Marxista–Leninista)|PCP (ML)||January 1964|Marxism-Leninism Stalinism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionismMaoism (until 1970s)|Congress: ||-|style="background-color: #CD0000|||Shining Path Spanish; Castilian: Sendero Luminoso|PCP; PCP-SL||1969|Marxism-Leninism-Maoism Gonzalo Thought Anti-revisionism Revolutionary socialism|align="center" colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Banned|Designated a terrorist organization by the government of Peru|-| rowspan="3" ||style="background-color: red |||Communist Party of the Philippines Filipino; Pilipino: Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas|CPP|Benito Tiamzon (alleged) (deceased)|26 December 1968|National democracy Marxism-Leninism-Maoism|align="center" colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Banned|Participant in the ongoing communist rebellion in the Philippines, designated a terrorist organization by the government of the Philippines and the United States Department of State|-|style="background-color: red || |Philippine Communist Party-1930 Filipino; Pilipino: Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930|PKP-1930|Antonio E. Paris|7 November 1930|Marxism-LeninismDemocratic socialism|House of Representatives: Senate ||-|style="background-color: red |||Marxist–Leninist Party of the Philippines Filipino; Pilipino: Partido Marxista–Leninista ng Pilipinas|MLPP||1998|Marxism-Leninism|align="center" colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Banned|Participant in the ongoing communist rebellion in the Philippines|-| rowspan="1" || style="background-color: #CC0000 || |Polish Communist Party Polish: Komunistyczna Partia Polski|KPP|Krzysztof Szwej|9 October 2002|Marxism-Leninism Stalinism Anti-revisionismHard EuroscepticismAnti-clericalism|Sejm: Senate ||-| rowspan="3" || ||Portuguese Communist Party Portuguese: Partido Comunista Português|PCP|Collective leadership|6 March 1921|Marxism-LeninismAnti-revisionismHard Euroscepticism|Assembly of the Republic: ||-|style="background-color: #cc0000 |||Portuguese Workers' Communist Party Portuguese: Partido Comunista dos Trabalhadores Portugueses|PCTP/MRPP|Maria Cidália Guerreiro|1970|Marxism-Leninism Maoism Anti-revisionism|Assembly of the Republic: ||-|style="background-color: red |||Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat – Bases for Revolution Portuguese: Partido Revolucionário do Proletariado - Bases pela Revolução|PRP-BR|Luis Cardoso|17 July 2002|Marxism Guevarism|Assembly of the Republic: |Founded as a successor to the Revolutionary Party of the Proletariat - Revolutionary Brigades|-| rowspan="1" ||style="background-color: crimson |||Communist Party of Puerto Rico Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista de Puerto Rico|PCPR||2010|Marxism-Leninism Anti-imperialism Puerto Rican Independence|House: Senate ||-||||Communist Party of Réunion French: Parti Communiste Réunionnais|PCR|Élie Hoarau|1959|Post-Marxism Regionalism|National Assembly: Senate: ||-| rowspan="2" ||style="background-color: red" |||Communitarian Party of Romania Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Partidul Comunitar din România|PCDR|Petre Ignatencu|19 March 2010|Communitarianism ProgressivismAnti-imperialismAnti-AmericanismAnti-capitalism|Chamber of Deputies: Senate: ||-|style="background-color: red" |||Romanian Socialist Party Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Partidul Socialist Român|PSR|Constantin Rotaru|July 2003|Eurocommunism Progressivism Equality feminism Left-wing nationalismAnti-NATOEuropean federalismPro-Europeanism|Chamber of Deputies: Senate: ||-|rowspan="8" ||||Communist Party of the Russian Federation Russian: Коммунистическая Партия Российской Федерации|CPRF Russian: КПРФ|Gennady Zyuganov||Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism Soviet patriotismSocial conservatismNeo-Stalinism|State Duma: Federation Council: ||-|style="background-color: #ED1515" |||Left Front Russian: Левый фронт||Sergei Udaltsov|18 October 2008|Marxism–Leninism Anti-fascism Anti-nationalism Anti-liberalism Anti-capitalism Internationalism|State Duma: Federation Council: ||-|||Russian Communist Workers' Party of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Russian: Российская коммунистическая рабочая партия в составе Коммунистической партии Советского Союза|RCWP-CPSU Russian: РКРП-КПСС|Stepan Malentsov|27 October 2001|Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Anti-revisionism|State Duma: Federation Council: ||-|||Russian Labour Front Russian: Российский трудовой фронт|RTF Russian: РТФ|Alexander Batov|22 February 2010|Marxism–Leninism|State Duma: Federation Council: ||-|style="background-color: #CC1100" |||Russian Maoist Party Russian: Российская маоистская партия|RMP Russian: РМП|Collective leadership|9 June 2000|Marxism–Leninism–Maoism Anti-revisionism Proletarian internationalism Feminism|State Duma: Federation Council: ||-|style="background-color: #C50534" |||Labour Russia Russian: Трудовая Россия|LR Russian: ТР|Stanislav Ruzanov|7 November 1991|Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Soviet patriotism Direct democracy Left-wing nationalism|State Duma: Federation Council: ||-|||Russian Party of Freedom and Justice Russian: Российская партия свободы и справедливости|RPSS Russian: РПСС|Konstantin Rykov|8 April 2012|Social democracy Russian nationalism|State Duma: Federation Council: ||-|||Communists of Russia Russian: Коммунисты России|CPCR Russian: РПСС|Sergey Malinkovich|23 May 2009|Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Anti-revisionism|State Duma: Federation Council: ||-| rowspan="2" ||||New Communist Party of Yugoslavia Serbian: Нова комунистичка партија Југославије / Serbian: Nova Komunistička Partija Jugoslavije|NKPJ Serbian: НKПЈ|Aleksandar Banjanac|30 June 1990|Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Anti-revisionism YugoslavismRussophilia|National Assembly: ||-|||Party of Labour Serbian: Партија рада / Serbian: Partija rada|PR Serbian: ПР|Collective leadership|28 March 1992|Marxism–Leninism|National Assembly: ||-| rowspan="2" ||||Communist Party of Slovakia Slovak: Komunistická strana Slovenska|KSS|Jozef Hrdlička|29 August 1992|Marxism–Leninism|National Council: ||-|style="background-color:red" |||Dawn Slovak: Úsvit||Luciana Hoptová|25 May 2005|Marxism|National Council: ||-| rowspan="2" ||| |Economic Freedom Fighters|EFF|Julius Malema|26 July 2013|Marxism–Leninism Fanonism Sankarism Anti-imperialism Pan-Africanism Black nationalism Anti-ZionismLeft-wing populismAnti-capitalism|National Assembly: National Council of Provinces |Currently the third-largest party in both houses of the South African Parliament.|-|||Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party|SRWP|Irvin Jim|March 2019|Marxism-Leninism|National Assembly: National Council of Provinces ||-||||Communist Party of South Ossetia Ossetian; Ossetic: Хуссар Ирыстоны Коммунистон парти|CPSO Ossetian; Ossetic: ХИКп|Stanislav Kochiev|1993|Marxism–Leninism Soviet patriotism|Parliament: ||-||||Communist Party of South Sudan|CPSS|Joseph Wol Modesto|June 2011|Marxism–Leninism|National Legislative Assembly: Council of States ||-| rowspan="14" ||||Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista de los Pueblos de España|PCPE|Julio Díaz|15 January 1984|Marxism–Leninism Hard Euroscepticism InternationalismAnti-capitalism|Congress of Deputies: Senate ||-|||Communist Party of Spain (Marxist–Leninist) Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista de España (marxista-leninista)|PCE (m-l)||2006|Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism Republicanism|Congress of Deputies: Senate ||-|style="background-color:#FF0000" |||Communist Party of Spain (Reconstituted) Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista de España (Reconstituido)|PCE(r)|Manuel Pérez Martínez|1975|Marxism–Leninism RepublicanismMaoism (until 1990s)|align="center" colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Banned|Banned in 2003 due to links to the First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups. Inactive as of 2006, though not officially dissolved.|-|style="background-color:red" |||Marxist–Leninist Party (Communist Reconstruction) Spanish; Castilian: Partido Marxista–Leninista (Reconstrucción Comunista)|PML(RC) / RC|Roberto Vaquero Arribas|6 October 2014|Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Anti-fascism RepublicanismProletarian internationalism|Congress of Deputies: Senate |Temporarily banned from December 2014 to 2017 due to alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers' Party.|-|||Communist Unification of Spain Spanish; Castilian: Unificación Comunista de España|UCE||1973|Marxism–Leninism Mao Zedong thought|Congress of Deputies: Senate ||-|||Spanish Communist Workers' Party Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista Obrero Español|PCOE|Francisco Barjas|1973|Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Anti-revisionism Anti-fascism Republicanism|Congress of Deputies: Senate ||-|||Revolutionary Communist Party Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista Revolucionario|PCR||1994|Marxism–Leninism–Maoism Anti-revisionismMaoism|Congress of Deputies: Senate ||-|style="background-color: red" |||Marxist–Leninist Front of the Peoples of Spain Spanish; Castilian: Frente Marxista-Leninista de los Pueblos de España|F(M-L)PE|Gregorio Fernandez Lopez|1987|Marxism–Leninism|Congress of Deputies: Senate ||-|style="background-color: red" |||Democratic Labour Party Spanish; Castilian: Partido del Trabajo Democrático|PTD|Miguel Ángel Villalón|2013|Marxism–Leninism Republicanism Feminism|Congress of Deputies: Senate ||-|style="background-color:red" |||Living Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia Catalan; Valencian: Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya Viu Spanish; Castilian: Partido Socialista Unificado de Cataluña Vivo|PSUC Viu|Collective leadership|June 1997|Republicanism Federalism|Parliament of Catalonia: |colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Regional party active in Catalonia|-|||United and Alternative Left Catalan; Valencian: Esquerra Unida i Alternativa Spanish; Castilian: Izquierda Unida y Alternativa|EUiA|Joan Josep Nuet|1998|Marxism Ecologism Catalan self-determination Republicanism|Parliament of Catalonia: |-|||Galician People's Union Galician: Unión do Povo Galego Spanish; Castilian: Unión del Pueblo Gallego|UPG|Néstor Rego|November 1963|Marxism-Leninism Galician nationalism|Parliament of Galicia: |colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Regional party active in Galicia. Member of the Galician Nationalist Bloc.|-|||Galician Movement for Socialism Galician: Movemento Galego ao Socialismo Spanish; Castilian: Movimiento Gallego al Socialismo|MGS|Rafa Villar|2009|Galician nationalism Galician self-determination Euroscepticism Feminism|Parliament of Galicia: |-|||Galician People's Front Galician: Frente Popular Galega Spanish; Castilian: Frente Popular Gallego|FPG|Mariano Abalo|1986|Marxism-Leninism Galician self-determination|Parliament of Galicia: |Regional party active in Galicia|-|| style="background-color: #ED2224" |||Sudanese Communist Party|SCP|Muhammad Mukhtar Al-Khatib|1946|Marxism–Leninism|Transitional Legislative Council:||-| rowspan="2" || style="background-color: #C53737" |||Communist Party of Sweden Northern Sami: Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti|SKP|Andreas Sörensen|1977|Marxism–Leninism Hard Euroscepticism|Riksdag:||-| ||Communist Party Northern Sami: Kommunistiska partiet|K|Povel Johansson|1970|Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism|Riksdag:||-| rowspan="2" || style="background-color: red |||Communist Party Italian: Partito Comunista|PC|Massimiliano Arif Ay|May 1944|Marxism–Leninism|National Council: Council of States |Currently only active in Ticino and the Grisons|-| ||Swiss Party of Labour German: Partei der Arbeit der Schweiz French: Parti Suisse du Travail – Parti Ouvrier et Populaire Italian: Partito Svizzero del Lavoro – Partito Operaio e Popolare|PdA PST-POP PdL-POP|Norberto Crivelli|14 October 1944|MarxismSocialism|National Council: Council of States ||-| rowspan="9" || ||Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ Tamil: மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணி|JVP Sinhala; Sinhalese: ජවිපේ Tamil: ஜே.வி.பி.|Anura Kumara Dissanayake|14 May 1965|Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Revolutionary socialism Anti-imperialismProgressivism|Parliament: ||-| style="background-color: red" |||Communist Party of Sri Lanka Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය Tamil: இலங்கை கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி|CPSL Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රීලංකොප Tamil: இ.க.க.|G. Weerasinghe|1943|Marxism–Leninism|Parliament: | rowspan="2" |Part of various different coalition governments from 1970–1975, 1994–2000, 2004–2015 and 2020–2022|-| style="background-color: red" |||Lanka Sama Samaja Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය Tamil: லங்கா சமசமாஜக் கட்சி|LSSP Sinhala; Sinhalese: ලසසප Tamil: ல.ச.ச.க.|Tissa Vitharana|18 December 1935|Trotskyism|Parliament: |-| style="background-color: #FF0000" |||Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist) Sinhala; Sinhalese: ලංකා කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය (මාඕවාදී) Tamil: சிலோன் கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி (மாவோயிஸ்ட்)|CCP (Maoist)||1964|Marxism–Leninism Mao Zedong Thought Anti-revisionism|Parliament: ||-| style="background-color: red" |||Socialist Equality Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: සමාජවාදී සමානතා පක්ෂය Tamil: சோசலிச சமத்துவக் கட்சி|SEP Sinhala; Sinhalese: සසප Tamil: சோ.ச.க.|Deepal Jayasekera|1964|Trotskyism|Parliament: ||-| ||Socialist Party of Sri Lanka Sinhala; Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලංකා සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය Tamil: இலங்கை சோசலிச கட்சி|SPSL||2006|Marxism Trotskyism|Parliament: ||-| style="background-color: #FF0000" |||United Socialist Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: එක්සත් සමාජවාදි පකෂය Tamil: ஐக்கிய சோசலிச கட்சி|USP Sinhala; Sinhalese: එසප Tamil: ஐ.சோ.க.|Siritunga Jayasuriya|2006|Marxism Trotskyism|Parliament: ||-| style="background-color: #FF0000" |||New Democratic Marxist–Leninist Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: නව-ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී මාක්ස්-ලෙනින්වාදී පක්ෂය Tamil: புதிய-ஜனநாயக மார்க்சிச-லெனினிச கட்சி|NDMLP Sinhala; Sinhalese: නප්‍රමාලෙප Tamil: பு.ஜ.மா.லெ.க.|S. K. Senthivel|3 July 1978|Marxism-Leninism Mao Zedong Thought Anti-revisionism|Parliament: ||-| ||Frontline Socialist Party Sinhala; Sinhalese: පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය Tamil: முன்னிலை சோசலிசக் கட்சி|FLSP Sinhala; Sinhalese: පෙසප Tamil: மு.சோ.க.|Premakumar Gunaratnam|9 April 2012|Marxism-Leninism Anti-imperialism Revolutionary socialism|Parliament: ||-| rowspan="2" || style="background-color: #E90606" |||People's Will Party Arabic: حزب الإرادة الشعبية|PWP|Collective leadership|2012|Marxism-Leninism|People's Assembly: ||-| style="background-color: #FF0000" |||Communist Action Party Arabic: حزب العمل الشيوعي||Fateh Jamous|August 1976|Marxism-Leninism|align="center" colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Banned||-|| ||Taiwan People's Communist Party Chinese: 臺灣人民共產黨|TPCP|Lin Te-wang|4 February 2017|Chinese unificationSocialism with Chinese characteristics|Legislative Yuan: ||-|| ||Communist Party of Tajikistan|KPT||6 December 1924|Marxism–LeninismSoviet patriotism|||-|| ||Communist Party of Togo|PCT||4 May 1980|HoxhaismMarxism-LeninismAnti-revisionism|||-|| ||Transnistrian Communist Party|PKP|Nadezhda Bondarenko|20 April 2003|Marxism–Leninism Soviet patriotism|||-| rowspan="2" || ||Workers' Party||Hamma Hammami|January 3 1986|Marxism-LeninismHoxhaismPan-Arabism|||-| ||Democratic Patriots' Unified Party||Ziad Lakhdar|1982|Marxism-LeninismAnti-revisionismMaoismArab nationalismAnti-Islamism|||-| rowspan="11" || ||Communist Party of Turkey|TKP|Kemal Okuyan|11 November 2001|Marxism–Leninism|Grand National Assembly:||-|||Workers' Party of Turkey|TİP|Erkan Baş|7 November 2001|Marxism–Leninism Left-wing populismProgressivism|Grand National Assembly:||-| ||Labour Party|EMEP|Selma Gürkan|25 November 1996|Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism|Grand National Assembly:||-| ||Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist|TKP/ML||24 April 1972|Marxism–Leninism–Maoism|colspan="1" rowspan="8" align="center" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Banned||-| ||Marxist–Leninist Communist Party|MLKP||10 September 1994|Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Hoxhaism||-| ||Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist|TKEP/L||1 September 1990|Marxism–Leninism||-| ||Communist Workers Party of Turkey|TKİP||November 1998|Marxism-Leninism||-| ||Maoist Communist Party|MKP||15 September 2002|Marxism–Leninism–Maoism||-| ||Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front|DHKP/C||30 March 1994|Marxism-LeninismGuevarismFoco theorySocialist patriotismRevolutionary socialism||-| ||Communist Party of Kurdistan|KKP||1982|Kurdish self-determination||-| ||Bolshevik Party (North Kurdistan – Turkey)|BP (KK-T)||1981|Marxism-LeninismAnti-revisionism||-|| ||Communist Party of Turkmenistan|TKP||1998|Marxism–LeninismSoviet patriotism|align="center" colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Banned||-| rowspan="2" ||||Communist Party of Ukraine Ukrainian: Комуністична партія України Russian: Коммунистическая партия Украины|KPU Russian: КПУ|Petro Symonenko|19 June 1993|Marxism–Leninism Left-wing populism Soviet patriotism Pro-RussiaSocial conservatism|colspan="1" rowspan="2" align="center" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Banned|colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Banned in 2015 under Ukraine's decommunization laws, continues to operate underground|-|style="background-color: red |||Union of Communists of Ukraine Ukrainian: Союз комуністів України Russian: Союз коммунистов Украины|SKU Russian: СКУ||December 19, 1992|Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionismStalinism|-| rowspan="8" ||||Communist Party of Britain|CPB|Robert Griffiths|1988|Marxism–LeninismBritain's Road to Socialism|||-|||Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist)|CPB-ML||1968|Marxism-LeninismHard EuroscepticismHoxhaismMaoism (until 1979)|||-|||Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist)| CPGB-ML|Ella Rule|July 3, 2004|Marxism-LeninismStalinismAnti-revisionismHard Euroscepticism|||-|||Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee)|CPGB (PCC)||1991|LeninismAnti-Stalinism|||-|||New Communist Party of Britain|NCP|Andy Brooks|1977|Marxism-LeninismStalinismAnti-revisionismHard Euroscepticism|||-|||Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist)|CPE (ML)||1979|Marxism-LeninismHoxhaismAnti-revisionism|||-|||Revolutionary Communist Group|RCG||1974|Marxism-LeninismAnti-imperialism|||-|||Communist League|||||||-| rowspan="7" || ||Communist Party USA|CPUSA|Collective leadership (National Convention)|1 September 1919|Marxism-Leninism Bill of Rights socialism|House of Representatives: Senate ||-| ||Party for Socialism and Liberation|PSL|Collective leadership|June 2004|Marxism–Leninism Revolutionary socialism Anti-imperialism|House of Representatives: Senate ||-| ||Socialist Alternative|SA|Collective leadership|April 1986|Marxism Revolutionary socialism Trotskyism|House of Representatives: Senate ||-| ||Socialist Equality Party|SEP|David North|September 1964|Revolutionary socialism Trotskyism|House of Representatives: Senate ||-| style="background-color: #df1e23" |||Workers World Party|WWP|Larry Holmes|1959|Marxism-Leninism Proletarian internationalism|House of Representatives: Senate ||-| ||Socialist Workers Party|SWP|Jack Barnes|January 1938|Marxism Castroism|House of Representatives: Senate ||-| style="background-color: red" |||Socialist Action||Jeff Mackler|1983|Trotskyism|House of Representatives: Senate ||-|| style="background-color: red" |||Revolutionary Communist Party of Uruguay Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista Revolucionario|PCR|Ricardo Cohen|1972|Marxism–Leninism–Maoism|Chamber of Representatives: Senate ||-|| ||Communist Party of Uzbekistan Uzbek: Ўзбекистон коммунистик партияси / Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston kommunistik partiyasi Russian: Коммунистическая партия Узбекистана|КПУз / OʻzKP Russian: СДК|Kaxramon Mahmudov|1994|Marxism–LeninismSocialismSoviet patriotismAnti-clericalism|align="center" colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Banned|Banned immediately after attempting to register with Uzbekistan's Central Election Commission|-| rowspan="4" || ||Communist Party of Venezuela Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista de Venezuela|PCV|Óscar Figuera|5 March 1931|Marxism–Leninism|National Assembly: ||-|style="background-color: crimson |||Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Venezuela Spanish; Castilian: Partido Comunista Marxista Leninista de Venezuela|PCMLV||2009|Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism Anti-imperialism Anti-Chavismo|National Assembly: ||-|style="background-color:red |||Red Flag Party Spanish; Castilian: Partido Bandera Roja|BR|Gabriel Puerta Aponte|20 January 1970|Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Anti-Chavismo|National Assembly: ||-| | | Revolutionary Movement Tupamaro (Popular Revolutionary Alternative) Spanish; Castilian: Movimiento Revolucionario Tupamaro| MRT| | data-sort-value="1992"|| Marxism-Leninism GuevarismFoco theoryLeft-wing nationalismRevolutionary socialism| National Assembly: | Section of the party supporting the Popular Revolutionary Alternative|} All-Union Communist Party, All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Bolshevik Platform of the KPSS[17] Formerly communist Country Before Turned Notes Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola same name Has abandoned Marxist-Leninism for social democracy National Union for the Total Independence of Angola same name Abandoned Marxism-Leninism for social democracy and then for social conservatism Popular Socialist Party Cidadania Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism for social democracy and later social liberalism Bulgarian Communist Party Bulgarian Socialist Party Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism for social democracy Kampuchean Revolutionary People's Party Cambodian People's Party Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism for centrism Congolese Party of Labour same name Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism for social democracy League of Communists of Croatia Social Democratic Party Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism-Titoism for social democracy Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan People's Party of Kazakhstan Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism for democratic socialism Vanguard of the Malagasy Revolution Malagasy Revolutionary Party Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism for social democracy Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party Mongolian People's Party Has abandoned Marxist-Leninism for social democracy League of Communists of Montenegro Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism-Titoism for social democracy and later neoliberalism Party of Progress and Socialism same name Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism for democratic socialism FRELIMO same name Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism for democratic socialism League of Communists of Serbia Socialist Party of Serbia Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism-Titoism for social democracy League of Communists of Slovenia Social Democrats Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism-Titoism for social democracy Yemeni Socialist Party same name Has abandoned Marxism-Leninism for social democracy Defunct Once ruling State Defunct Party Notes People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan Party of Labour of Albania Succeeded by Socialist Party of Albania People's Revolutionary Party of Benin Bulgarian Communist Party Succeeded by the Bulgarian Socialist Party Communist Party of Kampuchea Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Czech Republic branch became the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, and the Slovak branch became the Party of the Democratic Left Workers' Party of Ethiopia New Jewel Movement Hungarian Working People's Party Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Became the Hungarian Socialist Party Polish United Workers' Party Romanian Communist Party Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party Communist Party of the Soviet Union Formerly the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party League of Communists of Yugoslavia Non-ruling – Armenian Workers Communist Party, Armenian Workers Union, Marxist Party of Armenia, Union of Communists of Armenia, Renewed Communist Party of Armenia – Communist Party of Australia - Workers Party of Barbados Basque Country – Auzolan, Communist Movement of Euskadi, Communist Party of the Basque Homelands, Euskadiko Sozialisten Batasuna, Euskal Herriko Alderdi Sozialista, Euskal Iraultzarako Alderdia, Eusko Alderdi Sozialista, Herriko Alderdi Sozialista, Navarrese Left Union, Party of the Revolutionary Patriotic Workers, People's Socialist Revolutionary Party – Union of Marxist–Leninist Communists of Belgium, founded in 1970^[5] ^[6] – Communist Party of Belgium – Marxist–Leninist, founded in 1976. – Free Homeland Party – Bulgarian Communist Party – Marxists – African Independence Party (Burkina Faso), Burkinabé Bolshevik Party, Burkinabé Communist Group, Marxist–Leninist Group, Organization for Popular Democracy – Labour Movement, Party for Democracy and Socialism, Party of Labour of Burkina, Patriotic League for Development, Union of Burkinabé Communists, Union of Communist Struggles, Union of Communist Struggles – Reconstructed, Union of Communist Struggles – The Flame, Voltaic Communist Organization Catalonia – Catalan State-Proletarian Party, Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia, Socialist Party of National Liberation, Party of the Communists of Catalonia – Labor-Progressive Party (legal front of the Communist Party of Canada from 1943 to 1959), Workers' Communist Party of Canada Channel Islands – Jersey Communist Party – Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action), Revolutionary Left Movement – Workers Revolutionary Party of Colombia – Costa Rican People's Party – Communist Party of Cyprus – Popular Socialist Party, joined Cuban Communist Party – Communist Party of El Salvador, merged into the FMLN – Swaziland Communist Party – Gambia Socialist Revolutionary Party – Revived Communist Party of Georgia, Georgian Workers Communist Party – Spartacist League formed in 1918 and became the Communist Party of Germany – Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin, Communist Party of Germany (banned 1956 in West Germany) – Guatemalan Party of Labour, merged into the URNG – Haitian Communist Party, Haitian Workers Party, Unified Party of Haitian Communists, merged into the National Reconstruction Movement in 1990 – Communist Party of Honduras, merged into the Patriotic Renewal Party – Communist Party of Iceland, Communist Party of Iceland (Marxist–Leninist) – Indian Communist Party (Sen) – Communist Party of Indonesia – Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist–Leninist) – Leninist Group in the Iraqi Communist Movement – Maki (1948–1973) split in 1965 with formation of largely Arab Rakah which changed its name to Maki in 1989 – Communist Party of Italy, Italian Communist Party of the Julian March, Marxist–Leninist Italian Communist Party, Marxist–Leninist Revolutionary Party of Italy, Movement for Peace and Socialism, Movement for the Confederation of the Communists – Lebanese People's Party – Malayan Communist Party, North Kalimantan Communist Party – Mexican Communist Party – Communist Reformers Party of Moldova – Communist Party (Burma) – Communist Party of Namibia - Communist Party of New Caledonia^[7] – Communist Party of the Netherlands merged into the GroenLinks in 1989, marxist-leninist dissidents within the party formed the NCPN in 1992. – Communist Party of New Zealand, Socialist Unity Party – Nigerian Communist Party, Socialist Workers and Farmers Party of Nigeria – Workers' Party of North Korea – Workers' Communist Party merged into the Red Party – Communist Party of Palestine (1921–1948) – Communist Party of Poland – Communist Party in Saudi Arabia – Workers' Party of South Korea – Party of Labour Basel, founded in 1944 – Taiwanese Communist Party, China Communist Alliance, Communist Party of the Republic of China, Taiwan Democratic Communist Party – Communist Party of the Republic of Tatarstan – Communist Party of Thailand (unrecognized country) – Communist Party of Transnistria Trieste – Communist Party of the Free Territory of Trieste, merged into the Italian Communist Party – Communist Party of Trinidad and Tobago – Communist Party of Great Britain, Communist Party of Scotland – Communist Party Marxist–Leninist, May 19th Communist Movement, Communist Workers Party, Black Panther Party, Communist Labor Party of America, International Socialist Organization Left communist organizations by country The following is a list of left communist organizations by country which list only those political organizations and parties who officially call themselves left communist ideologically and still exist. Organisations Country Organizations Ideologically left communist organizations International Communist Party Lotta Comunista Internationalist Voice Communist Workers' Organisation World Revolution International Communist Party Internationalism Internationalist Workers Group Workers Offensive See also List of communist parties represented in European Parliament List of socialist parties with national parliamentary representation List of democratic socialist parties and organizations List of left-wing political parties External links Leftist Parties of the World (last updated 4 October 2006) Communist States animation (1850–2016)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marxism-Leninism, socialism no longer relevant to PPP – Jagdeo . 2024-06-30 . 2024-05-05 .
2. Book: Abrahamian, Ervand. 1982. Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. 234–237. 0-691-10134-5.
3. Web site: Central Committee .
4. Web site: Peru confirms new moderate-left cabinet . 2022-04-12 . www.aljazeera.com . en.
5. http://www.lcr-lagauche.be/cm/index.php?view=article&id=663&tmpl=component&print=1&page=&Itemid=53&option=com_content "Syndicalisme de combat et parti révolutionnaire"
6. http://www.marx.be/NL/cgi/emall.php?action=get_doc&id=22&doc=64 "Emall NL"
7. A Communist Party in New Caledonia (1941-1948) . 25169484 . Kurtovitch . Ismet . The Journal of Pacific History . 2000 . 35 . 2 . 163–179 . 10.1080/002233400445779 . 153697401 .