List of communist parties in India

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 (Abbr. CPI)
• (ii) Communist Party of India (Marxist) (Abbr. CPI(M))
• (iii) Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) ^[a] (Abbr. CPI(ML))

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
	CPIM [1] [2]	7 November 1964 (60 years ago) (1964-11-07) [3] [4] [5]	Marxism–Leninism	M. A. Baby	4 / 543	5 / 245	82 / 4,036	0 / 426

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
	CPI	26 December 1925(99 years ago) (1925-12-26)	Marxism–Leninism	D. Raja	Kerala, Manipur, Tamil Nadu	2 / 543	3 / 245	22 / 4,036	2 / 426
	CPIML Liberation [6]	28 July 1974(51 years ago) (1974-07-28) [7] [8] [9]	Marxism–Leninism Maoism	Dipankar Bhattacharya [10] [11]	Bihar [12]	2 / 543	0 / 245	13 / 4,036	0 / 426

Naxal-Maoist Parties

NAME	IDEOLOGY	LEADER	BASE REGION
CPIML Red Star [13]	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism [13]	P. J. James
CPIML Class Struggle	Visawam
CPIML New Democracy	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism	Yatendra Kumar
CPIML Mass Line	Marxism–Leninism–Maoism	Pradeep Singh

Naxal-Maoist Parties engaged in armed struggle

• CPI(Maoist)

Trotskyist Communist parties

• New Socialist Alternative (India)
• Radical Socialist (India)
• Bolshevik International Marxist Tendency India
• Workers' Socialist Party (India)

Trotskyist leaning Communist Parties

• Revolutionary Communist Party of India
• Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)

See also

• India portal
• Communism portal
• Politics portal

• Left Front (India)
• Socialism in India
• Communism in India
• Communism in Kerala
• Naxalite
• List of political parties in India
• Politics of India
• List of Naxalite and Maoist groups in India

References

1. Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies. Oxford University Press. p. 314. ISBN   978-0-19-997489-4.
2. "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18 January 2013". India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
3. "ഇന്ത്യ - ചൈന സംഘർഷം : 1962 ൻ്റെ പാഠങ്ങൾ". www.leftclicknews.com/.
4. "CIA papers trace split of Indian Communists". The Times of India. 30 June 2007.
5. "Communist Party in Kerala". CPI(M). Archived from the original on 14 March 2012.
6. "Amending Notification regarding Political Parties and their Symbols Dated 01.03.2021". India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
7. "A Lesson In Dynamism And Dedication". Communist Party of India(Marxist-Leninist) Liberation. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
8. "Naxalism today".
9. "The road from Naxalbari". www.flonnet.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
10. "Organisation". cpiml.org.
11. Bhushan, Ranjit (2016). Maoism in India and Nepal. New York: Routledge. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-315-68549-6.
12. "Amending Notification regarding Political Parties and their Symbol dated 1 March 2021". Election Commission of India . Archived from the original on 26 October 2021.
13. "12th Congress Of CPI (ML) Red Star Calls For All Out Offensive Against RSS Fascism| Countercurrents". countercurrents.org. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

Notes

1. Dissolved in 1972