List of communist parties in India explained

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

Most Communist Parties in India trace their origin back to-

(i) Communist Party of India,

(ii) Communist Party of India (Marxist),

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

Communist parties registered with the Election Commission of India

Communist Parties with National Party Status

!Election Symbol! Name! Founded!Ideology! Leader! Seats in
Lok Sabha! Seats in
Rajya Sabha! Seats in State
Assemblies! Seats in State
Councils
Communist Party of India (Marxist)[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Marxism–LeninismSitaram Yechury (General Secretary)[6] [7] [8]

Communist parties with state party status

!Election Symbol! Name! Founded!Ideology! Leader! Recognised In! Seats in
Lok Sabha! Seats in
Rajya Sabha! Seats in State
Assemblies! Seats in State
Councils
Communist Party of India26 December 1925(98 years ago)Marxism–LeninismD. RajaKerala,
Manipur,
Tamil Nadu
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation[9] [10] [11] [12] Marxism–LeninismMao Tse-tung's ThoughtsDipankar Bhattacharya[13] [14] [15] Bihar[16]

Minor Communist parties

!NAME!IDEOLOGY!LEADER!BASE REGION
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star[17] Marxism–Leninism–MaoismK. N. Ramachandran
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Class StruggleMarxism–LeninismVisawam
Revolutionary Marxist Party of India[18] MarxismKK RAMAKERALA
Communist Marxist Party[19] Marxism, Rosa Luxemburg THOUGHTC. P. JohnKERALA
Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy[20] CommunismA. V. Thamarakshan KERALA
All India Forward Bloc[21] Left-wing nationalismG. Devarajan
Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)[22] Marxism, Revolutionary socialismManoj Bhattacharya
Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)[23] Marxism–Leninism, SocialismKovoor KunjumonKERALA
Marxist-Leninist Party of India (Red Flag)[24] CommunismM.S. Jayakumar
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[25] Communism, Stalinism Provash Ghosh

Trotskyist Communist parties

Trotskyist leaning Communist Parties

Maoist parties that reject Parliamentarism and Electoralism

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Chakrabarty . Bidyut . 2014 . Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies . . 314 . 978-0-19-997489-4.
  2. Web site: List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18 January 2013 . Election Commission of India . 9 May 2013 . India . 2013.
  3. Web site: ഇന്ത്യ - ചൈന സംഘർഷം : 1962 ൻ്റെ പാഠങ്ങൾ . www.leftclicknews.com/.
  4. News: CIA papers trace split of Indian Communists . The Times of India . 30 June 2007 . en-IN.
  5. Web site: Communist Party in Kerala . CPI(M) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314030901/http://www.kozhikodepartycongress.org/kerala-cpim-history.php . 14 March 2012.
  6. Web site: New Central Committee Elected at the 22nd Congress . 27 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180527202640/https://cpim.org/pressbriefs/new-central-committee-elected-22nd-congress . 27 May 2018 . live . 22 April 2018.
  7. Web site: Sitaram Yechury re-elected as CPI(M) general secretary. https://web.archive.org/web/20180429143335/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/apr/22/sitaram-yechury-re-elected-as-cpim-general-secretary-1804905.html . dead . April 29, 2018 .
  8. Web site: Biography of Sitaram Yechuri . winentrance.com. 14 March 2011 .
  9. Web site: Amending Notification regarding Political Parties and their Symbols Dated 01.03.2021. Election Commission of India. 9 May 2013. India. 2013.
  10. Web site: A Lesson In Dynamism And Dedication . Communist Party of India(Marxist-Leninist) Liberation . 22 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210847/http://www.cpiml.org/liberation/year_1999/january/homage11.htm . 23 September 2015 . dead.
  11. Web site: Naxalism today .
  12. Web site: The road from Naxalbari . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061017003722/http://www.flonnet.com/fl2221/stories/20051021008801000.htm . 17 October 2006 . 22 February 2022 . www.flonnet.com.
  13. Book: Sen, Jai. Imagining Alternatives. Daanish Books. 2012. 978-93-81144-14-5. Other worlds possible?. Gazipur. 15.
  14. Web site: Organisation. cpiml.org.
  15. Bhushan, Ranjit (2016). Maoism in India and Nepal. New York: Routledge. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-315-68549-6.
  16. Web site: Amending Notification regarding Political Parties and their Symbol dated 1 March 2021 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20211026215944/https://eci.gov.in/files/file/12953-amending-notification-regarding-political-parties-and-their-symbol-dated-01032021/ . 26 October 2021 . dead.
  17. Web site: 2022-10-01 . 12th Congress Of CPI (ML) Red Star Calls For All Out Offensive Against RSS Fascism Countercurrents . 2024-05-03 . countercurrents.org . en-US.
  18. Web site: 2024-02-22 . One battle won, a Kerala MLA to continue war for justice for husband against ruling CPI(M) . 2024-05-03 . The Indian Express . en.
  19. News: Bureau . The Hindu . 2024-01-25 . CMP Party Congress in Kochi from January 28 . 2024-05-03 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
  20. Web site: ഡെസ്ക് . വെബ് . 2021-09-14 . പ്രഫ. എ.വി. താമരാക്ഷന്‍ ജെ.എസ്.എസ് സംസ്ഥാന പ്രസിഡൻറ് Madhyamam . 2024-05-03 . www.madhyamam.com . ml.
  21. Rund . Arild Engelsen . May 1994 . Land and Power: The Marxist Conquest of Rural Bengal . Modern Asian Studies . en . 28 . 2 . 357–380 . 10.1017/S0026749X00012440 . 1469-8099.
  22. Web site: Origins of the RSP . 2024-05-03 . www.marxists.org.
  23. News: 2018-12-27 . Kerala: Four new parties find berths in LDF . 2024-05-03 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
  24. Web site: 2012-11-07 . The Hindu : Kerala / Kochi News : LDF should win: CPI(ML) Red Flag . 2024-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107095016/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/30/stories/2009033059360300.htm . 2012-11-07 .
  25. Web site: 2009-07-11 . SUCI critique on Naxal movement — cgnet.in . 2024-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090711195140/http://cgnet.in/N1/suci . 2009-07-11 .

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