The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the national parties of India. The 34 years of Left Front rule (where CPIM was the Largest Party) in West Bengal was the longest-serving democratically elected communist-led government in the world. It had been the third largest party of Parliament of India for many decades. The party emerged from a split in the CPI in 1964. As of 2022, CPI(M) is a part of ruling alliances in three states — the LDF in Kerala, Mahagathbandhan in Bihar, and the SPA in Tamil Nadu. CPIM has representation in the legislative assemblies of 8 states.The Party is currently the main opposition in Tripura along with Congress (SDF Alliance) and local bodies in West Bengal and Tripura. The fall of CPIM from West Bengal has led to a gradual decline in its memberships and seats. It's currently the ruling party of Taherpur Municipality of West Bengal.
Prakash Karat is an Indian Communist politician. He was the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 2005 to 2015.
The Students' Federation of India' (SFI) is an Indian left-wing student organisation politically aligned to the ideologies of independence, democracy and socialism. Currently, V. P. Sanu and Mayukh Biswas are elected as the All India President and General Secretary, respectively.
Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan was a trade union leader and the former general secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI), one of the oldest political parties in India.
Sitaram Yechury is an Indian marxist politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the largest communist party in India. He is also a member of the Politburo of the CPI(M),
N. V. Krishnaiah was a communist politician from Andhra Pradesh, India. He was a municipal councillor in Nellore, member of the Andhra Pradesh legislature, president of the Indian Federation of Trade Unions and a central leader in the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist).
Mohammed Amin was an Indian politician from the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the largest communist party in India. He was a Vice President of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions.
T. V. Rajesh is an Indian politician from the state of Kerala, and a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Kerala. He represented the Kalliasseri constituency of Kerala and is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Rajesh was the president of the DYFI Kerala state committee, and also a state committee member of the CPI(M).
Raju Abraham is an Indian politician who represents the Ranni constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.
Surjya Kanta Mishra is an Indian politician, belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He served as Minister of Health and Minister in-charge of Land & Land Reforms, Panchayats & Rural Development in the Left Front governments of West Bengal and was the Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal State Committee between 2015 and 2022.
Deepak Dhawan was the State Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) representing Punjab and also Joint Secretary of Khet Mazdoor Union, a mass organisation of CPI(M), which campaigns for the rights of landless agricultural labourers. He was a member of All India Students Federation (AISF) in D.A.V College, Amritsar, and an elected President of Student Council at Guru Nanak Dev University. On 19 May 1987, he was killed by Khalistan movement extremists at Sangha village, Tarn Taran district.
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union or JNUSU is a students' union at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
V. P. Sanu is an Indian politician who is currently the National President of the Students' Federation of India, the students' wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He is also a member of the Kerala state committee of the CPI(M). He contested the parliamentary election in 2019 polls and 2021 by-polls representing CPI(M) in Malappuram, Kerala against IUML and lost both times in big margin.
K. U. Jenish Kumar is an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He is a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly representing Konni constituency.
V. Sasikumar is the former MLA of Perinthalmanna assembly constituency and the National Secretary of Construction Workers Federation of India. He is currently the chairman of Kerala Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, Govt of Kerala.
Abhimanyu was a student activist stabbed to death in Maharajas College, Ernakulam on July 2, 2018. He was a student of BSc Chemistry.
Dipsita Dhar is an Indian politician and student activist. She is the All India Joint Secretary of Students' Federation of India. She was the CPI(M) candidate from Bally constituency for 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.
V. Sivadasan is an Indian politician from Kerala state and a Rajya Sabha member from Kerala. He was also the Independent Director of Kerala State Electricity Board.
M. Vijin is an Indian politician from Kerala state. He has been serving as the MLA of Kalliaseri Constituency since May 2021. He is the state vice president of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), Kerala unit. He was the former All India Joint Secretary of Students' Federation of India.
Aishe Ghosh is an Indian politician and student activist. She is the president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union and is a member of the Students' Federation of India. She was also the CPI(M) candidate from Jamuria constituency for 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election and lost to Hareram Singh.
