List of left-wing political parties

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The following is a list of left-wing political parties. It includes parties from the centre-left to the far-left.

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A

Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan
Flag of Aland.svg Åland Islands
Flag of Albania.svg Albania
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra
Flag of Angola.svg Angola
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia
Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Flag of Austria.svg Austria
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan

B

Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Flag of Belize.svg Belize
Flag of Benin.svg Benin
Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda
Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia
Flag of Bonaire.svg Bonaire
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
Flag of Brittany (Gwenn ha du).svg Brittany
Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso
Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi

C

Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia
Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde
Flag of Catalonia.svg Catalonia
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic
Flag of Chad.svg Chad
Flag of Chile.svg Chile
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo, Republic of the
Flag of Corsica.svg Corsica
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic

D

Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti
Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic

E

Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea
Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia
Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia

F

Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands
Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Flag of Flanders.svg Flanders
Flag of France.svg France
Flag of France.svg French Guiana
Flag of French Polynesia.svg French Polynesia

G

Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon
Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia, The
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar
Flag of Greece.svg Greece
Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland
Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada
Flag of France.svg Guadeloupe
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala
Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau
Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana

H

Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti
Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Honduras
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary

I

Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
Flag of India.svg India
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
Flag of Iran.svg Iran

Will of the Iranian Nation Party

Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
Flag of Israel.svg Israel
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast

J

Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Flag of Jersey.svg Jersey
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan

K

Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan

L

Flag of Laos.svg Laos
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon
Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia
Flag of Libya.svg Libya
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg

M

Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar
Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
Flag of Mali.svg Mali
Flag of Malta.svg Malta
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Isle of Man
Flag-of-Martinique.svg Martinique
Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania
Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova
Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia
Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique
Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

N

Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia
Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal [5]
Major parties
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Flags of New Caledonia.svg New Caledonia
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua
Flag of Niger.svg Niger
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea
Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia
Flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg Northern Cyprus
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands
Flag of Norway.svg Norway

P

Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine
Flag of Panama.svg Panama
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay
Flag of Peru.svg Peru
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico

Q

Flag of Quebec.svg Québec

R

Flag of France.svg Réunion
Flag of the Democratic Administration of North and East Syria.svg Rojava
Flag of Romania.svg Romania
Flag of Russia.svg Russia

S

Flag of Saba.svg Saba
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino
Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands
Flag of Somaliland.svg Somaliland
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
Flag of South Ossetia.svg South Ossetia
Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan
Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria

T

Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China (Taiwan)
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan
Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
Flag of East Timor.svg Timor-Leste
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo
Flag of Transnistria (state).svg Transnistria
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan

U

Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan

V

Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam

W

Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg Western Sahara

Y

Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen

Z

Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe

Ruling

CountryLogoNamePositionIdeologyLegislatureNotes
Flag of Albania.svg Albania Socialist Party of Albania Centre-left Social democracy Pro-Europeanism Parliament of Albania:
74 / 140
Alone holds the power of majority in Parliament
Social Democratic Party of Albania Centre-left Social democracy Pro-Europeanism Parliament of Albania:
3 / 140
Supports the Socialist Party Government
Flag of Angola.svg Angola Logo of the MPLA (Angola).svg People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola Centre-left National Assembly:
124 / 220
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party Centre-left House of Representatives:
15 / 17
Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba People's Electoral Movement Parliament:
9 / 21
RAIZ Parliament:
2 / 21
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia ALP logo 2017.svg Australian Labor Party House of Representatives:
78 / 151
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Logo del Partido Comunista Argentino.svg Communist Party of Argentina
Partido Comunista de la Argentina
Far-left Marxism–Leninism
Internationalism
Chamber of Deputies:
0 / 257
Participates in the ruling Frente de Todos
Logo of the Communist Party of Argentina (Extraordinary Congress).svg Communist Party of Argentina (Extraordinary Congress)
Partido Comunista (Congreso Extraordinario)
Marxism–Leninism
Kirchnerism
Chamber of Deputies:
0 / 257
Pcrcolor 0.svg Revolutionary Communist Party
Partido Comunista Revolucionario
Marxism–Leninism
Maoism
Anti-revisionism
Chamber of Deputies:
2 / 257
Kolina logo.png Kolina Kirchnerism
Logo Partido de la Victoria.png Victory Party Social democracy
Kirchnerism
Nuevo Encuentro (small).png New Encounter Progressivism
Partido Somos.png Somos Socialist feminism
Proyectosur logo.png Proyecto Sur Progressivism [6]
Frente grande logo circular.png Broad Front Kirchnerism
Social democracy
Peronism
Partido Solidario.png Solidary Party Co-operatism
Socialism
Popular Unity Socialism of the 21st century
Left-wing nationalism
Movimiento Nacional Alfonsinista.png National Alfonsinist Movement Social democracy
K Radicalism [7]
Partido de la Concertacion FORJA Logo.png FORJA Social democracy
K Radicalism [8]
Emblema Partido Intransigente.svg Intransigent Party Democratic socialism
Frente patria grande.png Patria Grande Front Socialism of the 21st century
Feminism
Kirchnerism [9]
Movimiento Evita vectorial.svg Evita Movement Kirchnerism
Protector Political Force [10] Social democracy
Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados Barbados Labour Party House of Assembly:
30 / 30
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg Communist Party of Belarus
Камуністычная партыя Беларусі
Marxism–Leninism
Belarusian–Russian unionism
House of Representatives:
11 / 110
Supports the government of president Alexander Lukashenko
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Socialist Party (Belgium) logo.svg Socialist Party Chamber of Representatives:
19 / 150
Groen logo 2022.svg Groen Chamber of Representatives:
8 / 150
Ecolo Logo.svg Ecolo Chamber of Representatives:
13 / 150
Vooruit Chamber of Representatives:
9 / 150
Flag of Belize.svg Belize Flag of the Belize People's United Party.svg People's United Party House of Representatives:
25 / 31
Flag of Benin.svg Benin Progressive Union National Assembly:
44 / 83
Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda Progressive Labour Party (Bermuda) logo.svg Progressive Labour Party House of Assembly:
30 / 36
Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa National Assembly:
32 / 47
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil PCdoB logo.svg Communist Party of Brazil
Partido Comunista do Brasil
Left-wing to far-left Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Chamber of Deputies:
7 / 513
Member of the ruling Brazil of Hope Federation
PV Logo.svg Green Party
Partido Verde
Centre-left Green politics
Municipalism
Chamber of Deputies:
5 / 513
PT (Brazil) logo 2021.svg Workers' Party
Partido dos Trabalhadores
Centre-left to left-wing Social democracy
Progressivism
Lulism
Chamber of Deputies:
68 / 513
Brazilian Socialist Party
Partido Socialista Brasileiro
Centre-left Social democracy
Progressivism
Parliamentarianism
Chamber of Deputies:
14 / 513
Supports the government of president Lula da Silva
LogoPDT.svg Democratic Labour Party
Partido Democrático Trabalhista
Centre-left Social democracy
Labourism
Brazilian nationalism
Chamber of Deputies:
18 / 513
Psol ziraldo (cropped).png Socialism and Liberty Party
Partido Socialismo e Liberdade
Left-wing to far-left Democratic socialism
Eco-socialism
Socialism of the 21st century
Chamber of Deputies:
13 / 513
Member of the supporting PSOL REDE Federation
Logomarca da Rede Sustentabilidade (REDE), do Brasil.png Sustainability Network
Rede Sustentabilidade
Centre-left Green politics
Progressivism
Chamber of Deputies:
1 / 513
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Movimiento al Socialismo - Instrumento Politico por la Soberania de los Pueblos.svg Movement for Socialism Chamber of Deputies:
75 / 130
Flag of Catalonia.svg Catalonia ERC logo 2017.svg Republican Left of Catalonia Centre-left to Left-wing Social democracy
Catalan independence
Republicanism
Parliament of Catalonia:
33 / 135
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Partido Comunista de Chile.svg Communist Party of Chile
Partido Comunista de Chile
Far-left Marxism–Leninism Chamber of Deputies:
12 / 155
Member of the ruling Apruebo Dignidad coalition
  Convergencia Social (recorte).svg Social Convergence Left-wing Libertarian socialism, Autonomism 10
  Logo of the Democratic Revolution.svg Democratic Revolution Centre-left to Left-wing Social democracy, Democratic Socialism 7
  Comunes logo 2020.png Commons Left-wing Socialism of the 21st century, Autonomism 6
  Social Green Regionalist Federation Centre-left to Left-wing Regionalism, Green politics 2
  Emblem of the Socialist Party of Chile.svg Socialist Party of Chile Centre-left Social democracy 13
  Partido por la Democracia emblema.svg Party for Democracy Centre-left Social democracy, Third Way 9
  Emblema Partido Radical Chile.svg Radical Party of Chile Centre to Centre-left Radicalism, Third Way 4
  Logo nuevo Partido Liberal de Chile.png Liberal Party Centre-left Social liberalism 4
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Partido Comunista Colombiano.svg Colombian Communist Party
Partido Comunista Colombiano
Marxism–Leninism
Bolivarianism
Chamber of Representatives:
0 / 172
Member of the ruling Historic Pact for Colombia
ComunesColombia.png Commons
Comunes
Marxism–Leninism
Bolivarianism
Chamber of Representatives:
5 / 172
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal Logo of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre).png Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (माओवादी केन्द्र)
Prachanda Path
Left-wing nationalism
House of Representatives:
53 / 275
Member of the coalition government
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)
नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकीकृत-समाजवादी)
Marxism–Leninism
People's Multiparty Democracy
House of Representatives:
25 / 275
National People's Front
राष्ट्रिय जनमोर्चा
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-federalism
House of Representatives:
1 / 275
Supports the coalition government
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين
Palestinian nationalism
Marxism–Leninism
Revolutionary socialism
One-state solution
Anti-zionism
Legislative Council:
3 / 132
Member of the ruling PLO
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين
Marxism–Leninism
Palestinian nationalism
Left-wing nationalism
Anti-Zionism
Legislative Council:
1 / 132
Palestinian People's Party
حزب الشعب الفلسطيني
Marxism
Scientific socialism
Left-wing nationalism
Palestinian nationalism
Legislative Council:
1 / 132
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Peruvian Communist Party
Partido Comunista Peruano
Marxism–Leninism
Mariáteguism
Congress:
0 / 130
Member of Together for Peru, which participates in the Free Peru-led government
Patria Roja logo.png Communist Party of Peru – Red Fatherland
Partido Comunista del Perú – Patria Roja
Congress:
0 / 130
Peru Libre logo.svg Free Peru [11]
Perú Libre
Socialism
Marxism–Leninism
Mariáteguism
Congress:
32 / 130
In government
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa African National Congress Centre-left National Assembly:
230 / 400
Participates in the ruling Tripartite Alliance
Emblem of the South African Communist Party.svg South African Communist Party Far-left Marxism–Leninism
Left-wing nationalism
National Assembly:
0 / 400
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Pce 2014.svg Communist Party of Spain
Partido Comunista de España
Marxism–Leninism
Republicanism
Internationalism
Federalism
Congress of Deputies:
6 / 350
Participates in the United Left and Unidas Podemos, member of the PSOE-led government
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Tupamaro Venezuela logo.png Revolutionary Movement Tupamaro
Movimiento Revolucionario Tupamaro
Marxism-Leninism
Guevarism
Chamber of Deputies:
7 / 277
Participates in the ruling Great Patriotic Pole
Vereinigte Sozialistische Partei Venezuelas logo.svg United Socialist Party of Venezuela Chamber of Deputies:
219 / 277
Venezuelan Popular Unity
Unidad Popular Venezolana
Marxism-Leninism
Anti-imperialism
Bolivarianism
Chamber of Deputies:
2 / 277
Venezuelan Revolutionary Currents
Corrientes Revolucionarias Venezolanas
Communism
Guevarism
Chavismo
Anti-imperialism
Chamber of Deputies:
0 / 277
Flag of Wa State.svg Wa State Flag of the United Wa State Party.svg United Wa State Party Maoism Rules the de facto independent Wa State

Former

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References

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